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Ten Bermudian civil servants have been trained to safely ship potential health hazards overseas for testing.
The two-day training session was run by the Caribbean Public Health Agency for officials from the Department of Health, the Bermuda Hospitals...
DATE: Feb 12, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Doctors from a top US hospital have helped island practitioners to keep up with the latest developments in heart and kidney treatment.
The team from New York-Presbyterian Hospital held a seminar organised by the Bermuda Heart Foundation and sponsored...
DATE: Feb 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A family doctor has called for more resources for health programmes to help tackle the island’s chronic illness problems.
Caren Griffith-Fadlin, who has seen the difference similar programmes had on her patients, said more focus in this area would re...
DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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For the past two years, brave Brennan Watkins has spent almost as much time in hospitals battling a rare form of leukaemia as he has in school.
The five-year-old has completed 21 of 26 months of chemotherapy treatment since his diagnosis in April 201...
DATE: Feb 03, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A packed hall of supporters has vowed to stand behind Ewart Brown, the former premier, the day after his Brown-Darrell clinic closed the doors on its CT medical scanning service.
The computerised X-ray scanning service at the Smith’s facility was clo...
DATE: Feb 02, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Heart Foundation and New York-Presbyterian Hospital are partnering to host a seminar this weekend.
The seminar is intended to help local medical experts learn more about advancements in cardiology and nephrology.
Simone Barton, chief exec...
DATE: Feb 01, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Patients concerned about the closure of a high-tech computerised X-ray service at the Brown-Darrell Clinic have been invited to a meeting tomorrow.
Ewart Brown, the former premier and owner of the Bermuda Healthcare Services in Smith’s, will answer q...
DATE: Jan 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Department of Health has reported a rise in the number of flu cases on the island.
Its Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit urged residents to protect themselves against influenza and wash their hands to reduce the chances of infection.
“It is not ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Friends of Hospice is to hold its second Memorial Moon Walk next week in support of Bermuda’s only care home for the terminally ill.
Walkers will be able to remember their loved ones under a blue moon, the second full moon in a month — as they stroll...
DATE: Jan 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Abdull Musbahi, a senior consultant urologist, is to be the guest speaker at the Bermuda Healthcare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic’s quarterly Docs for Dinner event tomorrow night.
Dr Musbahi will discuss potential uses for Botox in urology, the b...
DATE: Jan 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell