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Residents are urged to learn more about mental illnesses such as schizophrenia to help break down the stigma and fear surrounding the conditions. Experts made the plea yesterday as they launched the Island’s Mental Health Awareness Week, designed to...

Suspected black widow spiders, likely to be the lookalike brown widow, were found yesterday nestled in benches outside the new emergency room doors at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. The final word on the spiders’ identity rests with Government en...

Opposition leader Marc Bean has called on Government to abandon plans to introduce pre-certification for medical testing. In a statement this morning, Mr Bean said: “The news that the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association (BMDA) opposes the OBA’s pre-...

Herbert Wolffe’s proudest moment was the day he was hired as a houseman at the Elbow Beach Hotel. The possibility of ever being employed seemed remote when he was first diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. Now 47, he has spent most of his lif...

The Island’s doctors’ trade union has come out against proposals they get prior approval for some diagnostic testing. The Bermuda Medical Doctors Association (BMDA) said it saw “with some dismay” a Ministry of Health request for proposal for a firm t...

It’s quite possible you’ve never heard of the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation. Its board has pretty much avoided public fundraising and self-promotion since it was formed. That’s all about to change. As it celebrates its 20th year, the charity hopes...

Breaking the Island free from its violence and social ills is the mission of Sylvia Hayward-Harris, who sets off in ten days to become a certified teacher of transcendental meditation, or TM. Ms Hayward-Harris is determined to spread the practice, in...

The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s month of fundraising events kicked off yesterday with an official proclamation by Health Minister Jeanne Atherden. The opening ceremony of the charity drive was held at the Centre’s Point Finger Road offices at ...

Having a full-time job is stressful. Having two is double the challenge — especially when you are not been paid for one of those roles. But Elizabeth Stewart refuses to grumble or dedicate less time to her second career of running the Action on Alzh...

The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre are set to host a series of events starting today to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout the course of the month, the Centre are hoping to raise $250,000 for its charitable outreach initiatives such as ...

Shayla Morton didn’t worry much when she started to feel unusually faint and thirsty. After all, it was Cup Match AND she was pregnant — she was meant to feel tired and thirsty wasn’t she? So when she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes 28 weeks ...

Bermudian actress Liana Hall reported an “amazing” outpouring of support after her return to BBC TV to speak on the topic of mental illness. Ms Hall, daughter of the late Bermudian lawyer and politician Julian Hall, described her experience of bipola...