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The Bermuda Diabetes Association has backed calls for a sugar tax in the wake of alarming obesity statistics. A new study revealed 74.6 per cent of people are overweight or obese, prompting Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health, to call for serio...

A plane from Paris diverted to Bermuda so that a sick passenger could receive medical treatment. The American Airlines flight, bound for Miami, arrived at LF Wade International Airport at about 1.45pm yesterday. According to airport staff, the sick m...

Dear Sir, The report that healthcare costs have increased by more than ten per cent this past year does not surprise me. I had a colonoscopy done at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and was told to call the doctor’s office in a month to make a...

Last night Sarah and I wrapped up our second cooking night at the Chef Shop. She delivered some amazing recipes and tasty samples. I added the nutrition know-how and several inappropriate jokes. I had been nervous about entertaining that many people ...

Four new benefits and one improved benefit will be introduced for HIP and FutureCare policyholders — but premiums will also go up for 2015-16. The changes proposed by the Health Insurance Department (HID), will be implemented on September 1, Jeanne A...

Marcel Westerlund’s patient was declared a lost cause after he slashed his throat. Hypnotherapy revealed he’d only done so because he was wracked with guilt; he’d been a mercenary in a previous life. “He had been responsible for killing men, women a...

This week’s instalment wings its way to you from sunny California, and The Big, Big Yes!, a personal and professional development conference hosted by creativity coach and author, Samantha Bennett. Despite the LA smog, this weekend’s been like taking...

Wander Hodgson’s poor health had turned her into a walking time bomb. She’d survived a bout with breast cancer but was diabetic and overweight; at her heaviest, she weighed 400lbs. In her early 40s, she decided to do something about it. “I wa...

My clients hear me say this a lot: failing to plan, is planning to fail. Whether your goal is to get more active, improve performance in a sport, lose weight, gain muscle or rehab an injury, having a solid well laid out plan is vital for helping you ...

Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health, has reissued a call for a “sugar tax” in the wake of alarming new obesity statistics. A recent survey revealed that nearly three quarters of Bermudians — 74.6 per cent — are either overweight or obese. Mean...

Yana Swainson is the operator of senior care agency, Bermuda In-Home Care. She has more than three years of experience personally caring for seniors, and is uniquely qualified to comment on the state of senior care in Bermuda. What do you think is th...

Physicians are being asked for their ideas on changes to the benefits under the Standard Hospital Benefit, Bermuda’s basic health insurance package. Alterations to the SHB caught widespread public attention after the health ministry proposed switchin...