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An obesity expert is on a mission to get residents to own their health and recognise self-destructive behaviours. Jane DeVille-Almond will share tips on what people can do to tackle obesity and diabetes at the Ministry of Health’s Commit to Change e...

At 19, Abuwi Rasool lost his sight. He was working in the government quarry when dynamite he’d laid a month before exploded in front of him. Most of his clothing blew off and the burns covered his right side, “from my knee to my forehead”. Doctors an...

Losing weight is not easy if you hate exercise and love cake. However, members of Bermuda’s successful Diabetes Reversal Programme have discovered that anything is possible with the right guidance and encouragement. About 30 participants got together...

A new charity wants to tackle Bermuda’s preventable health problems by helping people get the right health information. The Community for Heart and Respiratory Medicine was set up to take on chronic non-communicable diseases by filling in gaps in he...

Amanda Paulos has struggled with type two diabetes for a decade. But the 41-year-old said she was getting to grips with the chronic condition after joining a programme designed to reverse the disease. The mother of four, from Smith’s, has lost weig...

News Staff Free diabetes and lung disease screenings will be offered to island residents next week. Jane Hope, clinical manager at the Diabetes Respiratory Endocrine and Metabolism Centre, said: “Bermuda has one of the highest rates of diabetes in ...

Halting the rise in obesity and diabetes will be the focus of a symposium in January. As the island marks World Diabetes Day today, the Ministry of Health repeated that it is working towards a national strategy to deal with the problem. Health mini...

Rose-Anna Hoey ran 30 miles before most of us got out of bed this morning. She’ll likely do something similar a few more times this week. She isn’t crazy. She’s in training, part of a Bermuda team of six that will run 50 miles on November 18 to raise...

Adults with autism need more support to help them lead independent lives, a campaigner said yesterday. Thea Furbert, co-founder of autism charity Tomorrow’s Voices, added that its services for young people with autism should be better integrated with...

CedarBridge students will today take to their feet to fight breast cancer a year after the death of teacher Janet LePage. The school will be holding the Wildcats Breast Cancer Two Mile Walkathon to support the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s radia...

Sara Westhead suspected her son Jonathan was autistic as a toddler, but it was years before doctors confirmed her diagnosis. Because he did not present with classic autism, it made the disorder more difficult to detect. “When some people hear autis...

The Bermuda Society for the Blind has called for people to protect their eyes as World Sight Day approaches. International World Sight Day will take place on Thursday, with organisations around the world working to raise awareness about avoidable sig...