Free HIV testing for one week
From Cayman Islands Public Health Department The Health Services Authority (HSA), the Cayman AIDS Foundation, and the Red Cross have joined forces once again to organise HIV Testing Week, which this year will run from Saturday 22 June to Friday…
12 Fish you should probably never eat
By Eric Steinman From Care2 A few years ago, I was at a sustainable seafood conference held in New York. The place was buzzing with equal parts excitement (surrounding innovations in aquaculture and sustainable fish stocks) and dread (surrounding the…
Pomi-T: a food supplement for prostate problem sufferers
A dear friend of mine is very enthusiastic about a polyphenol rich whole food supplement called Pomi-T that boasts of producing excellent results for persons with prostate problems. From the Pomi-T website. This is what it says about its product….
“Cruise with Heart” to Cayman may raise $1M to help build healthier lives
Princess Cruises Announces Benefit Cruise to Support American Heart Association “Cruise with Heart” Expected to Raise $1 Million to Help Build Healthier Lives SANTA CLARITA, Calif., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Princess Cruises is celebrating CPR awareness during the month…
Unclean colonoscopy instruments: 3 in 20 have ‘dirt’ from colons
By Geoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times Bits and pieces of “biological dirt” from inside people’s colons are being left on three in 20 of the instruments inserted in people’s rectums to examine their lower digestive tract, according to a study…
Ambrx’s Antibody Drug Conjugate for breast cancer
Ambrx and Zhejiang Medicine Co. Ltd. Form Collaboration to Develop and Commercialize Ambrx’s Antibody Drug Conjugate for Breast Cancer Published: June 16, 2013 By WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. SAN DIEGO AND SHANGHAI, JUNE 16, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — Ambrx and…
16 Brain Foods You Should Eat To Boost Productivity
By Vivian Giang and Aimee Groth From Business Insider The ingredients you eat enter your blood stream and flow to the brain, so inevitably, the way you think, focus and work is literally the food you eat. But you can…
World Blood Donor After Day Message from PAHO/WHO
PAHO/WHO urges countries of the Americas to work toward 100% voluntary altruistic blood donation (HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, D.C., 13 June 2013 (PAHO/WHO) – In Latin America and the Caribbean, only 41% of blood supplies are obtained through voluntary altruistic blood…
UPDATE: Ambulance blocked from attending emergency – man dies
UPDATE – From RCIPS Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:55 AM Water related death – Public Beach An elderly man died yesterday morning after getting into difficulty whilst swimming off Public Beach. About 10.55am on Thursday, police received a report that…
UPDATED: World Blood Donor Day Fri (14)
UPDATED: Minister’s message on World Blood Donor Day: By Hon. Osbourne Bodden, Minister of Health Today is the 10th anniversary of World Blood Donor Day, a very important date in the healthcare calendar because the act of giving blood literally…