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Healthy teeth will help to ensure “healthy smiles for a healthy future”.
That’s the message being relayed to students during February — Oral Health Month — which will see free screenings for schoolchildren.
The Oral Health Section of the Department o...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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Health
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The first in a series of four lectures designed to promote healthy hearts will be held tonight as a month of activities gets underway in recognition of Heart Month.
Sponsored by the Bermuda Heart Foundation, the Cardiac Resource Group will host four ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2014
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Health
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A mother-of-three in desperate need of an operation to help her eat again says she can’t afford the surgery.
Wanda Pedro claims she is fighting for her life after being diagnosed with a broken bone in her skull, caused by a car accident five years a...
DATE: Jan 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Local physicians are “overwhelmingly” opposed to a health plan imposed by Government to rein in unnecessary and expensive diagnostic testing.
The initiative, known as pre-certification, will force doctors to consult with insurance companies or other ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cannabis campaigner Alan Gordon has called on faster action to allow medical marijuana in Bermuda.
And as of yesterday afternoon, more than 370 people had signed an online petition to allow seriously ill Bermudians access to medical marijuana.
Mr Gor...
DATE: Jan 16, 2014
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Health
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Nearly 8,000 vaccinations to fight influenza have been administered in Bermuda by the Department of Health and private practitioners.
A spokeswoman for The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) said: “Approximately 29 percent (over 2,300 doses) we...
DATE: Jan 16, 2014
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Health
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A Bermudian microbiologist has been named the new Chief of Pathology by the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Dr Clyde Wilson will report to the Chief of Staff, Dr Michael Weitekamp, and will be responsible for all laboratory services at the BHB, including bl...
DATE: Jan 09, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A donation of $100,000 by the Kitson Group has pushed the fundraising campaign for Bermuda’s new hospital wing to the $30 million mark.
Brothers Kirk and Richard Kitson handed over the cheque to Bermuda Hospitals Board chairman Jonathan Brewin to mar...
DATE: Dec 19, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Government move to bring in “pre-certification” — requiring doctors to get a second opinion when ordering diagnostic tests — has been poorly received across the Island’s medical community.
However, according to the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Associat...
DATE: Dec 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Legislation aimed at modernising pharmaceutical regulations on the Island and encourage the use generic drugs was approved by the House of Assembly on Friday.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Amendment Bill 2013 was described by Health Minister Trevor Moniz ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
