Caribbean International Holdings wholly owned subsidiary announces it has begun processing applicants for treatments via its website
Strategy is to Screen and Qualify Viable Applicants/Patients for Treatment in DR Through Regenerative BioScience, Inc. Treatments have already commenced SARASOTA, Fla., May 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Caribbean International Holdings (Pink Sheets:CIHN) through its subsidiary, Regenerative BioScience, Inc., (“RBS”)…
Medical Schools in region fight Caribbean flow
By Anemona Hartocollis From New York Times For a generation, medical schools in the Caribbean have attracted thousands of American students to their tiny island havens by promising that during their third and fourth years, the students would get crucial…
Discrimination associated with mental health woes in black teens
From Science Codex VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The vast majority of African-American and Afro-Caribbean youth face racial discrimination, and these experiences are associated with an increased risk of mental health problems, according to a study to be presented Saturday, May…
Fund raiser for 8-year-old leukemia-stricken girl
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The parents of an eight-year-old Vincentian girl, who is stricken with leukemia, have received much-needed financial boost to help defray exorbitant medical bills after her relative conducted a fund-raising prayer breakfast last Saturday…
First case of deadly Middle Eastern virus found in U.S.
By Jason Abbruzzese From Mashable The Centers for Disease Control has confirmed that a case of the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome known as MERS has been found in the United States for the first time. The disease has caused…
HSA celebrates International Day of the Midwife
On Monday 5th May the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) will be celebrating ‘International Day of the Midwife’ with a display in the atrium of the Cayman Islands Hospital from 10am – 4pm showcasing midwifery, one of the most…
REPORT: Nightmare bacteria have now spread to every region of the world
By Kevin Loria From Business Insider The era of modern medicine may be coming to an end. Common bacteria that cause life-threatening infections have become resistant to our strongest antibiotics in every region of the world. That’s just one finding…
Chikungunya now an epidemic in the Caribbean
From Jamaica Obsever ORANJESTAD, Aruba (CMC) – The head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, has declared the Chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions in the Caribbean. “By definition this is an epidemic since it represents…
CCJ rules against doctor in case of child developing cerebral palsy
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) — The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed an appeal by a Belizean-based doctor against a lower court ruling that he failed to follow procedure sanctioned as the proper practice for…
New therapy for advanced prostate cancer available in Trinidad & Tobago
A new therapeutic option has been recently approved in Trinidad & Tobago and is available for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, progressing to chemotherapy PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago/NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — The Chemistry, Food & Drugs Division of the…
