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The City of Hamilton has partnered with the Bermuda Heart Foundation to promote heart health. As part of February’s Heart Disease Awareness Month, the city will be hosting the ‘My City Heart’ Instagram contest. Through the contest, people can take a ...

The Green family has donated $500,000 to support the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s new radiation therapy facility. Once constructed, the facility will be capable of treating almost 190 cancer patients annually who could benefit from radiation tr...

Dear Sir, It is incredible that the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre is being closed for renovations, considering it was opened only in 2009. Why is a building that is only seven years old, needing renovations? Is this because of poor-quality work or de...

John Powell, the chairman of the board of trustees for the Summerhaven home for the physically challenged, has been effectively deposed by the appointment of a receiver for the facility, The Royal Gazette understands. While trustees technically retai...

Type 2 diabetes is a challenge, not a death sentence, according to Annabel Fountain. But Dr Fountain stressed that patients needed the right tools to succeed and education is key. The island’s only endocrinologist spoke with The Royal Gazette to shed...

Craig Simons knows first-hand how type 2 diabetes can affect the body — he has struggled with the disease for 15 years. The 48-year-old credits education with slowly helping him to get to grips with the condition where the body does not use insulin p...

In the wake of bad news, the Little family is wearing their hearts on their sleeves. Josephine Little was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer three years ago; after surgery and chemotherapy she was given the all-clear. A routine mammogram in July...

The Ministry of Health this weekend presented its one-year action plan to healthcare professionals at a long-term care symposium. The event, held on Saturday at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, featured a panel including representatives ...

Danielle Pacheco was 13 years old when she found out she had type one diabetes. The 31-year-old has now been living with the condition for more than 17 years and refuses to let it stop her from living her life to the fullest extent. “It’s a huge adju...

A workforce strategy for Bermuda’s medical future is to be drawn up by early next summer as healthcare stakeholders prepare for a changing population. “We’re at the beginning of assessing the community’s human resources needs for health,” said Cheryl...

“Just remember, cancer has an uncanny way of knowing when you give in.” This is what Robert Emmett was told when he arrived in London to start treatment of his stage-four bladder cancer. The former Robin Hood Premier League player took the words of e...

As a passenger on an aircraft, you know the pilot is trained, the engines checked and the flight path clear. As a customer in a restaurant, you know the establishment has its liquor licence, the food is prepared in a clean environment and the chef i...