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With the start of Diabetes Awareness Month today, the Ministry of Health and Seniors is undertaking an Island-wide survey to determine how many people have, or are at risk of, developing diabetes and other chronic diseases.
The announcement comes fro...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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Health
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Cancer survivors joined relatives and friends to hear the sobering realities of ovarian cancer and the impact of cancer in Bermuda.
Organised under the theme ‘Break the Silence’, the new advocacy group for Ovarian Cancer Awareness hosted a luncheon y...
DATE: Sep 30, 2013
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Health
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Ovarian Cancer Awareness month culminates with a ‘Mind, Body and Spirit’ luncheon on Sunday to promote awareness on the disease known as the ‘Silent Killer’.
Under the theme entitled ‘Break the Silence’ a new advocacy group for Ovarian Cancer awarene...
DATE: Sep 26, 2013
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Health
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Leading doctors from North America were among the experts that attended the Pink Conference on Breast Cancer, hosted by Bermuda.
More than 200 members of the public attended for free, and the event has been hailed a success by Minister of Health and ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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
More than 9,000 people suffer from asthma in Bermuda, and more than 2,000 of those who suffered chronic attacks ended up in the hospital’s emergency ward last year.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin highlighted the numbers yesterday on World A...
DATE: May 08, 2013
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Health
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Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre and public health consultant Betsy Baillie received top honours at the Ministry of Health’s annual Public Health Awards ceremony.
The presentations were made by Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin at the Bermuda S...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Income and education are the top determinants in both the health and health spending of Bermuda’s residents.
The Health Disparities Report 2013, released yesterday by the Bermuda Health Council, shows the extent to which social and economic forces af...
DATE: Mar 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Reopening the medical clinic five years after it was controversially shut, will offer a fresh start from its stigmatised history, said a physician who worked at the facility.
Stanley James said he welcomed news of Government’s pledge to bring the cli...
DATE: Jan 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
