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The Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was this month awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese cell biologist noted for his discoveries in “autophagy”. Autophagy, derived from Greek, means “self-eating”. In announcing the prize at Karolinska Ins...

A police officer who suffered chronic health problems from being exposed to toxic mould at Hamilton and Somerset police stations has been awarded $5.4 million. Emmerson Donald took his case against the Department of Works and Engineering to the Supre...

While nearly half of working adults say that their current job affects their overall health, only a third of those believe this effect is a positive one. According to a Harvard survey, people with disabilities, workers in dangerous or low-paying job...

Mental Health Awareness Week was launched yesterday by health minister Jeanne Atherden at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute. In her statement, the minister lamented the stigma surrounding mental health issues and highlighted the need to increase th...

Hamilton is set to receive its first walk-in urgent care treatment centre next year in the heart of the city. The Hamilton Medical Centre is expanding to offer blood testing and diagnostic imaging under one roof at a new location, according to a pres...

There wasn’t a dry eye in Agape House as a woman fulfilled her “dying wish” to marry the man of her dreams. Malinda O’Connor, who is terminally ill with a rare form of cancer, and Jamel Binns pledged to love each other for the rest of their lives as...

Nicole Tovey believes missing out on the final at the Arnold Classic Europe helped propel her to a pair of podium finishes at the EVLS Prague in the Czech Republic. Tovey placed third in the bikini open and second in the masters class in Prague last ...

A pedestrian crossing and speed bump in Hamilton has been turned pink in an effort to promote breast cancer awareness. The eye-catching crossing on Par-la-Ville Road is just one part of Project Pink, created by Alaire Godfrey and Nikola Borden of Ult...

A technology fair at BUEI this Saturday will show the myriad ways in which modern devices can help people with vision loss. Organised by the Bermuda Society for the Blind, the event is being held to mark World Sight Day, which raises awareness of vi...

Former Bermuda nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone in 2014, has been rushed to hospital for a fourth time. Ms Cafferkey, who worked at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital from September 2005 to Februar...

Matthew Nester fainted when his doctor mentioned removing his large intestine. It was a solution to the bowel disease that had plagued him since he was 22. It meant walking around with a bag full of his waste, for the rest of his life. “Like a lot of...

This week was a good week! I celebrated my 17th wedding anniversary, I felt my training was successful and all major mishaps were avoided. Then, on Sunday I ran the Partner Re 5k. I felt pretty good aside from the heat and the fact that I haven’t re...