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A new charity wants to tackle Bermuda’s preventable health problems by helping people get the right health information. The Community for Heart and Respiratory Medicine was set up to take on chronic non-communicable diseases by filling in gaps in he...

New legislation will improve the regulation of the island’s care homes and nursing homes. The Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes Amendment Act 2017 was presented to the House of Assembly on Friday by Kim Wilson, Minister of Health. Ms Wilson sa...

Nearly 150 complaints and queries have been made this year about employers failing to provide health insurance coverage. The Bermuda Health Council named a host of companies who have failed to comply with the Health Insurance Act. It said 147 complai...

The Department of Health is marking World Aids Day tomorrow with a Move More Dance Walk around Hamilton. Participants are asked to wear red in support of those living with HIV/AIDS, health promotion co-ordinator Virloy Lewin said. The final dance wa...

Amanda Paulos has struggled with type two diabetes for a decade. But the 41-year-old said she was getting to grips with the chronic condition after joining a programme designed to reverse the disease. The mother of four, from Smith’s, has lost weig...

The Bermuda Health Council has spoken out against on-island kidney transplants due to safety and cost concerns. In a statement, the BHC said that it does not support proposed live donor kidney transplant on the island “at this time”. Tawanna Wedderbu...

The Ministry of Health is advising everyone older than 6 months to get a flu shot this year. This is “particularly important for those who are especially vulnerable to complications from flu”, a spokeswoman said. She added: “Although rare, the compl...

Sexual assault can have a devastating impact on the lives of victims. But a group of forensic nurses dedicated to re-empowering survivors are reminding the public that help is available. Gaynell Hayward-Caesar, co-ordinator of the island’s Sexual As...

Halting the rise in obesity and diabetes will be the focus of a symposium in January. As the island marks World Diabetes Day today, the Ministry of Health repeated that it is working towards a national strategy to deal with the problem. Health mini...

Bermuda is “bleeding itself to death” from the cost of treating chronic diseases. The warning came from Hans Diehl, a US expert in preventive medicine and founder of a programme designed to cut the impact of preventable diseases. Dr Diehl, who start...