Betting terminals: dangerously addictive? A 20second game makes huge profits
Two related stories by Alice Ross appeared on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) about the surge in turbo-charged roulette wheels that have transformed UK’s betting industry. We publish both of them (one is an infographic) as a warning in…
10 Habits for Better Sleep
By DivineCaroline Getting a good night’s sleep ensures more than extra spring in your step each day. According to Harvard Women’s Health Watch, chronic sleep loss can contribute to weight gain, high blood pressure, and a weakening of the immune…
Decriminalization of marijuana
Press statement from Belize press office Belmopan, 16th July 2012. A committee has been appointed by the Minister of National Security to evaluate and if, appropriate, make proposals for decriminalization of the possession of small portions of Cannabis Sativa (commonly…
Dietary Treatment for Crohn’s Disease
By Dr. Michael Greger Inflammation has recently emerged as an important player in the development of age-related disability and many of our major chronic diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. Now that laboratory tests such as C-reactive…
Why Meat Causes Inflammation
by: Dr. Michael Greger* The anti-inflammatory effect of plant-based diets is about more than just the power of plants. It’s also the avoidance of animal foods. In my Care2 column last week, Dietary Treatment for Crohn’s Disease, I profiled the…
Frightened
Frightened by Joan Wilson I’ve never had to duck into an alley way That’s a place we never used way back in our day But we had a miserable neighbour and his surname was…
First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman: Thirty-Five Years
Last Tuesday (17), First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman entered its 35th year of gospel ministry in the Cayman Islands. Since July 17, 1977 the Lord has been pleased to keep the candle burning in this place and to build…
Dishin’ with Dody: Nightmare on Chicken Feet
I don’t dream. Of course, I have ambition, goals and desires. That’s not what I’m talking about. I’m referring to the Technicolor scenes rolling through the mind while you are sleeping. I have read that everyone dreams, they’re just not…
Worried It’s Alzheimer’s? 8 Symptoms to Watch For
Applying the word “Alzheimer’s” to your parent can be uncomfortable, even if the signs, or symptoms, have been adding up for some time. It’s much easier to gloss over strange behavior: “Oh, Mom’s just getting older.”Or to rationalize: “Well, we…
Brown babies need sunscreen. In the Cayman Islands, too! by Heather Hopson
Because of my daughter’s small size, my sister nicknamed her Bean. When she pulls the laundry—that took an hour to fold—out of the basket, I call her a Bad Bean. When she hits her cousins in the face, I tell…
