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The revamped café at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is proving a hit with customers. The new menu options at the Pink Café are going down so well that more equipment is being brought in to keep up with the demand. “Everybody is thrilled with the ...

A benefit concert will be held this weekend to help the man behind Snowy’s snowballs as he battles cancer. Larry Ingham and his wife Pamela have suffered financial difficulties since he had multiple myeloma diagnosed last May, causing a tumour to fra...

A cancer patient who needs treatment but was blocked from leaving the island because of an administrative error has been left “at her wit’s end” trying to regain permission to travel. “I’m back to square one doing the same things all over again, but ...

For most of us, exercise can be a huge challenge; for others, it can be very addictive. I enjoy feeling the surge of endorphins during a good hard workout. Sometimes I can go a bit overboard. Last week I went on a 25-mile bike ride and a run the nex...

Stroke occurs when a part of the brain dies because it goes without blood supply for too long. In the United States, 700,000 strokes happen each year. Stroke is the number one cause of long-lasting disability after the age of 50, and is among the top...

The number of patients being treated for influenza has soared over the last month. Between February 21 and March 19, 322 cases of fever, respiratory symptoms and influenza were reported compared to the five-year average of 248 for the same time perio...

Food addiction and comfort eating are highly prevalent problems in Bermuda, according to an American expert. Eric Webber, a relapse specialist at Caron Treatment Centres in Pennsylvania, also suggested that the island’s close-knit nature made it hard...

Bald for a cause: Saltus shavees have raised more than $226,000 so far this year for childhood cancer research funded by the St Baldrick’s Foundation. On March 18, more than 100 had their heads shaved in the Alumni Hall at Saltus Grammar School to ra...

Legislation modernising the Public Health Act and expanding standard healthcare benefits were approved in the Senate. The Public Health Amendment Act 2016 was described as an updating of existing legislation. The amendments will update Bermuda’s lis...

Your body, your choice. According to Michael Vallis, it’s what more doctors should be telling their patients. “Too many people go to the doctor and say, ‘I’m sorry’. I’m sorry I haven’t been taking my medication the way I should. I’m sorry I haven’t ...

Visitors, staff and patients at Kind Edward VII Memorial Hospital can now relax in the newly refurbished Pink Café while supporting a good cause. The café, which is run by the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda, was officially opened by Michael Dunkley, ...

An evolution in our culture has rightfully led to a blurring of differences between men and women. A parallel progression in medicine has clearly shown a gender difference in health characteristics, especially over the past decade. Heart disease is ...