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A father of three who is battling cancer in his bones and lungs has set up a fundraiser to pay for experimental treatment. George Scott-Smith, 56, said that he had been fighting prostate cancer since 2019, and discovered in January that it had metast...

A new study is set to be launched to help to determine levels of adolescent anxiety and depression among young people in Bermuda. The study will examine how commonplace anxiety and depression symptoms are in young people, as well as their attitudes t...

Senators on Wednesday passed the final extension to Covid-19 emergency powers. Arianna Hodgson, the Junior Minister of Labour, Finance and Health, assured senators that Bermuda’s healthcare services had the expertise and resources needed to feel conf...

Quarantine guidance for Covid-19 is being reassessed, the Government has confirmed. As of August 31, government mandates require anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 to isolate for at least a week and complete contact-tracing provisions. But a spok...

Mental health services will see a boost in funding, the health minister assured yesterday. Kim Wilson said that the cash injection, which was announced in July as part of a $15 million relief package, would help to meet the demand for more treatment ...

Eight students on their way to becoming health professionals have been granted more than $100,000 in scholarships. The Bermuda Hospitals Board yesterday gave out the scholarships, most of which were the BHB General Scholarship, offering $10,000 for o...

Covid-19 has helped people change the way they think about their health, according to a diabetes educator. But Sara Bosch de Noya, of the Bermuda Diabetes Association, believes the condition needs to be treated as a pandemic if it is to be properly o...

An aspiring nurse was put to the challenge last week when she spent two days volunteering at a medical centre. Teizh Hall, a Year 10 pupil at Warwick Academy, was stationed in an outpatient clinical unit at Bermuda Healthcare Services in Paget as par...

A sense of security and trust will ensure that people visit a doctor more often to take care of their health, according to a physician. Stanley James warned that a fear of vulnerability drove people to ignore their health and become reluctant to visi...

Cancer patients have been given a new high-precision non-surgical treatment option, the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre announced. Chris Fosker, the BCHC medical director, said stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, also known as stereotactic body radi...