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A continuing feud between home birth advocates and medical authorities has resulted in one set of parents having to attend hospital at a cost of $8,000 for the delivery of their child.
For four other parents, the search for a supervisor to oversee ho...
DATE: Jun 30, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
High school graduates and those looking for a career change are being encouraged to consider nursing.
Of the 490 registered nurses on the Island, 62 percent are non-Bermudians.
An information session about Bermuda College’s Associate of Science in N...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A new cardiologist has joined the team at the Bermuda Heart Foundation’s CORE Heart Health Centre.
Dr Carl Reimers has almost 20 years of experience and will assist in the centre’s aims of reducing the number of people at risk of heart problems by 2...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Smoking marijuana increases men’s risk of testicular cancer by a staggering 70 percent.
This is just one of the warnings Islanders will receive at a special seminar this week to raise awareness of the disease. Speaker Gerri Landy, education officer ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The visit of a renowned guest speaker will be one of the highlights of HIV Awareness Month.
Ms Marvelyn Brown is the author of The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and HIV-positive, a hopeful story of how an “everyday girl” contracted HIV from her “Prin...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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More than 30 schools have been recognised for promoting healthy lifestyles.
A total of 31 schools took part in the Healthy Schools programme, with 27 achieving a Gold Level award.
At an awards ceremony yesterday, Health Minister Jeanne Atherden said ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Prostate cancer patients could face delays in getting diagnosed and treated when one of only two urologists leaves Bermuda at the end of this month.
Dr Suren de Zylva joined Dr Charles Dyer’s urology practice last September, but will return to the UK...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A campaign to raise awareness about critical health issues is being hailed a success.
The SnapFacts initiative offers the public “bite-size” facts about everything from obesity to HIV.
The occasionally controversial campaign is the work of the Berm...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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An outbreak of a mosquito- borne virus in the Caribbean has prompted a statement from Health Minister Jeanne Atherden.
Suriname, a CARICOM state on the northern coast of South America, reported on Tuesday that it had dealt with its first recorded cas...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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An American oncologist hired two years ago to lead Bermuda Hospitals Board’s cancer services is to exit the Island in September and is currently on sick leave, leaving only part-time doctors to cover his absence.
The departure of Paul Coty from King ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
