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is seizing the opportunity not only to fund-raise but also to educate the public about the disease.
*** SICKLE CELL ABNORMALITY What it is: Sickle cell is an inherited change in the blood. The protein haemoglobin, which is responsible for the red c...
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main goals are: To increase public awareness about the prevalence of the disease and how it is passed on to children at birth.
To assist the "at risk'' population through regular screening for the trait, and the provision of genetic counselling to t...
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Bermuda students may soon be able to earn a post-secondary school degree without leaving home.
This is the hope of Dr. William Levy, Professor Emeritus and Dean of Graduate Studies at Schiller International University.
Schiller is a distance-learning...
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cell anaemia. His twin sister, Sheri, was slightly luckier -- she has the trait but not the full-blown disease.
"It is inherited,'' the teenager explains. "My mother has sickle cell, and my father has the trait.'' In this disease, if the sickle cell...
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associate producer for the event reported yesterday.
James Farrar said the 1,100 seats available for Friday and Saturday night on a reservation basis sold out several weeks ago but some general admission seating was available each night.
However he a...
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festivals at Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts or Dockyard this week need not despair.
Between the Corporation of Hamilton, Spanish Town Productions, and the Bank of Butterfield, there are no less than three opportunities to enjoy the ...
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A project that offers children of one-parent families an extra friend has received a cash boost to the tune of $1,500.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters, which arranges adult mentors for youngsters in Bermuda, was presented with the cash following a fund-...
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annual gospel concert at the New Testament Church of God, Southside, St.
David's on Saturday, September 16, beginning at 7.30 p.m.
The event is the organisation's sole fund-raiser this year.
The cost of admission is: patrons $25, others $15, and the ...
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according to the latest figures.
In July, 55,377 passengers used the boats -- a four percent increase on the same period last year. Transport Minister Ewart Brown welcomed the figures, which reverse a decline in ferry use over recent years.
Dr. Brown...
DATE: Sep 12, 2000
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legendary tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine is critically ill in a New York hospital and is not expected to survive.
Mr. Turrentine was scheduled to headline the Jazz Legend 2000 concert at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts tomo...
DATE: Sep 12, 2000
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