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A Bill that will reduce the cost of standard healthcare, HIP and FutureCare premiums has been passed in the House of Assembly with amendments from the Opposition. The Health (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2017 will also adjust benefits and move dialy...

Growing pressures on an unsustainable healthcare system have caused serious financial difficulties for the Bermuda Hospitals Board, the Public Accounts Committee has heard. BHB bosses appeared before the PAC to explain the increasing financial challe...

The dangers of tanning and its potential to lead to addictive behaviour have been reiterated by an international expert. According to David Fisher, who spoke to The Royal Gazette as Bermuda marked Melanoma Awareness Month, research has shown that ta...

The public are being reminded to get their skin checked during their annual medical examinations and to conduct regular mole checks. With skin cancer incidences still rising globally, Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre SunSmart co-ordinator Azuree Will...

Bermuda’s nurse of the year says it was the failing health of a family member that started her on her career path a half-century ago. Carys Caisey, a mental wellness officer at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute, was named the Bermuda Nurses Associ...

Kidney transplant funding for HIP and FutureCare patients is to increase by 50 per cent to up to $150,000 under new legislation. A health Bill has been tabled to expand coverage from June 1 so that more patients can come off dialysis, a government sp...

The possibility of conducting kidney transplants in Bermuda is being reviewed by the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders. It comes after a team of Norwegian surgeons visited the island in March and submitted a proposal that is now being assesse...

A diabetes specialist has urged policymakers and the wider community to examine the underlying issues that cause type 2 diabetes to protect the next generation “from developing the condition so unnecessarily”. According to David Cavan, who was speaki...

The Argus Group is offering a new programme to reverse type 2 diabetes and reduce the prevalence of the disease in Bermuda. The local insurer has partnered with diabetes specialist David Cavan and Stanley James, of Premier Health & Wellness Centre, t...

The Ministry of Health and Seniors has advised the public not to eat Aunt Jemima brand frozen pancakes, waffles or French toast due to a potential risk of Listeria contamination. It is the second time this year that the Island has had a food recall ...