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Heather Jacobs Matthews walked along the South Shore every morning for many years. She walked so regularly and so early in the morning, that friends and relatives would sometimes shake their heads and laugh at her routine. But it was time she carved ...

An asthma prevention charity has offered lessons on how parents and teachers can handle attacks of the disease. Open Airways said it would provide free, one-on-one consultations, with an asthma nurse throughout the new school term. Parents and teache...

One in three patients at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is diabetic, research from the Bermuda Hospitals Board has revealed. Now the hospital has stepped up its efforts caring for patients with the disease and launched an education programme to en...

Bermuda has been hit by a confirmed imported case of dengue this year, a government official said. The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health added that there had been a further three suspected imported cases of the virus, but emphasised there was n...

The Bermuda Health Council has asked people for “innovative solutions” to help fight against serious diseases. The Council is developing a Chronic Disease Innovation Programme, which will fund initiatives to address high rates of non-communicable chr...

A central parish has been hit by a plague of rats, residents said yesterday. Residents in the Appleby Lane area of Paget said the neighbourhood had been overrun by “brazen” rodents. Ian Adderley, who lives in Appleby Lane, said: “I’m not blaming anyb...

A diabetes expert called on the Government to ensure water and diet drinks are cheaper than sugary sodas and argued that the controversial sugar tax “completely missed the point”. David Cavan, a British-based doctor, questioned whether the island’s s...

Five nurses have just completed a demanding 6-month asthma diploma course. Tiffany DeSilva -KEMH Catlin-Lindo, Alien Guilas – KEMH IV team, Kedese McPherson – KEMH maternity, Aashiqa Mehta-Smith – KEMH Gosling and Trevor Bend – Department of Correcti...

Courses should be offered for caregivers to help people recover from strokes, a campaigner for the physically disabled said yesterday. Willard Fox, the chairman of the Bermuda Physically Handicapped Association, welcomed news that a specialist stroke...

An expert on diabetes has been appointed as a consultant endocrinologist by the Bermuda Hospitals Board. Andrew Jamieson, from, Glasgow, Scotland, previously worked to tackle the disease in the United Arab Emirates. Dr Jamieson said: “I am looking fo...

Consider Team Hope as you are approached by runners eager to raise funds during the Bermuda Day Half Marathon Derby. They help people like Toccara Burch-Waldron, a nine-year-old student at Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy. Born with cerebral palsy, s...

Some walked because they won, some walked because they lost, some walked because they battled and some hoped they would not be next, but each of them thought about the same thing — cancer. Survivors were joined by their friends and families as they t...