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What do Neanderthals have to do with medicine? More than enough, it turns out, to earn Svante Pääbo the Nobel Prize in Medicine for sequencing the Neanderthal genome. It may sound more like a feat worthy of an anthropology prize, but scientists are a...

Diabetics will receive biodegradable medicine bottles after the island’s diabetes charity pledged to go green. The Bermuda Diabetes Association made the switch to bottles made out of corn husks as part of a plan cut out single-use plastics. Melissa L...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Primary Stroke Centre has been granted an international award for its quality of service Accreditation Canada gave the centre its Stroke Distinction Award after a series of interviews with BHB staff, stroke patients and ...

A medical student who wants to become a psychiatrist has earned a scholarship aimed at the healthcare field. The Margaret and Robert Harvey Medical Scholarship, administered by Margot Harvey, a GP, has picked Chantae Hollis as its recipient as the fu...

A champion for preventive medicine led the fight against diabetes in Bermuda – one of the island’s most rampant chronic diseases. Femi Bada was also a former chairman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association. Dr Bada advocated the use of alternative techn...

Almost 200 medical professionals have signed an open letter in support of Covid-19 vaccination. The Bermuda Medical Doctors Association said a total of 198 doctors, dentists, nurses and physiotherapists had added their names to the open letter, first...

Covid-19 is keeping podiatrist Natalie Bennett on her toes. Since opening Arches Podiatry in Hamilton earlier this month, she is seeing many clients with pandemic related foot issues. “A lot of people went from having a wide ranging area to walk, to...

Doctors are launching a campaign to promote coronavirus vaccination, it was revealed at the weekend. The news came as the Bermuda Medical Doctors Association warned that healthcare staff were “exhausted” by the battle against a Covid-19 fourth wave a...

Doctors yesterday joined forces in an impassioned plea to the public to get vaccinated. The Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association said their “hearts were breaking” at the human cost of the pandemic. The BMDA told the public in an open letter: “You tr...

A student who pledged to serve others after her brother died eight years ago has been awarded $10,000 to help her qualify as a doctor. Jade Richardson received a scholarship from Northshore Medical and Aesthetics Centre for the third year in a row. M...

An annual $5,000 medical scholarship in memory of a top eye doctor has gone to a Bermudian student looking to bring her skills back to the island after qualifying at a top Caribbean medical school. Deja Tucker, 23, said the Bermuda International Inst...

Growing up on Cox’s Hill, Pembroke, Wilma Frith longed to become a nurse. “When I was playing with my dolls, they were always my patients,” the 85-year-old remembered. But she had to wait a long time to see her dream become reality. After high scho...