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Junk food and cigarettes ought to be priced considerably higher, according to Health Minister Zane DeSilva. Praising achievements of the Well Bermuda Strategy and the Healthy Schools Initiative, Mr DeSilva told The Royal Gazette that steep taxes on p...

Free, but then what? May 21, 2012 Dear Sir, I hear the advertising on the radio advocating for free health screening for women to have mammograms from Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre but no one talks about the costs if diagnosed. Will the patient h...

Standard Premium Rates (SPR) for health insurance will rise by 7.7 percent, or around $19 per month according to draft regulations approved in the House of Assembly. While Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the increase was lowered through the capping...

Bermudians are curbing their appetite for fried food, according to a survey of the Island’s health trends but four out of five adults are now watching more than two hours of television each day. Since 2006, fast food consumption fell a total of five ...

I just received a letter from my local healthcare provider indicating that my monthly healthcare premiums have been increased 16.9 percent this year. This meant that the monthly payment had jumped almost 27 percent in two years. Although I was disapp...