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There has been a lot of coverage in the media lately about radiation exposure from medical imaging and it’s important to sort out fact from fiction.People are rightly concerned whether radiation from mammograms, bone density tests, computed tomograph...

Bermuda Hospitals Board has announced there will be no increase in fees for the island’s hospitals for the year 2016/17. The arrangement is not without challenges, a statement said this afternoon: increasing numbers of patients are turning up both Ki...

A Barbadian motorcyclist seriously injured in a crash in Pembroke on September 3 has been transferred to a general ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. The 36-year-old, who was hurt in the accident at the junction of Lane Hill and Cavendish Roa...

Kiandra Simons had been faced with uncertainty about how she would pay her tuition fees throughout her medical studies. The 25-year-old doctor has now been awarded the Margaret and Robert Harvey Medical Scholarship, which will help pay off her studen...

A boy with severe developmental difficulties will return to school on Monday, ending six months of uncertainty for his family. The Ministry of Education informed Marcia Scraders on Wednesday that her ten-year-old son, Omori, can attend Dame Marjorie ...

Cupping is in the news these days. Many watched Olympians battle it out in Brazil with large red or purple circles on their skin. So you may be asking, “What’s this new thing called cupping?” Let me begin by saying that it’s not “new” nor is it just ...

It did not take long to discover there was some hype behind the latest drug being touted as the great hope for Alzheimer’s disease. This summer, the biotech giant Biogen staged a press conference extolling the merits of its experimental drug aducanum...

A primary school student has been infected with viral meningitis and is receiving medical care in Boston. The student, who attends Bermuda High School, has not been named and this newspaper has been given no further information as to the severity of...

Michael Dunkley and Minister of Education Wayne Scott threw themselves to the gym floor at Dellwood Middle School yesterday morning and performed 22 push-ups to inspire children to embrace a new island-wide fitness and nutrition programme. Much to t...

Denise Richardson starts every morning thanking God for another day. The 54-year-old has been battling cancer, on and off, for five years. “Every day I wake up is a good day,” Ms Richardson said. “If I don’t feel well when I wake up, then that is wh...

As traffic moving into Hamilton reaches a slow halt, we are reminded that schools are back in Bermuda. I am sure most parents are excited to have their children back in school after a long summer, but let us not get so caught up in routine that we f...

Joe Yammine If you are overwhelmed by the towering shelves of vitamin and mineral supplements in the grocery store, you are not alone. Which ones really work? If so, how much? And are they worth the money? These are good questions for anybody who w...