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Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute is looking for ideas on how to improve care. Staff will host a community conversation next week for the public to pitch in on how addiction, learning disability and mental health services can be enhanced. Morrisa Roger...

Free health screenings are to be held for the public in advance of an event designed to help halt the problems of obesity and diabetes. The screenings, all in Hamilton, started yesterday at the Queen Elizabeth Park in Queen Street. More will be held ...

Poorer families will not be unfairly targeted by a sugar tax, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. The consultation paper on the tax explained that the proposal is designed to help people be healthier and discourage importers from bringing in high...

Losing weight is not easy if you hate exercise and love cake. However, members of Bermuda’s successful Diabetes Reversal Programme have discovered that anything is possible with the right guidance and encouragement. About 30 participants got together...

Mental health awareness campaigners yesterday brought their message to Bermuda with a proclamation on the steps of City Hall. American author and philanthropist Shanti Das created the group Silence the Shame after she suffered from depression and exp...

Miriam Ada Dickenson celebrated her 100th birthday in style with four generations of her family at her Somerset home. Guests at the December 30 birthday party included John Rankin, the Governor, who said it was “my privilege to be able to present the...

Thirteen people have been admitted to hospital with flu-like symptoms. Five adults and two children were in the Emergency Department with confirmed cases of influenza, and another six are receiving treatment for symptoms in Gordon Ward. King Edward V...

Bermuda Hospitals Board issued a message for people to take care of themselves and loved ones throughout the holiday season. Acting CEO R. Scott Pearman said: “We continue to work hard so people in Bermuda have the access they need to hospital servic...

Amendments increasing fees for health insurers have been approved by the Senate. According to the Government, insurers did not object to the increases, which will help to fund the work of the Bermuda Health Council. The Health Insurance Amendment 201...

A total of 20 healthcare workers have passed an advanced course in dementia care. The course was organised by Yana Swainson, owner of Bermuda In Home Care, who invited Bernice Perzel, a dementia care training specialist from the American-based Nation...