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With the advent of flu season, vaccines will be available starting today at the island’s health centres, as well as the offices of most physicians.
For those who wish to get their shots quickly, the Flu Express drive-through service is running at War...
DATE: Oct 31, 2016
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The healthy collaboration between the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and WindReach has been documented for an international forum by Morrisa Rogers, an occupational therapist at MWI.
Her work has been published this month in the World Federation of ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2016
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Health
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Dementia is becoming a heavy burden on Bermuda’s growing elderly population, and does not spare veterans and their families who face limited options for care.
A case in point is veteran Herbert Tatem, 94, whose wife, Dorothy, finds herself too old to...
DATE: Oct 29, 2016
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Robin Hood Football Club is teaming up with Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre to help raise awareness of men’s health.
One of the main goals of the partnership is to reach a new audience that may not normally come into contact with the centre.
“Footba...
DATE: Oct 27, 2016
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Breast cancer survivor Pamela Dunkley urged participants in Thursday’s 20th anniversary BF&M Breast Cancer Awareness Walk to make mammograms a routine part of their life.
Mrs Dunkley, the patron of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, also encouraged the h...
DATE: Oct 22, 2016
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Gang members, sexual abuse victims and recovering addicts are among those who have been successfully treated through an equine therapy model that is making its way to Bermuda.
Two health professionals trained in the Eagala method visited the island ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
St George’s South MP Suzann Roberts-Holshouser is encouraging medical professionals to take advantage of “a golden opportunity” in the East End.
It comes after the Bermuda Hospitals Board announced that it was seeking ideas about how to optimise the...
DATE: Oct 18, 2016
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Health
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Hamilton is set to receive its first walk-in urgent care treatment centre next year in the heart of the city.
The Hamilton Medical Centre is expanding to offer blood testing and diagnostic imaging under one roof at a new location, according to a pres...
DATE: Oct 09, 2016
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Health
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A dance walk through the City of Hamilton will be held at noon today.
The event, put on by the Department of Health, was postponed from September 21.
It was to be the second event of its type, following the success of the first one in May.
The one...
DATE: Oct 05, 2016
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Health
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Protesters gathered outside the Summerhaven assisted living facility yesterday, in a fresh round of criticism over alleged mismanagement.
“This is the first time residents have come together like this, and I congratulate them for it,” said part-time ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell