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A total of 15 cases of cervical cancer were reported in Bermuda last year, a Department of Health spokeswoman revealed last night. The news came as the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre asked women to get screened for the disease and reminded parents...

Specialists in heart and lung problems are to visit the island this month. Ofer Sagiv, an expert in heart medicine, will be at Northshore Medical & Aesthetics Centre from January 27 to 29, and Maciej Walczyszyn, who specialises in lung and critical ...

An obesity expert is on a mission to get residents to own their health and recognise self-destructive behaviours. Jane DeVille-Almond will share tips on what people can do to tackle obesity and diabetes at the Ministry of Health’s Commit to Change e...

The expression “Bermuda is another world” pops into my mind almost every day; I wish I could say for always good reasons. Sadly, I also think of the expression in a not so positive way as well. The latter was my initial feeling when I read the Sugar ...

Losing weight is not easy if you hate exercise and love cake. However, members of Bermuda’s successful Diabetes Reversal Programme have discovered that anything is possible with the right guidance and encouragement. About 30 participants got together...

People showed their support for people with HIV/Aids with a Move More Dance Walk around Hamilton yesterday. The event, to mark World Aids Day, was organised by the Department of Health, which asked the public to wear red for the occasion. Speaking in...

The Department of Health is marking World Aids Day tomorrow with a Move More Dance Walk around Hamilton. Participants are asked to wear red in support of those living with HIV/AIDS, health promotion co-ordinator Virloy Lewin said. The final dance wa...

Heartbroken Natasha Medeiros paid an emotional tribute yesterday to her “rock and soulmate” sister who died of cancer this month. Natasha said Nicole, who was 22, was a kind and loving soul who fought a brave yearlong battle against the disease. The ...

A man travelling the world to run a 10K race in every country stopped off in Bermuda at the weekend to chalk up his 131st destination. Dan Thompson, 56, who is raising funds for the UK charity Cancer Research, began his odyssey in 2014 at the Olympic...

Amanda Paulos has struggled with type two diabetes for a decade. But the 41-year-old said she was getting to grips with the chronic condition after joining a programme designed to reverse the disease. The mother of four, from Smith’s, has lost weig...

Halting the rise in obesity and diabetes will be the focus of a symposium in January. As the island marks World Diabetes Day today, the Ministry of Health repeated that it is working towards a national strategy to deal with the problem. Health mini...

Bermuda is “bleeding itself to death” from the cost of treating chronic diseases. The warning came from Hans Diehl, a US expert in preventive medicine and founder of a programme designed to cut the impact of preventable diseases. Dr Diehl, who start...