A weight-loss programme includes changes in lifestyle, exercise, dieting and, in some cases, weight-loss medicines or bariatric surgery. Such a programme is usually run by psychologists, nutritionists...
The pandemic of obesity is a well-known phenomenon affecting the world population, but more so the Western Hemisphere, with Americans being among the heaviest people in the world.
This pandemic has o...
Among the general population, depression and heart disease are two of the most disabling and widespread illnesses, and often occur simultaneously in the same individual.
Studies have shown that about...
Open-heart surgery is not available in Bermuda. Many dozens of patients undergo the surgery abroad every year, shortly after which they come back home and start the road to recovery.
The ultimate goal...
Oedema is the medical term used for swelling caused by collection of fluid in the body. It can occur nearly anywhere in the body.
Some of the most common sites are:
• the legs or hands (also called p...
Most people are used to going to the physician with a problem, and having that problem largely cured with treatment.
However there are some illnesses, such as end-stage heart, or liver disease or can...
It sometimes happens that heart valves don’t close properly.
In theory, they’re supposed to direct blood flow forward but when they can’t close, circulating blood mass splashes backward. It’s a condi...
As it is known, a heart murmur is a sound produced when blood flows across one of the heart valves, and is loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope.
While a heart murmur could be inconsequential or...
What is a heart murmur?
A heart murmur is an extra sound that doctors or nurses hear when they listen to the heart with a stethoscope. It usually sounds like an extra “whoosh” or “swish”.
Simply speak...
Stroke occurs when a part of the brain dies because it goes without blood supply for too long.
In the United States, 700,000 strokes happen each year. Stroke is the number one cause of long-lasting di...
