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An insurance company has pledged to make sure a speech-impaired toddler gets the medical help she needs — after the child’s mother was made redundant twice in the past year. Single mother Alvina Brangman had begun fundraising to ensure her two-year-o...

Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) have introduced its mascot — Eddie the Elephant. Named after King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, the elephant will be used to help educate the public on the departments’ move to the new Acute Care Wing in September. Eddi...

From a young age Nurse Practitioner Myrian Balitian-Dill may have been destined to go into medicine. She always enjoyed helping people and got satisfaction in seeing them get back to good health. It didn’t hurt that she was also born into a large fa...

The Eliza DoLittle Society food charity is now equipped with a Healthy Heart section at its 14 food banks around the Island, thanks to a donation from the Argus Group. The new section offers products low in sugar and salt, catering to people with hea...

The Health Department was today congratulated for its efforts to improve students’ oral health. Screenings for tooth decay are now offered to children entering primary school and a separate programme is targeting tooth decay among high school student...

Government has kept quiet on plans to curtail high-cost diagnostic imaging — but the hospital has defended itself against claims by local physicians that it has been the main culprit for spiralling healthcare costs. Pre-certification, which requires ...

The Ministry of Health will launch a new Corporate Blood Drive this week in an effort to boost the number of blood donors on the Island. As part of the initiative, local businesses and international companies are being asked to encourage their staff,...

‘Beans, beans, good for your heart’ goes the old schoolyard song, but beans are just one of many ingredients proven to promote heart health. Simone Barton, from local heart health centre Core, is looking to teach people about the wealth of heart-fri...