499 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Health"
An educational award in memory of a beloved eye surgeon has gone this year to an aspiring Bermudian eye-care professional studying in the United States.
Keirra Winn was chosen by the Bermuda International Institute of Ophthalmology to be the 2022 rec...
DATE: Sep 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Scholarships totalling $10,000 have been awarded to three students by the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda.
Chelsea Basden, who is doing pre-med biology at Denison University, Ohio, received $5,000.
Saraé Botelho was given $2,500 for studying science a...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A new clinic treating patients with kidney disease will provide free screening to underinsured sufferers from next month.
Kidney Care Bermuda has formed after the merger of two previous practices — Bermuda Home Dialysis Services and Bermuda Renal Pa...
DATE: Aug 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
About half of schoolchildren with asthma are not listed on a register of students who have the condition, a charity has estimated.
Liz Boden, co-founder of Open Airways, said that pupils should not miss out on lessons or activities because of asthma ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A controversial tax on products containing sugar forced almost half of respondents to reduce their consumption of sugary goods and drinks, according to an academic study.
But the levy still netted the Government millions of dollars in revenue.
The ta...
DATE: Aug 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Anna Neilson-Williams has been named the new chief of psychiatry for the Bermuda Hospitals Board after almost a year acting in the post.
Dr Neilson-Williams, who has served as the acting chief of psychiatry since last September, will officially take ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A champion for Bermuda’s intellectually disabled helped found a home for people with mental challenges to live with dignity.
Ellen Douglas, who opened Hope Homes in 1982, also volunteered for the homeless in Bermuda.
The education therapist was recog...
DATE: Jul 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Healthcare providers, educators and legal professionals are being invited to an open house by psychological and psychiatric treatment centre Solstice.
The event, being held today from 5pm to 7pm, is an effort to “help strengthen the supports offered ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Consultation has begun on a national plan that aims to help fill “critical gaps” in services for persons with intellectual disabilities.
The plan, spearheaded by Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute, has the support of the health and education ministries....
DATE: May 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
After a two year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, World Asthma Day returned to Bermuda yesterday.
Musicians from Warwick Academy expanded their lungs to play wind and brass instruments while Open Airways staff and volunteers demonstrated equipm...
DATE: May 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
