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Residents could know more about the healthcare choices available to them when health sector businesses join a revamped Health Council register. The Bermuda Health Council has invited the over 300 healthcare businesses across the country to register w...

A teenaged schoolgirl who carried out research into the genetic reasons for “a sweet tooth” has expanded her study to include more men and people with Type 2 diabetes. Kameron Young, 17 and in her final year of the International Baccalaureate Diploma...

Dear Sir, Responding to the latest initiative from the Bermuda Health Council, indicating a “push towards a value-based healthcare system” from the existing volume-based system, it would seem a move in the right direction. But Bermuda’s healthcare sy...

One of the unpleasant aspects of diabetes is that wounds are slow to heal, creating the potential for serious infections and even amputations. Given the prevalence of the disease in Bermuda, it’s an issue that is all too familiar in many Bermudian ho...

Two independent overseas doctors are to review the medical records of 75 patients of doctors Ewart Brown and Mahesh Reddy to check if they were “over-tested”, a court heard yesterday. The files, along with those of 190 other patients, were seized by ...

There’s something about the number 13 that puts a tiny shadow of doubt in my mind! I’m not into superstition (unless it’s Stevie Wonder) and I’m not worried about black cats, or breaking mirrors or walking under ladders, but the number 13 just makes...

Students interested in a career in public health have been invited to apply for a prestigious scholarship. The Dr Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarship is awarded every year to students who want to pursue a career or professional development. The n...

I know it’s not yet summertime, when alcohol intake increases due to the many barbecues and social events, but let’s talk about it now. Let’s talk about our favourite social lubricant. Effects of alcohol Your body treats alcohol as a toxin. The toxi...

Health chiefs have admitted they failed to carry out a “reasonable search” for records about incidents that resulted in harm to patients at the island’s general hospital. The Bermuda Hospitals Board initially told The Royal Gazette, in response to a ...

Bermuda’s health watchdog has released an information brief as part of a push towards a value-based healthcare system. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Health Council said that alternative payment mechanisms could be used to “reimburse the delivery of ...

An asthma charity has launched an online survey to help to improve services to sufferers. A spokeswoman for Open Airways said that the group was “trying to better understand the perceptions of asthma control in Bermuda to ensure we are providing the ...

The acting chief executive of Bermuda’s healthcare watchdog set up a company with a top executive from the US-based Lahey Clinic but “immediately terminated” the arrangement because of a potential conflict of interest, it has been revealed. Ricky Bra...