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Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia will host a film screening as both a fundraiser and a means of raising awareness about therapeutic art treatment.
‘I Remember Better When I Paint’, a documentary narrated by Olivia de Haviland, shows the impact that...
DATE: Jun 19, 2013
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Only around two percent of Bermuda residents are responsible for the Island’s entire supply of donated blood, according to Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin.
Speaking to mark World Blood Donor Day, Ms Gordon Pamplin said that while in most deve...
DATE: Jun 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Health Foundation will honour son of the soil, Dr Malcolm Brock, Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine at its Annual Salute to Service Award Luncheon.
Dr Brock is also an Associate Professor of En...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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Health
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A leaflet explaining healthcare costs and how to control them is being posted out to residents this month by the Bermuda Health Council (BHeC).
BHeC CEO Jennifer Attride-Stirling said the Guide to Bermuda’s Health Costs was part of a wider campaign b...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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Health
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Just back from a meeting of Health Ministers in Aruba on the impact of childhood obesity, Patricia Gordon Pamplin told MPs Bermuda’s population will face chronic health issues from preventable, non-communicable diseases.
In a Ministerial statement th...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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Health
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A record number of schools have received top marks in a campaign to encourage students to adopt healthier lifestyles.
At this year’s Healthy Schools Awards, Education Minister Nalton Brangman revealed that 25 of the 32 schools that took part in the s...
DATE: Jun 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Men are often reluctant to go to the doctor for fear of hearing bad news or looking weak but they need to “know their numbers” when it comes to health, a meeting heard yesterday.
Rhonda Smith-Simmons, education officer for Bermuda Cancer and Health C...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s health financing is a staggeringly complex arrangement — especially for a comparatively small jurisdiction.
“The input we’ve had from our advisers, who have experience of different health systems around the world, is that this is more comp...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Shadow Health Minister Zane DeSilva has commended the new Chief Medical Officer Cheryl Peek-Ball on her appointment.
As the former Minister, Mr DeSilva recalled working with Dr Peek-Ball following her appointment to Acting CMO on January 1, 2012.
“He...
DATE: May 31, 2013
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Health
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The new Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Cheryl Peek-Ball is to take office on June 1.
She has served as Acting CMO since the retirement of John Cann at the end of 2011.
Dr Peek-Ball’s appointment was announced as the Health Ministry said the CMO’s office...
DATE: May 29, 2013
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Health
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