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A cut in the budget for the Bermuda Health Council means it will have to juggle priorities, the new CEO said at the weekend. Tawanna Wedderburn said “creative solutions” were needed so the BHeC can continue to manage growing demands with tighter reso...

The use in Bermuda of glyphosate herbicides, which some studies have linked to cancer, is still being reviewed. Technical officers met with representatives of Monsanto, which markets the weedkiller under the brand name Roundup, this month to discuss ...

Renee Carter, a founding member of the cancer charity and support group Melange, was recalled as “a superwoman” by her daughter after succumbing to the disease at the age of 56. “She was a phenomenal woman and a pillar of strength,” Dominique Roberts...

After strapping Belle into the back of the car today (the one thing she can’t do with a cast on her arm) I turned around and rushed face first into a lamp post. It’s amazing how my British upbringing kicked straight into gear — under my breath I unl...

Police are investigating after a taxi crashed into the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital last night. The incident, which took place around midnight, saw the vehicle smash through a window of the Acute Care Wing. A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman...

The demand for mental health services in Bermuda has spiralled in recent months, while the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute continues to face inflationary rises and government funding cuts. In 2015 711 patients were seen by the MWI Acute Care Clinic; ...

Singer-songwriter Val Sherwood has dedicated a track to promote awareness of addiction charity Focus, which continues to struggle financially. Ms Sherwood’s folk song Tricia tells the bleak story of a heroin addict she met while working for a young ...

Digicel and BTC have thrown their support behind the “Feed My Lambs Ministry”, a Bermuda and Haitian registered charity founded by Bermudian Phillip Rego. The two companies donated $4,000 to the charity’s initiative to establish a dental health clini...

Kristi Graber has an ace up her sleeve when she meets with children — a four-year-old Maltese called Mala. The toy dog has worked with the special needs therapist and teacher since she was a puppy. “I noticed that therapy dogs would come in to visit...

This weekend was very stressful for me as I received some saddening news. I unconsciously reached for the chocolates to fulfil that emotional craving; to replace the sadness with feelings of sugary sweet happiness. However, with emotional eating eve...

Approximately 9,000 people (12 per cent) living in Bermuda have asthma. It is the number one reason children take medication whilst at school, and the number one reason they miss school. It’s also the leading reason adults miss days from work. Resp...

A helicopter rescue in pitch darkness, hundreds of miles out in stormy seas, is not the way local doctor Michael Urdang expected to finish Valentine’s Day. Just married, Dr Urdang had been grateful for a couple of days off and the chance to spend the...