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Former substance abusers who turned their life around will be highlighted throughout September as part of National Recovery Month. The Department for National Drug Control, the Ministry of Legal Affairs and treatment agencies across the island will h...

An asthma prevention charity has offered lessons on how parents and teachers can handle attacks of the disease. Open Airways said it would provide free, one-on-one consultations, with an asthma nurse throughout the new school term. Parents and teache...

For Lornelle Amory fitness is an act of creation. T-shirts for her kickboxing studio Longevity Athletics Bermuda, read: “I created this body in the LAB”. She set up the business at 100 Reid Street, near the corner with King Street, three years ago. ...

Carly Stong’s yoga class isn’t for waifs. The 33-year-old describes herself as “bigger-bodied” and planned a programme with similar-sized people in mind. “If someone says they don’t identify as bigger-bodied, but wants to come to a class anyway, the ...

Two would-be nurses became the first winners of scholarships set up to honour the memory of an intensive care nurse who died two years ago. The Vickie Smith Nursing Scholarships were awarded to Donnalyn Smith and Milon Outerbridge. Ms Smith, who is ...

A mental health charity is to hold its first community walk and fun day. The Bermuda Mental Health Foundation Steps to Mental Wellness Walk and Community Fun Day was designed to promote good psychiatric health and break down the stigma attached to pe...

Ways to cut the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease are to be discussed later this month. The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre said that many diseases were preventable if lifestyle changes were made. Azuree Williams, events and programme manage...

The chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board is to retire next year after 40 years in healthcare. Venetta Symonds, 61, is to stand down at the end of July after she handed in her notice two weeks ago. Ms Symonds said: “My contract says I have t...

Bermuda’s second-largest employer has used rainbow flags to celebrate diversity and show its commitment to treating everyone with dignity and respect. The Bermuda Hospitals Board said it supported LGBTQI+ staff and patients and had launched a policy ...

One of the US Government’s most intriguing health programmes is going to start bearing fruit soon. And the more people who join, the better. The National Institutes of Health’s “All of Us” project, launched last year, aims to collect genetic informat...

A proposed walk-in medical clinic in Hamilton has been refused planning permission by the Development Applications Board. However, Marico Thomas, chief executive officer of Bermuda Medical Specialties Group, said yesterday that the plans for the Heal...