469 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Health"
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has been officially designated as an international training centre for emergency cardiac care courses by the American Heart Association.
Twenty-one hospital staff have earned their accreditation as instructors for basic li...
DATE: May 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Nurses at King Edward VII Memorial are offering free health screenings tomorrow in honour of Healthy Heart Month.
The screenings will be in the hospital lobby between 11am and 2pm and will include tests for blood pressure, blood sugar, weight circumf...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Patient satisfaction with acute care services at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital rose last year, according to figures released yesterday.
A survey carried out on behalf of Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) found that levels of satisfaction increased in...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Seven children aged younger than 15 caught sexually transmitted diseases in 2011.
Six of them, all in the 10-14 age bracket, got confirmed cases of chlamydia, health officials revealed yesterday as they urged parents to teach their children better se...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
One family’s fight to save their premature baby’s life a battle that landed them with more than $1 million in medical costs has catapulted into a major fundraising gala to assist other families in need.
The $1,000-a-plate ticket for the Diamonds & C...
DATE: Jan 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Nearly two thirds of residents are unhappy with Bermuda’s health system, according to a survey of the Island’s health trends.
A total of 61 percent of people want fundamental changes to make the system work better and 12 percent believe an overhaul i...
DATE: Oct 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermudians are curbing their appetite for fried food, according to a survey of the Island’s health trends but four out of five adults are now watching more than two hours of television each day.
Since 2006, fast food consumption fell a total of five ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Acting Health Minister Michael Weeks yesterday encouraged women to take steps to protect themselves against breast cancer.
His comments were made at the launch of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at City Hall.
Mr Weeks said breast cancer was the most c...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Graduate Betty Azzario was beaming from ear to ear as she collected her City & Guilds certificate from the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
The 46-year-old was one of 16 Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute (MWI) staff to gain the accreditation after balancing wo...
DATE: Sep 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Skin cancer is a colourblind and fatal disease, according to Rhonda Smith-Simmons, education officer at the Bermuda Cancer Health Centre.
She told a meeting of Hamilton Rotarians this week that “skin cancer is the most preventable cancer, so it is re...
DATE: Aug 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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