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Bermuda missed the chance to head off an obesity and diabetes epidemic decades ago, a former government head of physical education has claimed.
John Moreby, who worked with the Department of Education for more than 20 years before he retired in 1995,...
DATE: Oct 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A doctor from one of the world’s leading universities has discovered a gene mutation in a Bermudian mother and daughter that could help to find a cure for a potential killer disease.
The two women both suffer from lupus, which attacks the immune syst...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Walk-in breast health checks will be available at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital today as part of breast cancer awareness month.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board said that new and returning patients who had not had a mammogram already this year wer...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda must develop a strategy to cut the cost of care for seniors and help families to look after their relatives at home, the executive director of Age Concern Bermuda said yesterday.
Claudette Fleming said the organisation had highlighted the gro...
DATE: Oct 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The radiation therapy centre at the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre has been given a $20,000 donation in memory of one of its former supporters.
Husband and wife Mitch and Carol Blaser donated the cash in memory of Mike Barnfield, an insurance execu...
DATE: Oct 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Former health minister Jeanne Atherden has accused David Burt and Kim Wilson of lying to justify to taxpayers a $1.2 million public purse payout to Ewart Brown.
The Opposition backbencher told The Royal Gazette that Mr Burt, the Premier and Minister ...
DATE: Oct 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Hamilton Health Centre services have been relocated after staff complained about faulty plumbing and other problems.
Government announced some services had been moved from the Victoria Street clinic or suspended yesterday:
• Child Health Services has...
DATE: Oct 12, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Work is to be carried out to fix a range of problems at an ageing health clinic in Hamilton, the health minister promised yesterday.
Kim Wilson said that the ministry had been in talks with staff and was working with the Ministry of Public Works to c...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A stroll through Hamilton can be an enjoyable experience — but not when you can barely see across the road.
It’s an experience I “enjoyed” yesterday before today’s World Sight Day — with the assistance of the Bermuda Society for the Blind.
To highlig...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A health watchdog is to monitor the development of a new model of care in operation in at least three island clinics.
The Bermuda Health Council will assess how direct primary care could fit into the country’s healthcare system and whether it can pla...
DATE: Oct 10, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter