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A Zumba education specialist will be on the island for a fundraising event on Saturday. The Party in Pink Zumbathon will generate cash for the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre at Cafe 4, Windsor Place, on Saturday, from 2pm to 4pm. Special guest Iren...

A stroll through Hamilton can be an enjoyable experience — but not when you can barely see across the road. It’s an experience I “enjoyed” yesterday before today’s World Sight Day — with the assistance of the Bermuda Society for the Blind. To highlig...

Technology has helped people with sight problems overcome their disability, the Bermuda Society for the Blind said yesterday. Vince Godber, a vision rehabilitation therapist, said a woman who was heartbroken that her deteriorating eyesight had stoppe...

The Bermuda Health Council has refused to reveal the advice it gave former health minister Jeanne Atherden before the One Bermuda Alliance government decided to slash fees for scans last year. Tawanna Wedderburn, the health council’s chief executive ...

Breast cancer awareness month was launched yesterday with an appeal to women to take charge of their breast health, including annual screening starting at the age of 40. Lynne Woolridge, the chief executive at the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, sa...

Former premier Ewart Brown is likely to receive more than $1.2 million in total from the public purse for financial losses suffered at his two medical clinics, health minister Kim Wilson has revealed. Ms Wilson defended the Government’s decision to p...

The Government is to make further payments to doctor and former premier Ewart Brown to compensate him for losses since fees for medical scans were slashed. A Ministry of Health spokesman told The Royal Gazette that Dr Brown will continue to receive a...

When you visit your doctor, your life is quite literally in their hands. Doctors, by degree and experience, are paid to render a service. This service by nature has a deep level of trust embedded in its delivery, which is bestowed on the doctor by th...

A new machine to test for lung problems is up and running at a specialist clinic. The pulmonary plethysmograph, used to check the efficiency of the lungs, has been installed at the new Bermuda Medical Specialities Group and will cut the need for pati...

Rose-Anna Hoey realises she regularly gives Railway Trail users a bit of a fright. She’s out running every morning at 4am; her footsteps are light, the beam from her tiny torch is often the only signal of her approach. “Sometimes the walkers don’t he...

A new option for diabetes sufferers to have a pancreas transplant in the US has been promoted in Bermuda. Jay Graham, an assistant professor and abdominal transplant surgeon at Montefiore Medical Centre in New York, said he was “very excited” about t...

A cancer charity is to hold a “Mad Hair Day” to raise funds to support its work. Pals wants schools and businesses to join in and style their hair in “a mad or crazy way” or hold a Denim Day to boost the Paget-based charity. Colleen English DeGrilla,...