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"Diabetes centre offers free foot exams"

Free foot examinations will be offered for diabetics starting this month. The new service will take place once a month at the Diabetes Resource Centre, on Dundonald Street. Podiatrist Lachlan Armour ,of Henagulph B N & Associates, said the new clinic...
Jan 18, 2011

"Stretching may ward off ‘runner’s knee’ study"

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) Stretching and strengthening exercises may help prevent widespread knee problems, including one form of what is known as “runner’s knee,” among physically active people, a study of army recruits found. Nearly 25 percent of ph...
Jan 18, 2011
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"Philip Brownell "

Sometimes it helps to take stock of where one has been in life to appreciate the present or even to understand the ground for one’s next step. So, I have reached that reflective moment. I don’t have to go stand on a cliff and look out to sea in order...
Jan 18, 2011
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Bermuda may figure in rower’s epic trans-Atlantic voyage

A boat lover who has dreamed for seven years of rowing across the Atlantic wants to include Bermuda in his final attempt. American rower Victor Mooney, who says he’s counting on the currents to bring him to Bermuda, plans to start rowing on February ...
Jan 17, 2011
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"10K walker leads the way for MS cause"

A young multiple sclerosis sufferer is stepping out on a fundraising walk today to help others with the disease. Allison Faiella, 30, was diagnosed six years ago with MS, a potentially debilitating illness that results in deterioration of the nerves....
Jan 15, 2011
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"Michael Douglas says he has cancer ‘beat'"

Actor Michael Douglas, who revealed last year that he was suffering from throat cancer, has announced: “I've got it beat”. Mr Douglas, son of Bermudian actress Diana Dill and actor Kirk Douglas, was diagnosed on August 16 with a tumour at the base of...
Jan 13, 2011
Health

"Cervical cancer awareness month launched"

Representatives from pharmaceutical companies that make the leading HPV vaccinations will be at a Department of Health public meeting next week. Yesterday, Minister of Health Zane DeSilva launched Cervical Health Awareness Month. The meeting, which w...
Jan 11, 2011

"A patient’s perspective on mental health care"

Local physicians heard firsthand from a former psychiatric patient how unsettling and traumatising the actions of health care workers can be on their patients. Alan Rowland, of Birmingham, England, gave a detailed account of the events that eventuall...
Jan 11, 2011
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"BHB names Swainson hotel services manager"

Bermuda Hospitals Board yesterday announced the appointment of Bermudian Jerome Swainson to the position of hotel services manager, effective yesterday. The position is responsible for Environmental Services (Housekeeping), Food Services and Laundry ...
Jan 05, 2011
Health

"Doctors hopeful of stem cell guidelines soon"

Doctors are hopeful the Ministry of Health's new guidelines on stem cells will bring the row over former Premier Ewart Brown's Winterhaven project to an end. But as Government maintains its silence on the issue, Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson ...
Jan 03, 2011
Health

"Make getting fit a life resolution, urges Health Minister"

Don't make getting fit a New Year's resolution, make it a ‘life resolution' that's the message from Health Minister Zane DeSilva. Mr DeSilva is encouraging residents to take control of their health this year and said simple changes to exercise or di...
Jan 03, 2011
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