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An expert in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia has set up a new business focused on helping people cope with the conditions. Krista Tatem’s Memory Lane offers services like companion care and consultation services for families and care homes on how to...

Residents are being urged to form teams of 10 and take part in this year’s Relay for Life to help fight cancer. The event, which will be taking place on May 12 and 13 at the North Field, has adopted the theme of “one more” referring to “one more doll...

Michael Dunkley has sent a message to the community to say “health is the most important thing” in light of surgery he had to treat skin cancer on his face. The Premier, who says he is in good health following recent outpatient surgery, was speaking...

Another “imported” case of Zika has been reported on the island, but there has yet to be a case of the virus being transmitted. According to the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit website, a single imported Zika case was reported on the island this m...

A local organisation aimed at improving the lives of islanders living with asthma has some new superhero support to help spread their message. Two vans operated by Open Airways — one recently donated by The Bermuda End to End — now sports the likene...

When Giovanna Watson started her cancer treatment in 2014, she was struck by the lack of supportive literature available at appointments. The 40-year-old, who has been very public about her battle with colon cancer, has now written down her own expe...

Richard Caisey is a self-confessed sports nut. Football, cricket, softball — you name it, he’s played it. It all came to a standstill when he was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 at age 23. “One day I was playing cricket in the Evening League and I was...

The City of Hamilton has partnered with the Bermuda Heart Foundation to promote heart health. As part of February’s Heart Disease Awareness Month, the city will be hosting the ‘My City Heart’ Instagram contest. Through the contest, people can take a ...

The Green family has donated $500,000 to support the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s new radiation therapy facility. Once constructed, the facility will be capable of treating almost 190 cancer patients annually who could benefit from radiation tr...

This is part one of an extract from my upcoming book Find your Light as a Warrior Woman. Don’t miss part two tomorrow. It was a sunny August morning. I was sitting in the doctor’s office in Vancouver, waiting for my gynecologists test results and h...

Type 2 diabetes is a challenge, not a death sentence, according to Annabel Fountain. But Dr Fountain stressed that patients needed the right tools to succeed and education is key. The island’s only endocrinologist spoke with The Royal Gazette to shed...

Craig Simons knows first-hand how type 2 diabetes can affect the body — he has struggled with the disease for 15 years. The 48-year-old credits education with slowly helping him to get to grips with the condition where the body does not use insulin p...