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There has been a “marked increase” in cases of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea in Bermuda according to the Department of Health. The increase began in June and appears to be growing, the department said, with those affected ranging fro...

Mental health professionals have called for barriers surrounding mental illness to be broken down. And they said the culture of silence around mental health problems needed to end so the subject could be properly discussed and dealt with. “No one tal...

Ashwin Nathi can spot a complaint as soon as you walk through the door. The way one walks, talks and carries oneself are all hallmarks to the massage therapist’s trained eye. Adopting the principles of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), he opened ...

The Bermuda Heart Foundation has teamed up with New York Presbyterian Hospital to provide better service to patients. Now, the US hospital will work with the foundation’s Core Heart Health Centre to provide expert doctors. Burak Malatyali, vice-presi...

Believers in the quest to make America great again should consider where there is evidence things are going down the tubes. There is hardly a more dismal example than the national decline in sperm production. Last week, scientists published a study c...

Turning Point outpatient counselling services have been temporarily moved to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. According to a statement by the Bermuda Hospitals Board, the services will be offered at the old emergency department in the hospital’s ge...

The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will be open over the Cup Match holiday weekend. The Bermuda Hospitals Board has announced that the St David’s facility will be open from 4pm until midnight on Thursday and Friday, and from noon to midnight over the ...

A new inter-parish walking challenge is set to get the island moving. The Department of Health is inviting everyone to represent their parish in the 50 Million Steps Challenge. “Our overall aim is to get people moving but we wanted to do it in a fun,...

Free health services are being provided in the West End this afternoon. “Taking it to the Streets” is offering free blood sugar, blood pressure, weight monitoring and cardiac risk profiling testing in Sandys this afternoon. The testing — open to al...

Bermuda Hospitals Board has appointed Michael Richmond as Chief of Staff after an “extensive local and international recruitment process”. Dr Richmond, an anaesthetist with 25 years’ experience, joins BHB on a three-year contract and will lead the te...

Family are usually the first line of defence for those with mental illness, according to counsellor Chanelle Lawson. But family members also need support, Dr Lawson, who will be the keynote speaker at tonight’s You Are Not Alone forum, told The Roya...

The island now has 139 newly certified dementia patient caregivers, after the latest round of a heavily subscribed training course. But more will be required to meet demand, as the numbers of residents with dementia — which are still not known — cont...