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Men’s health will be in the spotlight next month with two events designed to promote good lifestyles.
Dynamic Urology Services will provide free prostate screenings for men aged 40 and over next month the Axa Man on the Run 5k event to encourage men ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Dynamic Urology will be providing free prostate screenings for men ages 40 and up. The screenings consist of a simple blood test and a prostate exam.
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer for men worldwide.
Globally in 2019, men were diag...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Docs for Dinner, the quarterly social event sponsored by Bermuda Healthcare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic for local doctors, will go virtual on October 29 via Zoom.
The hour-long programme will feature Infectious Disease experts Dr. Kenneth Wener...
DATE: Oct 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The national security minister today highlighted Covid-19 rules for large gatherings after concerns were raised by the public.
Renee Ming appealed to people not to become complacent and to stick to health regulations.
She said: “We have seen a number...
DATE: Oct 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A US health agency’s assessment of Covid-19 risk in Bermuda has been dropped to “very low”, it was announced this morning.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention removed the island from its Level 2 “moderate risk” travel health advisory list....
DATE: Oct 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two passengers who arrived on a British Airways flight have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Ministry of Health said today.
The pair are “symptomatic” residents who received a positive result on their Day 4 test after they left London on Octo...
DATE: Oct 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A major funding boost is needed to help “invisible” residents affected by substance abuse, a charity leader said yesterday.
Leslie Grant, the executive director of Focus Counselling Services, added that it was important to remove the stigma that pre...
DATE: Oct 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The coronavirus testing station at Southside will be closed to walk-ins and the general community on Sunday, the Ministry of Health said today.
A spokeswoman told residents that it will be open for “traveller testing only”.
She added: “This is to acc...
DATE: Oct 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
None of the 649 coronavirus test results received by the Ministry of Health yesterday were positive, a spokeswoman said today.
Bermuda has had 188 confirmed cases and five are active, although those affected are not in hospital.
Nine people with Covi...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Healthcare teams overseas have adapted to the Covid-19 pandemic by setting up virtual consultations with Bermudian patients.
Tatiana Sultzbach, the director of the Centre for International and Specialised Healthcare Services at Massachusetts General ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter