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The founder of The Huffington Post news website is to visit Bermuda to give a presentation on the urgent need to take personal wellness seriously. Arianna Huffington is being brought to the Island by Colonial Medical Insurance to speak at two events ...

Shadow Health Minister Kim Wilson has called on Government to consider penalising families who abandon elderly relatives in hospital and providing incentives to those who look after them. The call comes after Health Minister Jeanne Atherden revealed ...

Elderly patients are being abandoned at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, causing a shortage of beds that has led to the postponement of surgeries, Health Minister Jeanne Atherden told the House of Assembly. “Our hospital is being used as a residenc...

Ambulance services are now present at both ends of the Island, Premier Michael Dunkley has announced alongside Health Minister Jeanne Atherden. “While the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service emergency medical technicians could respond from multiple loc...

The Argus Group announced the launch this week of “Get Up & Thrive”, an online wellness platform that offers team and individual challenges, activity tracking and other wellbeing activities. “Get Up & Thrive” is part of the Thrive programme, Argus’s ...

A Seniors Advisory Council has been set up by the Bermuda Government to help to improve the standards of care for the Island’s elderly. The council will be made up of 15 individuals including, Dr John Cann as its chairman and Marian Sherratt as it de...

The Department of Health has confirmed that two suspected cases of measles are being investigated. The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit was alerted this week — the first on Wednesday and the second yesterday. Those close to the pair are being info...

Complementary therapists are calling for yoga therapy and homeopathy to be included in the healthcare policies of local insurance companies. Specialists Melanie Dupres and Joanne Wohlmuth are trying to persuade insurers to cover the therapies as par...

A woman who says she has been beset with illness after testing positive for high levels of measles among other antibodies now believes local health authorities have given up on her. Stacey Dunn contacted The Royal Gazette after a suspected but unconf...

The controversial issue of medical precertification remains on the cards as the Ministry of Health appraises proposals. Government maintains the process will save money but many local doctors oppose such a move. Three firms, all from overseas, have r...