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Nurse Rebecca Ronaldson thought there was nothing more exhausting than an Emergency Room late shift. Then she had a baby. As a sleep-deprived mother, she put on winter woollies forgetting it was summer. She put groceries that belonged in the fridge...

Edward “Donnell” Ivy’s hips started failing him when he was 9. By the time he reached university, he would often suffer terrible pain that would put him in hospital for weeks. Then the crisis hit. The then 23-year-old was on duty as a resident paedia...

An infomercial may have saved Devoye Darrell’s life. She was suffering from heartburn and bloating. When doctors couldn’t diagnose the problem, she chalked it up to menopause. “I ignored it, but in my heart I knew something was wrong,” the 58-year-ol...

“I’ve lost so much weight, my underwear fell off.” That’s the kind of testimonial Mary Smith loves to hear. The 51-year-old runs Eat Smart Bermuda, a South Beach and Paleo diet meal delivery service. “Clients call me and say, ‘Mary, I know it’s only...

It’s not easy going back to school at 39. But drug addiction counsellor Isis Wellman is determined to do so to combat what she sees as Bermuda’s growing tide of drug addiction. Mrs Wellman works for the Turning Point Substance Abuse Programme. She re...

Not just a baby has been saved, but an entire family. That was Gianluca Cacace’s awe-inspired thought after witnessing infant open-heart surgery this summer. Bermudians Gianluca, 16, and friend Liam Peniston, 17, watched the surgery as part of a volu...

Monty Hamill has received $22,000 to buy his dream gift — sobriety. The 44-year-old has been battling alcoholism for most of his life. Friends and family stepped up with the cash for his rehabilitation only hours after his brother Kirkland requeste...

Vicki Abraham was addicted to sugar. She couldn’t quit it no matter what she tried. Things got worse when she fell into a major depression 18 months ago while living in Sydney, Australia. She turned to liquorice drops and ice cream to help deal with...

It is easy to judge fat people. The thin among us assume they sit around stuffing their faces with junk food, and that they are lazy and never exercise. According to Ayesha Peets Talbot, those preconceptions are not fair. The 34-year-old medic is the...

Marcel Westerlund’s patient was declared a lost cause after he slashed his throat. Hypnotherapy revealed he’d only done so because he was wracked with guilt; he’d been a mercenary in a previous life. “He had been responsible for killing men, women a...