Snorkeler named in Cayman Islands accident
The snorkeler who was pronounced dead on Friday (22) in a Cayman Islands hospital following a snorkeling accident while on vacation has been named. Keith Larson, 55, from Worthington, Minnesota, who was visiting Grand Cayman and snorkeling off Seven Mile…
CITA Supports Diver Safety Through Cayman Hyperbaric Services
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, 21 February 2013 – As thousands of divers visit the three Cayman Islands each year to explore the beautiful coral reefs and observe the diverse marine life found beneath the waves, the Cayman Islands Tourism Association…
BMI: Does the Body Mass Index need fixing?
By Wesley Stephenson BBC News A new way of calculating Body Mass Index (BMI) has been proposed – but does it really solve any of the BMI’s well-known problems? How often have we heard that Brad Pitt at the time…
6 Sleep Myths You Need To Put To Bed
AgingCare.com There are so many misconceptions about sleep swirling around out there that it’s enough keep anyone awake at night. Here are 6 sleep myths that need to have the covers pulled over their heads: The older I get, the…
11 Ways to Boost Your Lymphatic System for Great Health
Michelle Schoffro Cook, Care2 The lymphatic system, or lymph system as it is also called, is a system made up of glands, lymph nodes, the spleen, thymus gland and tonsils. It bathes our body’s cells and carries the body’s cellular…
Cayman gets a National Health Policy & Strategic Plan for next 5 years
The Minister of Health, Hon. Mark Scotland, unveiled the “National Health Policy and Strategic Plan for the Cayman Islands 2012-2017” (NHPP) at the Government’s weekly Press briefing on Thursday (22). The document is 42 pages long and was developed with…
Overseas Health Insurance News: Cayman Islands more popular than ever with expats
The Cayman Islands has never been so popular as an expatriate destination as it is today, despite a number of new levies being introduced on foreign workers. Being a tax haven, there have always been a certain number of expats…
7 New cases of dengue investigated. 1 new positive case
From the Cayman Islands Public Health Department Dengue Update as of 16 February 2013 • Total cases investigated for dengue in 2012 is 94 and 40 for 2013. • Since the last update as of 9 February 2013, there had…
Health City Cayman Islands (Shetty Hospital) commences construction
The construction for Phase One of Health City Cayman Islands has commenced construction and is on schedule with first patients expected to check in to the 140-bed hospital in early 2014. The concrete is being poured, the trucks line up…
7 Old Wives’ Tales That are Totally Real
Katie Waldeck Care2 If you step on a crack, odds are, you won’t break your mama’s back. Yep, there are plenty of old wives’ tales out there that have long been debunked by science — your body really doesn’t take…
