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In her line of work, Rhonda Smith-Simmons always encouraged women to go for regular mammograms. The registered nurse worked full-time as the education officer at the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre and made sure to follow her own advice. In March 20...

With the advent of flu season, vaccines will be available starting today at the island’s health centres, as well as the offices of most physicians. For those who wish to get their shots quickly, the Flu Express drive-through service is running at War...

The healthy collaboration between the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and WindReach has been documented for an international forum by Morrisa Rogers, an occupational therapist at MWI. Her work has been published this month in the World Federation of ...

Dementia is becoming a heavy burden on Bermuda’s growing elderly population, and does not spare veterans and their families who face limited options for care. A case in point is veteran Herbert Tatem, 94, whose wife, Dorothy, finds herself too old to...

Participants in this year’s Thinner Winner Contest lost a combined 1,095 pounds and inches. Twenty-five teams with 141 members between them shed a total of 402lbs and 693in over the course of the six-week fitness challenge organised by The Athletic C...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board is expanding its mental health first-aid programme with a new corporate course. It is being launched to complement the regular training and BHB is also looking into bringing sessions for children to the island. “The corpo...

A terminally ill mother who has endured 12 harrowing months of cancer treatment including highly invasive surgery, radiation and chemotherapy is now burdened with the fact that her family will have to pay her crippling medical bills. Much loved matri...

Robin Hood Football Club is teaming up with Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre to help raise awareness of men’s health. One of the main goals of the partnership is to reach a new audience that may not normally come into contact with the centre. “Footba...

Hallowe’en is a favourite holiday for kids as it gives them permission to eat loads of candy. They also get to be anything or anybody they want. Even adults get in on the action, although being bombarded with chocolate and goodies could be a bad thi...

When Chiara Pellus Soria met her mother-in-law she was struck by her sense of humour. She hadn’t known what to expect. Bonnie Soria had been confined to bed for years because of multiple sclerosis. The Connecticut resident spent most days watching ...

Alcohol is the “drug of choice” for Bermuda’s student population, a charity figurehead has warned ahead of an initiative to curb underage drinking. More than half of the island’s under-18s admit to having tried alcohol (52.6 per cent), according to ...

Breast cancer survivor Pamela Dunkley urged participants in Thursday’s 20th anniversary BF&M Breast Cancer Awareness Walk to make mammograms a routine part of their life. Mrs Dunkley, the patron of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, also encouraged the h...