It was this formulation that helped make it possible for Diana Nyad to finally swim from Cuba to Florida without being incapacitated by stings. Within moments of Estright’s arrival at his office, Dr. Surrett had him hooked up to an intravenous bag filled with a treatment protocol devised by...
In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida. Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975.Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978. Though the span of water is less...
This study aimed at investigating a dinoflagellate bloom linked to acute dermatitis cases in two recreational beaches in Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba. We used epidemiological and clinical data from 60 dermatitis cases consisting of individuals in close contact with the bloom. Seawater physical-chemical ...