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“I am going to die.” That was Amani Flood’s first thought when she received a cancer diagnosis. “I fell ill one day and thought I had the flu,” she said. “It turned out to be something much more serious — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer orig...

Sir Michael Hirst became a champion for diabetes 20 years ago. It was about that time the UK Member of Parliament watched his young daughter grapple with Type One diabetes. He made it his mission to help her — and millions of others like her. Si...

Former track star Andrea Jackson never imagined she would own a business before the age of 30. Her plan had been to go off to university and then take up a post with the Bermuda Police Service. However, things didn’t pan out like she expected and sh...

Jennie Lightbourne comes from a line of pharmacists. Despite strong urging from her father and grandfather, she wasn’t drawn to the profession. Both were pharmacists who owned their own pharmacies in Ireland. Mrs Lightbourne took a different path. “I...

Thirteen years ago Richard Harrison was earning a lot of money as a systems analyst in London. It wasn’t enough. He quit his job with one of the world’s pharmaceutical giants and bought a ticket for South Korea. His plan was to spend a year there he...

Valentina Holland isn’t ashamed to call herself a dance fitness junkie. She got hooked on Jazzercise classes in the US more than 20 years ago while trying to get into shape after years of smoking. She moved to the Island and found there were only a...

A year ago Amy Da Ponte felt overweight, unfit and stuck in life. She was always tired and struggled to motivate herself, even when it came to individual workout sessions with a personal trainer. Then she tried running. Since then she’s dropped...

A couple hit hard by cancer are giving back to the community that helped them through their illnesses. Jenna Martin, 41, spent eight months battling ovarian cancer. Her 36-year-old husband John was diagnosed with a brain tumour only two days after...

Tali Gabai-Maiato will never forget the day her life changed forever. It was December 28, 2013 when she got the call her younger sister Kaelenne had committed suicide. She was completely shocked. “Kaelenne was amazing, funny, outgoing and outspoke...

If there is one thing Fajr Bashir knows, it’s how to get people moving. The 29-year-old is a fitness instructor and an aspiring singer. “With fitness training you have to know how to motivate people to feel enthusiastic and keep moving,” she said. “...