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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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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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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
About 70 members of the public turned up to a meeting designed to improve mental healthcare in Bermuda.
R. Scott Pearman, chief operating officer at the Bermuda Hospitals Board, which organised the event, said people gave advice on mental health, chi...
DATE: Jan 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Danielle Gibbons and Chevon Burrows have grown since they were taken on at an island florist.
The two landed jobs at Demco last year as part of the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute’s learning disability programme and both said work had helped them bec...
DATE: Jan 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Premature Christmas Day baby Kee-Ijah Bailey could be home this month.
The youngster has received so much support from the public that the Bailey family have raised enough money to repay the charity which helped fly her overseas for treatment.
Mother...
DATE: Jan 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A total of 15 cases of cervical cancer were reported in Bermuda last year, a Department of Health spokeswoman revealed last night.
The news came as the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre asked women to get screened for the disease and reminded parents...
DATE: Jan 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Specialists in heart and lung problems are to visit the island this month.
Ofer Sagiv, an expert in heart medicine, will be at Northshore Medical & Aesthetics Centre from January 27 to 29, and Maciej Walczyszyn, who specialises in lung and critical ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff