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"Time for some delicious, simple and totally guilt-free salads"

Another week, another business trip. I have been informed that jet-setting is Very Hard Work but I have been fantasising about in-flight movies and oversized baths. Could we swap maybe? Just once? This single parenting lark is tricky. Despite the gir...
May 20, 2011
Health

"A salute to former Senate President Alf Oughton"

Former Senate President Alf Oughton will receive this year’s Salute to Service Award from Bermuda Health Foundation. Mr Oughton is being honoured for his community work, in particular for producing the Health Care Review Report in 1996 which made rec...
May 19, 2011
Health

"Minister highlights the need for more nurses"

The importance of nurses in Bermuda’s ageing population was driven home at the 2011 Nursing Expo yesterday. Health Minister Zane DeSilva opened the annual event, organised by the Bermuda Nurses’ Association in recognition of May as Nurses’ Month. “N...
May 19, 2011
Health

"JFK nephew to speak on addiction at dinner event"

A member of the famed Kennedy clan who has battled drug and alcohol addiction will deliver the keynote address at a dinner hosted by an addiction treatment organisation. Christopher Kennedy Lawford, a nephew of the late US President John F Kennedy, ...
May 19, 2011
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"Former Senate President Alf Oughton to be honoured"

Former Senate President Alf Oughton is to be honoured for his work in the community and in the health sector. He will be recognised for his work at the Bermuda Health Foundation’s 9th Annual Salute to Service Award Luncheon on June 24 at the Fairmont...
May 18, 2011
Health

"Health insurers to be billed more this year"

Bermuda’s health insurers will be billed an extra three percent this fiscal year, according to a report released yesterday. The 2010 Actuarial Report for the Bermuda Health Council bases its calculations on the price of a minimum health insurance pa...
May 18, 2011
Health

"Spotlight falls on the ‘heroes’ of medical emergencies"

People are being invited to stop by King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) this week to meet “ordinary heroes” emergency medical technicians (EMTs). The Island’s first week devoted to Emergency Medical Services was launched on Mondayby Acting Healt...
May 18, 2011
Other

"Three percent cap on BHB billing increase"

The cost of health care for Bermuda’s insurers is set to rise by three percent for the new fiscal year, according to a report released today. The 2010 Actuarial Report for the Bermuda Health Council bases its calculations on the price of a minimum h...
May 17, 2011

"Winners are ‘feeling great’ after 100 days"

Four months ago, Caldon Grimes said he wore pants with a 44in waist. But yesterday, the winner of the 2011 100-Day Challenge said he now wears a 36in waist and needs a belt to keep them up. Over 100 days of diet and exercise, Mr Grimes was able to lo...
May 17, 2011
Opinion Writer

"The two sides of confluence"

The house is quiet. It is more than still; it is absent one person, and her absence makes a difference. Dixie, one of our cats, jumps up and cries. She looks all over the house for the absent person, and she whimpers unrelentingly. She will not be re...
May 17, 2011

"‘I didn’t know it, but I was dying’"

Bernice Burt couldn’t swallow because there was no fluid in her mouth. At the time, she was on the way to the hospital with her husband, Leroy, to have her blood sugar tested. Her physician had sent her because her blood sugar was so high, his inst...
May 17, 2011

"Fresh is Best: Strawberries"

Strawberries have the distinction of being the world’s most popular berry. They’ve long ranked high in my family as it was the only food besides warm milk with honey, that my brother would eat when he was a toddler. As children, my sister and I fough...
May 17, 2011
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