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People have been asked to wear purple today to support those suffering from lupus. Two patients, who asked not to be named, shared their experience of the potentially fatal autoimmune disease. “Blessing” said her illness started with severe migraine ...

At the age of 35, Kimberley Best was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her diagnosis in 2010 came a year almost to the day that one of her dearest friends had called to say she also had the disease. “You get the call from your doctor and you just know. T...

Crystal Caesar celebrated the hard work of Open Airways yesterday as the charity celebrated World Asthma Day. Ms Caesar, the government spokeswoman for health in the Senate, said the number of patients admitted to hospital for asthma had fallen by 76...

Up to five people a day still visit the hospital’s emergency ward because of asthma attacks. Liz Boden, co-founder of Open Airways, said that while numbers had fallen over the past two decades Bermuda still had a “huge” problem with asthma. Ms Boden...

Asthma charity Open Airways is to organise a short walk to celebrate 20 years of helping Bermuda breathe easier. The Love Your Lungs stroll around Hamilton’s City Hall will be part of the charity’s education event on Tuesday to mark World Asthma Day....

Dementia patients in Bermuda have benefited from an international therapy course to improve memory and mood. Four of the seven participants showed better thought processes, four saw an improvement in their mood and three said they had a better qualit...

For months, she felt like a helpless spectator to her father’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. Plans involving basic logistics would flummox him like a complex battle plan. But after a pilot programme offered by Action on Alzheimer’s & Dementia proved a h...

A new diabetes centre will offer affordable medication and education under one roof, the Bermuda Diabetes Association said yesterday. Debbie Jones, the chairwoman, said the organisation was “acutely aware of the urgent need to improve our healthcare ...

Stark new figures reveal how chronically sick Bermudians fare worse in comparison with British diabetes patients. However, the Bermuda Wellness Foundation sees hope through tweaks to the island’s healthcare model. Two proposals emerging from a “groun...

A charity set up to support people with multiple sclerosis held its first swimathon this weekend. Organisers were delighted with the number of people who took to the water to raise funds for the MS Society of Bermuda. Ellen Hollis, society president,...

Ellen Hollis readily admits she is not the best archer in the world. The 45-year-old hits the bull’s-eye maybe once in 50 tries. “But when I do, I get a swing in my step and a smile on my face,” Ms Hollis said. She plays once a month, with David Semo...

A tax on high-sugar sweet products will have a sour effect on small businesses, the owner of a bakery in St George’s warned yesterday. Kamilah Cannonier, of Sweet Saak Bakery, said the Government should reconsider the tax and predicted it would drive...