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Gestational diabetes (GDM) is defined by the International Diabetes Federation as “any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy”. It affects up to 15 per cent of pregnant women worldwide and here in Bermuda it i...

Free health screenings will be available this month as the Bermuda Hospitals Board recognises Diabetes and Chronic Lung Disease Awareness Month. On several occasions over the next two weeks, the team at the newly renamed Diabetes Respiratory Endocrin...

Ethical issues that arise over long-term care are being discussed by medical staff as part of Ethics Awareness Week. Expert Christy Simpson, the head of the bioethics department at Dalhousie University, is working with staff from King Edward VII Memo...

My feature this week could well be called a ‘double-header’ — plus one. We begin with the 154th anniversary of Somerset Methodist Church, followed by the birthday celebrations of noted music teacher Olivette Burch Morris. My column concludes with th...

A former Bermuda health worker who was struck down with Ebola early last year has been readmitted to hospital in a serious condition due to an “unusual late complication”, according to a Sky News report. Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey had seemingly...

A life-saving drug used to reverse heroin overdoses can now be administered by all emergency medical technicians in Bermuda without a doctor’s approval after hospital chiefs acted on a coroner’s recommendation. Bermuda Hospitals Board has changed its...

A legal battle between Bermuda Hospitals Board and a patient who suffered an agonising wait for surgery has attracted the attention of lawyers for Britain’s national health service. The NHS Litigation Authority has applied to intervene in the case in...

The windy weekend blew in an extra surprise for expecting parents Dmitry Ledyaev and Sabrina Chasseriauds. Their son and first child, Roman Louis Dmitrievich Ledyaev, was born right as Hurricane Joaquin was edging past and battering the Island. Roman...

Staff responsible for distributing supplies at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital took part in unplanned industrial action this week, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board. A BHB spokeswoman said the Materials Handling Department participated in t...

Two men had to be pried from the wrecked cabin of a commercial van and taken to hospital, after their vehicle struck a heavy truck that was parked on South Road, Paget, repairing potholes. A fire officer described it as a “very, very difficult extrac...

A female visitor was yesterday in a serious condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit after running into difficulties while swimming. According to a police spokesman, first responders attended a report of a near drowning of a 71-year-old woman...

A scientist suffering from extreme seasickness was rushed back to Bermuda on Sunday night so she could be treated at hospital. The 30-year-old woman was on the research vessel Atlantic Explorer when she fell ill, forcing the ship to return to St Geor...