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The Bermuda Health Council has created a new online tool to help people get value for money when it comes to prescription drugs. The resource, aimed at decreasing the cost of drugs, allows the public to look up the suggested total cost for the most ...

More supervised community treatment could provide much needed aftercare for patients with mental health problems, a support group founder said yesterday. Mental health advocate Chelsea Nicholson said community treatment orders would help patients who...

For the past two years, brave Brennan Watkins has spent almost as much time in hospitals battling a rare form of leukaemia as he has in school. The five-year-old has completed 21 of 26 months of chemotherapy treatment since his diagnosis in April 201...

Nearly 150 complaints and queries have been made this year about employers failing to provide health insurance coverage. The Bermuda Health Council named a host of companies who have failed to comply with the Health Insurance Act. It said 147 complai...

More than 1,900 employees got their health insurance back last year after employers were investigated by the Bermuda Health Council. This resulted in more than $660,000 being collected in health premiums, according to the health watchdog’s annual re...

With more than a third of Alzheimer’s cases potentially preventable, people are being urged to take their health into their own hands. According to Jo-Ann Cousins-Simpson, of The Family Practice, research has shown that exercise can cut the risk of d...

Sargento Nacho & Taco shredded cheese with a sell-by date of 14 June 2017 should be avoided, according to the Ministry of Health and Seniors, because of a potential risk of contamination by the bacterium listeria. The advisory covers the product sold...

A Bermuda College course launched in 2012 to address a shortage of nurses on the island has yet to produce a single qualified nurse. Seventeen students have so far graduated from the college’s Nursing Pathways Programme with an Associate Degree in Sc...

Bermuda Hospitals Board has recognised six retiring donors who together have given more than 240 pints of blood over three decades. “We want to thank six dedicated blood donors today who have collectively donated 244 pints of blood,” consultant haem...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has pledged to release full details on the salaries and benefits enjoyed by its executive officers this month. The publicly funded quango rejected a public access to information request for the records from The Royal Gazet...