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Do you have a question about your health or about health in general that you’re either too embarrassed to ask your physician about or that you simply never getting around to getting an answer to? You’ll now have the opportunity to have the issue answ...

Parents yesterday told of their panic on finding that the woman hired to look after their baby had tested positive for tuberculosis — and kept silent. The shock revelation prompted the infant’s parents to quarantine themselves and warn others. The co...

The basic approach to breast cancer treatment 30 years ago was one size fits all. Today, medical experts like Jane Brock are using highly personalised treatments to lengthen the lifespan of patients. The Harvard Medical School assistant professor w...

Case in point Janet Smith In the midst of her second stroke, Janet Smith’s mind raced back to one she’d had 12 years earlier. She’d been absolutely terrified the first time around. “I didn’t know anyone who had even had a stroke,” she said. The se...

LA Virgil was in her 20s when she first suspected there was something seriously wrong with her health. She was working in banking at the time and would often have quick, sharp headaches “that felt like someone was stabbing me in the head”. When she...

A patients’ advocate told the Bermuda Hospitals Board to “bring it on” after they threatened to sue for libel over his group’s outspoken remarks. Mark Selley of the Bermuda Healthcare Advocacy Group [BHAG] has been calling for a commission of inquiry...