NCH Cardiologist Performs First Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement in Florida
NCH Rooney Heart Institute announces a groundbreaking procedure for patients with valvular heart disease. “This major achievement represents not only an important milestone for our patients and our organization but underscores our overarching commitment to innovation and clinical excellence,” —…
Experimental Pill Mimics Effects of Exercise
Dreamstime By Lynn C. Allison From Newsmax Scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced that they are close to creating a pill that mimics the physical and mental health benefits of exercise. This could be a huge…
Dangerous Amoeba Linked to Nasal Rinsing
(Adobe Stock) From Newsmax Folks with sinus issues often turn to neti pots or “nasal rinsing” to help clear their clogged passages. Unfortunately, too many don’t follow standard advice to avoid using tap water, and that’s leading to sometimes fatal amoebic infections,…
Study: Hot Weather Exposure Linked to Heart Disease
Vendors sell water along the Brooklyn Bridge during a heat wave in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on July 27, 2023. (Getty Images) By Lynn C. Allison From NEWSMAX We know that too much sun exposure can be harmful…
Cayman: HMCI Participates in Caribe Wave 24 Tsunami Exercise
Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) will be participating in CARIBE WAVE 24 today Thursday, March 21, as part of the annual tsunami exercise of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). HMCI will…
Cayman: Cosmetology Hygiene and Safety Training
The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) is announcing the resumption of its Cosmetology Hygiene and Safety Training Courses for hairdressers, barbers, tattoo and body piercing technicians, and other personnel in the cosmetology industry. Registration is now open for the training…
Fisheries and Food Security in the Caribbean
FISHERIES & FOOD SECURITY The Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM)—the highest decision-making organ of the CRFM—approved the PROTOCOL ON AQUATIC FOODS AS A STRATEGIC RESOURCE FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY UNDER THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY COMMON FISHERIES POLICY (the Protocol) at…
Rich countries attain record human development, while half of the poorest have gone backwards, finds new UNDP report
According to a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality, and stoking political polarization on a global scale. MARCH 15, 2024 Clive Hawigen | UNDP Papua…
Human Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Improves More Than in Other Regions but Fails to Recover Pre-Pandemic Levels
UNDP’s new HDR says the region can turn crises into opportunities for greater resilience Download full report: https://hdr.undp.org/content/human-development-report-2023-24 VIEW COUNTRY REPORTS: HTTPS://HDR.UNDP.ORG/DATA-CENTER/COUNTRY-INSIGHTS#/RANKS New York, New York, 13 March 2024 – A cursory glance at the global Human Development Index (HDI) 2023/2024 – projected to…
The Double Edge Theater’s Project to ‘Rematriate Land’
Meet a theater group that left the city to reimagine a local economy.
