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The Argus Group announced the launch this week of “Get Up & Thrive”, an online wellness platform that offers team and individual challenges, activity tracking and other wellbeing activities.
“Get Up & Thrive” is part of the Thrive programme, Argus’s ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2015
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Health
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The Department of Health has confirmed that two suspected cases of measles are being investigated.
The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit was alerted this week — the first on Wednesday and the second yesterday.
Those close to the pair are being info...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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Health
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The first case of measles in Bermuda for some 25 years may have been detected, according to the Department of Health.
The case is now being investigated by the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit.
Those close to the affected individual are being infor...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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Health
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A pilot health benefit has provided medical care for patients in their homes, while saving the Island’s health system an estimated $100,000.
The Home Medical Services (HMS) pilot benefit was launched by the Bermuda Health Council in collaboration wit...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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Health
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The Bermuda Nursing Council and the Bermuda Dental Board, with the Bermuda Health Council (BHeC), have published documents containing Standards of Practice for professionals working in the two medical areas.
The BHeC, which is led by chief executive ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
An 81-year-old man suffering from “severe” bedsores was “rescued” by concerned members of the public from a rest home that could not care for him properly — after the National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged (NOSPC) failed to find hi...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Ministry of Health has issued an updated set of health guidelines for school to coincide with the start of the new school year.
The guidelines are designed to help parents and teachers keep children healthy during term time.
Fact sheets on a rang...
DATE: Sep 09, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Department of Health has moved to allay fears that its free fluoride supplement programme for children could be axed.
Two sources, neither of whom would be named, told The Royal Gazette that the cost of the scheme came up at a recent meeting of h...
DATE: Aug 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Teenagers who have experienced at least five blistering sunburns before the age of 20 increase their risk of developing the most deadly form of skin cancer, melanoma, by 80 percent, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2014
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Health
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A US fertility expert will speak tomorrow at a meeting organised by Island infertility support group Paperwhites.
A spokeswoman said Dr Matan Yemini, from the Diamond Institute in New Jersey, would discuss options for having children, including in-vi...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
