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Preventing lifestyle related health problems was the focus of yesterday’s annual Well Bermuda Partnership meeting. Organisations working to improve health and wellness in the community met to share progress and reflect on the successes and challenges...

The community is being invited to join a conversation about improving services at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute. Bermuda Hospitals Board will be hosting an “Open Space” event next month where members of the...

The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre in St George’s is closing tomorrow for renovations, and is expected to reopen in mid-February. The facility is to have its vinyl floors replaced, along with receiving minor repairs and upgrades. Marshall Minors, the ...

The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will be open from noon to midnight on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It will also be open from 4pm to midnight on Boxing Day and the following Tuesday, according to a press release from the Bermuda Hospitals Board....

HIV patients in Bermuda may no longer be facing a death sentence, but the stigma against the condition remains. Speaking in advance of today’s World Aids Day, Kim Ball, HIV co-ordinator at the Department of Health, said while she has found more peopl...

The illness contracted by a local family that ate freshly caught fish earlier this month suggests ciguatera poisoning, although the tests are still under way. “If confirmed, this is a rare occurrence in Bermuda,” a spokeswoman for the Department of E...

Several cases of foodborne illness from local fish, suspected to be caused by the ciguatera toxin, are under investigation through the Department of Fisheries. For Richalene Knights and her family, early symptoms mimicked food poisoning — then intens...

Danielle Pacheco was 13 years old when she found out she had type one diabetes. The 31-year-old has now been living with the condition for more than 17 years and refuses to let it stop her from living her life to the fullest extent. “It’s a huge adju...

A workforce strategy for Bermuda’s medical future is to be drawn up by early next summer as healthcare stakeholders prepare for a changing population. “We’re at the beginning of assessing the community’s human resources needs for health,” said Cheryl...

Scores of men took advantage of the free health screenings at yesterday’s Men’s Health Fair. The event, hosted by Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre and the Department of Health, offered kidney function, lung function, blood pressure and blood glucose...