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A proposed sugar tax should not concentrate on sodas, the head of an island soft drinks distributor said yesterday. Bruce Barritt, general manager of John Barritt & Son warned that a fresh tax on soft drinks could impact business and jobs. He said: ...

A tax on sugar introduced in Mexico in 2013 cut sales of sodas by 12 per cent — now the Bermuda Diabetes Association hopes a similar policy could do the same for Bermuda. It comes after the Throne Speech revealed that the Government would begin a con...

Bermuda Healthcare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic will be hosting its quarterly “Docs for Dinner” event at Café Lido tomorrow. The guest speaker is Jay Alexander Graham, an abdominal transplant surgeon in the Bronx at Montefiore Medical Centre, wh...

Waleed Lightbourne always wanted to be a nurse. His mother worked as a nurses’ aide for more than four decades and the love and care she showed her patients inspired him. As the first male graduate of the Bermuda College’s Associate Degree in Nursi...

Services will be interrupted at Hamilton Health Centre on Victoria Street on Thursday afternoon. The Department of Health team will be off site between noon and 4.30pm, receiving training to combat the rise in obesity and diabetes. Offices will remai...

Patients’ knowledge of their prescription drugs could mean the difference between life and death in a natural disaster such as a hurricane, an expert warned. The Bermuda Diabetes Association spoke out as Bermuda’s hurricane season is in full swing an...

National Recovery Month is being observed by the Department for National Drug Control throughout September. The Department says it will educate Bermuda residents about substance use, treatment and mental health services, which can enable those with a...

Good nutrition can do more than help with weight loss — it can keep people out of hospital. Hannah Jones, a registered dietitian with Island Nutrition, said proper nutrition was essential to good health. She explained: “The biggest health problems in...

A lack of research on Bermuda’s mental health means the care system is struggling to cope, according to experts. Jodi Lewis, of the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation, said accurate statistics did not exist. She added: “You’re going to be looking for C...

Methods used to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in Bermuda could be used to tackle other diseases such as hepatitis. Bermuda announced this month that it had reached the milestone of elimination of HIV and syphilis in newborns — ...