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Two days into our detox and it’s a bit of a struggle. January is a great month to cleanse ,but a lousy month too. All the excitement of Christmas is over, everyone is back to work, the weather is really dull and curling up on the sofa with a glass of...

Two men injured in a fight were this morning taken to hospital. A police spokesman said: “Details are unclear but it appears that an altercation between two males took place.” The incident happened on South Road in the Paget/Warwick area at around 7....

Dear Sir, As the new year progresses and we look back at 2017, we cannot thank the people that have supported us enough. Pals is a charity that spends more than $3,000 a day on patient care. We receive no government grants and rely solely on corpor...

Ewart Brown, owner of a clinic that is to discontinue its high-tech computerised X-ray service, turned up the heat yesterday on the Bermuda Health Council, which he blames for the closure of the service. Dr Brown, the former premier, said the end of ...

It is a common misconception that if a woman lifts weights she will end up looking like a man. How? Will she grow an Adam’s apple? Will her voice deepen? Will she grow a pair? Most definitely not. Still, I hear it all the time: “If I train with you, ...

The Bermuda Diabetes Association yesterday called for a reduction in the cost of healthy foods alongside a tax on sugary items. The charity said it supported the Government’s proposed sugar tax, but warned that there were “inappropriate” taxes on wa...

An obesity expert is on a mission to get residents to own their health and recognise self-destructive behaviours. Jane DeVille-Almond will share tips on what people can do to tackle obesity and diabetes at the Ministry of Health’s Commit to Change e...

The expression “Bermuda is another world” pops into my mind almost every day; I wish I could say for always good reasons. Sadly, I also think of the expression in a not so positive way as well. The latter was my initial feeling when I read the Sugar ...

No progress is too little for Samantha Hillier. Having witnessed the wheelchair-bound ride and the speech-impaired sing, the WindReach instructor extols the healing power of horses. Being around the animals is her biggest reward. “The connection betw...

Cheaper healthcare will continue to be one of the most important government priorities, health minister Kim Wilson said today. Ms Wilson said: “The Government is currently reviewing all healthcare fees and will implement a new fee schedule in 2018. ...

A high-tech computerised X-ray service at the Brown-Darrell Clinic is to shut because of “severe reductions in payments”, it was revealed yesterday. Clinic owner Ewart Brown blamed the Bermuda Health Council for the closure of the CT scan service. Ho...

Dear Sir, I would like to say a big thank-you to all the staff at the surgical day unit who looked after me yesterday (January 11, 2017). They were all so kind and professional, and put you at ease. A special big thank-you to Dr Barclay and her team,...