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Rethinking nutrition and heart health

Have kids they said. Along with all the vomit and tears they will bring you joy, hilarity and fierce amounts of love (true, true.) But nobody ever mentioned they might concoct a “potion” that sits fermenting in an overlooked Thermos for four days. Oh...
Feb 07, 2014
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Getting to the heart of healthy eating

‘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...
Feb 07, 2014
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Feel the love . . . with yoga!

Love is in the air and it may go further than anything you’ve felt before. That’s a big promise, especially since there are no red roses and no giant box of chocolates to go with it. This is the love that a person feels when doing yoga. It’s the beg...
Feb 06, 2014
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Valentine’s Day is for (safe) lovers

If your love takes a turn to the bedroom this Valentine’s Day, sweethearts should remember to take some care. The Health Disparities Report 2013, a study by the Bermuda Health Council, found that only half of single adults in Bermuda said they used a...
Feb 06, 2014
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End-to-End charities announced

Ten local charities will benefit from this year’s Catlin End-to-End on May 3 and a 12-week training programme will be launched this weekend to help those who want to prepare for the big event. The End-to-End is now in its 27th year, having grown into...
Feb 05, 2014
Education

Smart mannequins let nursing students know where it hurts

Nursing students now have the benefit of a state-of the-art high tech simulation laboratory that will ultimately make the Bermuda College more competitive in providing nursing education in Bermuda. The new lab contains a viewing classroom and also fe...
Feb 04, 2014
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Botanical Gardens access road temporary closed for hospital work

An access road into the Botanical Gardens has been closed off to the public so that construction work at the new hospital wing can be carried out. The road leading from the Peace Lutheran Gate on South Shore Road to the Department of Environmental P...
Feb 04, 2014
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Gibbons family donates $500,000 to new hospital fund

Edmund Gibbons Ltd has given a half a million dollar donation towards the redevelopment of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, the company announced today. A cheque for $500,000 was given to Wendy Augustus, executive director of Bermuda Hospitals Char...
Feb 04, 2014
Health

Doulas provide extra support

During childbirth, the birthing partner can be just as panicked as the woman giving birth. “At my first birth my husband kept saying, ‘what do I do, what do I do’?” said mother-of-three Sophia Cannonier, a birth advocate and doula. Luckily, a doula ...
Feb 04, 2014
Health

February is Oral Health Month

Healthy teeth will help to ensure “healthy smiles for a healthy future”. That’s the message being relayed to students during February — Oral Health Month — which will see free screenings for schoolchildren. The Oral Health Section of the Department o...
Feb 03, 2014
Health

Heart Foundation to host four health lectures this month

The first in a series of four lectures designed to promote healthy hearts will be held tonight as a month of activities gets underway in recognition of Heart Month. Sponsored by the Bermuda Heart Foundation, the Cardiac Resource Group will host four ...
Feb 01, 2014
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