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An investigation has been launched into a fitness centre due to close on Saturday by consumer affairs officials. The Government confirmed that it was looking into The Athletic Club in Hamilton, which will transfer its members to another city gym. The...

Proposed changes to the healthcare system in a bid to cut its massive costs without proper information would be a disaster, the head of a think-tank has warned. Philip Butterfield, the chairman of the BermudaFirst advisory group, said healthcare at p...

Patients 1st is a weekly column where the Bermuda Medical Doctors Association answers your questions about the proposed Bermuda Health Plan 2020 and how it may impact you and your family. Today we’re looking at how dentists feel about the Bermuda He...

Dear Sir, The following was addressed to Debbie Barboza, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease nurse educator at the Bermuda Hospitals Board. I have been an asthma sufferer for 75 years, with asthma diagnosed at the age of 5. It has made a...

A veteran counsellor warned the island yesterday not to be complacent about the risk of contracting HIV, despite a massive drop in the number of new cases. Carolyn Armstrong, the director and founder of Support Therapy for Aids patients and their Re...

First, the evidence at hand. As you read this, and as confirmed by the Ministry of Health, there are 5,341 Bermudians, spouses of Bermudians and permanent resident’s certificate holders representing approximately 8 per cent of our population who are ...

A free health screening for men was held in Hamilton today. The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s 2019 Men’s Health Screening offered tests for blood glucose, blood pressure, and kidney and skin analysis. Doctors and nutritionists were also on han...

When someone mentions a personal trainer, what comes to mind? Do you automatically think of some immortal being sculpted with six-pack abs who sips green shakes every morning? Or a drill sergeant who barks orders in order to get you scared and make y...

Most Bermudians with asthma do not have the condition under control, a charity has warned. A survey conducted by Open Airways this year found that 70 per cent of people had “poorly controlled asthma”. The report said: “The results clearly indicate ...

“Five thousand, three hundred and forty-one persons in Bermuda are without health insurance.” — The Ministry of Health “Our aim is to provide universal access to healthcare through these reforms while bending the cost curve downwards.” — Kim Wilson...

A young mother who died of cancer could have lived if the disease had been spotted earlier, an overseas expert said yesterday. Michael Leitman, the chief of general surgery at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in New York, said that if Latifa Maybury’...

A hospital misdiagnosis was a significant factor in the death of a young mother from cancer six years ago, a lawyer claimed yesterday. Latifa Maybury, who was 30, died in November 2013, six months after she gave birth to her son, Khaleel. Her color...