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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...
DATE: Nov 18, 2016
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Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre is reminding men to take charge of their health as the island marks Movember.
The charity has teamed up with Robin Hood Football Club to raise awareness of men’s health, with a particular focus on prostate and testic...
DATE: Nov 16, 2016
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“Just remember, cancer has an uncanny way of knowing when you give in.”
This is what Robert Emmett was told when he arrived in London to start treatment of his stage-four bladder cancer.
The former Robin Hood Premier League player took the words of e...
DATE: Nov 16, 2016
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No medical services will be available for sick infants or children in the Department of Health’s Hamilton, Somerset and St George’s clinics this afternoon or tomorrow.
Routine preventive health and immunisation services will be available, according t...
DATE: Nov 16, 2016
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Health
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Doctors have branded a raft of reworked legislative proposals aimed at regulating healthcare providers as “heavy handed” and say that the reform measures unfairly target their profession.
The Bermuda Health Council recently published the proposed ch...
DATE: Nov 12, 2016
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Health
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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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Health
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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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Health
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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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Health
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