Cayman hunts mistletoe/HIV-AIDS and ganja debated
The hunt for “Dendropemon Caymanensis” By Angela Piercy Cayman Islands Government The Cayman Islands Department of Environment (DoE) are currently collaborating on a project with longtime partner Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (RGB Kew), UK, to locate a mysterious Mistletoe species…
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Cayman YMCA receives charter/Rare psychotic hallucinations
Cayman Islands YMCA receives charter From St Petersburg YMCA [Last] week at the YMCA World Council meeting in Estes Park, Colorado with an audience of 1,300 representatives from 83 countries gathered at the YMCA of the Rockies, the YMCA of…
31 days under water aquanaut resurfaces/Technology changes water
Aquanaut Fabien Cousteau surfaces after spending 31 days underwater By Katie Nelson From Mashable Thirty-one days after his initial descent and 50 years after his famed grandfather’s original deep-sea mission, Fabien Cousteau is back on dry land. The 46-year-old ocean…
Medical marijuana/Big soda attack fails
CARICOM leaders to establish commission to review marijuana decriminalisation By Peter Richards From Caribbean360 ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Thursday July 3, 2014, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have agreed to the establishment of a Commission to further the debate on…
“MUM’S” the word
ELLINGTON: The Mystery Behind The Move – Officials Remain Mum On Top Cop’s Sudden Departure Gary Spaulding, Senior Gleaner Writer From Jamaica Gleaner Two years after handing Owen Ellington an unambiguous vote of confidence as the commissioner of police, the…
This chart seems to show that the World Cup causes heart attacks
By Lauren F Friedman If it seems like your heart is pounding especially loudly as you tensely watch your team move up and down the soccer field, it’s probably not your imagination. A 2008 study in the New England Journal…
A pledge of continued commitment to people in the Caribbean living with HIV
By CRN From mnialive Mr. Ainsley Reid of Jamaica, recognized the strides made across the region in the fight against the spread of HIV and in the care and support of those people living with HIV. In his acceptance speech…
Number of Caribbean children obese and overweight doubles in last decade – study
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday July 2, 2014, CMC – A study done in four Caribbean countries has found that 30 per cent of children aged 11 to 13 were overweight or obese, a senior official of the Pan American…
UK facing ‘major’ sperm shortage
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News online The UK is facing a major sperm shortage that may be tempting fertility clinics to accept poorer quality sperm, the British Fertility Society (BFS) warns. Some clinics rely on imported sperm to…
Chikungunya: Imported case confirmed in Cayman. Minister’s statement
Statement of Hon. Osbourne Bodden, JP Minister of Health Youth Sports and Culture July 1 2014 In the wake of the first confirmed case of Chikungunya in the Islands, Minister of Health, Hon Osbourne Bodden, has issued the following statement:…
