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At 22 Bruce Swan found out he had diabetes and, instead of dealing with the diagnosis, set it aside. He was in law school at the time and focused on his studies. Today, he wishes he had been more concerned about his health. Last year while walking ou...

Bermuda needs to tackle child obesity if it wants to curb a surge in demand for dialysis, experts have said. A spokesman for the Bermuda Diabetes Association explained there were about 250 people who had end-stage kidney disease, with the majority on...

The Eastern Lions Club has donated $1,500 to the Bermuda Diabetes Association in memory of the parents of one of its members. Eastern Lions president Delma Parfitt said the service club decided to make the donation to the association that in conjunc...

The caseload of the Bermuda Diabetes Association surged after the island endured more than one year of pandemic conditions, Hamilton Rotary Club heard yesterday. The charity tackling one of Bermuda’s most prevalent chronic illnesses also saw triple t...

Join The Royal Gazette’s live video partner the Washington Post today at 1pm on www.royalgazette.com for a special programme on diabetes - one of the most common chronic diseases in the US and Bermuda. Diabetes is a public health emergency that has...

People are being urged to put their best feet forward and take part in a charity fundraising event this weekend. The Lindo’s to Lindo’s Walk/Run is set to take place from Friday in aid of the Bermuda Diabetes Association. The Lindo’s Group of Compan...

An open day was held yesterday at a custom-built centre built by a diabetes charity. The Bermuda Diabetes Society event at the new Hilton Hill Diabetes Centre, held in Diabetes Awareness Month, was designed to promote education and resources availabl...

A single mother chasing her dream career in medicine has been elated to be among the winners of the Dr Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarships this year. Elinor Lucas Quarterly said her study of diabetes, a serious metabolic illness, was about more t...

The public was asked to help build a “wall of hope” to support people living with diabetes in a campaign launched today. The Bermuda Diabetes Association said it hoped people would want to recognise loved ones as part of a fundraising drive for its n...

Advice from health officials to diabetics to properly manage the disease over the Covid-19 pandemic could be “unrealistic”, a doctor has warned. Annabel Fountain, an endocrinologist and diabetes specialist, said that the Government’s list of “extreme...

The coronavirus pandemic could be the catalyst for people to live healthier lifestyles, the chairwoman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association said yesterday. Debbie Jones added that international experience appeared to show that people who were healthie...

Diabetics will still get vital medicines even with a ban on flights and most ships because of the coronavirus pandemic. Debbie Jones, chairwoman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association, said the charity had also set up tents outside its headquarters in B...