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Colleges that have banned hard alcohol say the step has helped to combat some of the most pernicious effects of campus drinking. They report less consumption, fewer alcohol-induced medical transports, hospitalisations and arrests, as well as a decrea...

Who knew the bunnies would help the kids eat healthier? Despite their names (Sugar Bubble and Oreo Pop …. yes, really) the kids have found it fascinating to research and experiment what the bunnies can eat. At this age, their main diet is alfalfa ha...

Dedication (noun) The quality of being committed to a task or purpose. Synonyms: commitment, diligence, zeal, perseverance, enthusiasm What type of dedication does it take to reach your goals? The recurring subject of many of my articles has been le...

The winners of the Nicholl Scholarship for the 2018-19 school year have been announced. Matthew Wedlich, Natalie Peckett, and Rachel Daly are all studying medicine in Britain. The $25,000-a-year scholarship will be awarded each year until the studen...

Dear Sir, Over the past few months, I have received several letters from the Lahey Foundation soliciting donations. These letters have been sent to my street address, which is not the address I use for mail. I have never used any medical facility in ...

Ewart Brown urged health minister Kim Wilson to “politically interfere” to ensure his clinics did not suffer financially in the wake of a One Bermuda Alliance government decision to slash fees for medical scans. The doctor and former premier e-mailed...

A seven-month e-mail trail details the controversy that led to the Bermuda Government’s decision to offer compensation to medical services that were affected hit by a significant cut in fees for high-tech scans. “It would appear that the [health] co...

When I was a little girl and lived in Siberia with its enormous wilderness, I thought that the forest was a part of my house. It was always kind and friendly to me, often hiding me under its trees from a heavy rain or protecting me with branches from...

There is a lot of fitness information out there, much of which won’t help you to meet your goals. Below are just some of the myths: • You can just burn off all the junk food that you had this weekend It’s not that easy. The quality of the things we e...

Rose-Anna Hoey realises she regularly gives Railway Trail users a bit of a fright. She’s out running every morning at 4am; her footsteps are light, the beam from her tiny torch is often the only signal of her approach. “Sometimes the walkers don’t he...

The WOW! Awards, an international service excellence and employee recognition programme, has nominated Bermuda Hospitals Board for two awards at its gala event this year. BHB has been nominated in the award categories Unsung Hero and Quality Service ...

A new option for diabetes sufferers to have a pancreas transplant in the US has been promoted in Bermuda. Jay Graham, an assistant professor and abdominal transplant surgeon at Montefiore Medical Centre in New York, said he was “very excited” about t...