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The family of Garry Dill, a father of four in need of a heart transplant, say they are still in the dark despite meeting with their health insurer BF&M.
Mr Dill’s wife Janet confirmed yesterday they had met with the healthcare provider and are curren...
DATE: Apr 10, 2014
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Health
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An ambulance in the east end would be more valuable than the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre, according to St George’s MP Kenneth Bascome.
Mr Bascome said the arguments surrounding the future of the facility had become more about politics than the well...
DATE: Apr 09, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s citizens must apply public pressure to support the movement against obesity, a leading US nutrition expert has urged.
Worldwide, obesity is now the fifth leading cause of death — and the current generation of children “could actually be on ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Public Transport yesterday celebrated its fourth annual Wellness Day event with free screenings and informational presentations.
A number of vendors and organisations yesterday set up information booths at the Department’s Palmetto ...
DATE: Apr 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A US fertility expert will speak tomorrow at a meeting organised by Island infertility support group Paperwhites.
A spokeswoman said Dr Matan Yemini, from the Diamond Institute in New Jersey, would discuss options for having children, including in-vi...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The future of a closure-threatened urgent care centre in the east of the Island has been guaranteed for a year.
Health Minister Trevor Moniz told MPs the Lamb Foggo clinic in St David’s would stay open until “at least March 2015.”
Mr Moniz said: “Thi...
DATE: Mar 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A hard-hitting campaign advising residents to get tested for colon cancer has been launched during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
The public awareness drive uses experiences of Bermuda residents who have been impacted by this disease to demonstra...
DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A new study has discovered a dramatic drop in the levels of mercury found in pregnant women in Bermuda in the last decade.
A paper published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE compares two studies conducted in 2003 and 2011 which reveal a significant...
DATE: Mar 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Claims that some doctors oppose pre-certification because they don’t want increased accountability have been refuted by the Ministry of Health and Environment.
In a joint statement the Ministry, the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association and the Bermud...
DATE: Mar 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Shadow Health Minister Zane DeSilva called on Government to tell the country what lies ahead with medical pre-certification, which he branded a One Bermuda Alliance cost-cutting measure that would harm vulnerable patients.
The initiative would requir...
DATE: Mar 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
