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Having a world of tools in our toolbox doesn’t get the picture hung — we need to actually use them. “I know what I have to do … to feel better/lose weight/quit a habit/make that promotion/get a date/turn things around ... but I’m just not doing it.” ...

The majority of us spend a good chunk of our time at work, so it’s reasonable to assume that most of us eat a few of our daily meals there too. However, despite all our good intentions, the workplace can often be a healthy eating disaster zone. With ...

Shari-Lynn Pringle weighed around 250lbs. She had high blood pressure, type two diabetes and was on several medications including insulin. The warning bells didn’t go off for the 51-year-old until she caught a surprise glimpse of a picture of herself...

A fundraising appeal has been launched to help a mother of two suffering from a rare form of cancer. Kamala Smith, 32, had leiomyosarcoma (LMS) — a cancer of the smooth muscle and connective tissues — diagnosed in September 2011. Her friends and fam...

Complementary therapists are calling for yoga therapy and homeopathy to be included in the healthcare policies of local insurance companies. Specialists Melanie Dupres and Joanne Wohlmuth are trying to persuade insurers to cover the therapies as par...

People who get their children vaccinated are “sheeples” who follow the flock. That’s the belief of one parent who hasn’t inoculated her kids against diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella. Her opponents call her a lunatic. The vaccination debate...

Bermudian Shakir Hodsoll goes back into the hospital today in New Jersey to have part of his skull reinserted, as he continues to recover from a horrific car crash last August that claimed the life of three others. The 25-year-old suffered massive he...

It is every parent’s worst nightmare, the phone call to say your child has been in a serious accident. Lejoy Daniels had celebrated her birthday just the day before — August 18 — and was on the phone with her son Shakir for a couple of hours as he c...

A woman who says she has been beset with illness after testing positive for high levels of measles among other antibodies now believes local health authorities have given up on her. Stacey Dunn contacted The Royal Gazette after a suspected but unconf...

Kelly Cabral started piling on the pounds in her late teens. By the time she was 22, she knew she was overweight, but was too scared to find out just how much. “I’d been overweight since about the age of 18, when I graduated from high school,” she s...

The controversial issue of medical precertification remains on the cards as the Ministry of Health appraises proposals. Government maintains the process will save money but many local doctors oppose such a move. Three firms, all from overseas, have r...