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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...

HIV patients in Bermuda may no longer be facing a death sentence, but the stigma against the condition remains. Speaking in advance of today’s World Aids Day, Kim Ball, HIV co-ordinator at the Department of Health, said while she has found more peopl...

Danielle Pacheco was 13 years old when she found out she had type one diabetes. The 31-year-old has now been living with the condition for more than 17 years and refuses to let it stop her from living her life to the fullest extent. “It’s a huge adju...

Tourists are choosing Bermuda as a holiday destination over other Caribbean and South American locations because of the island’s Zika-free status. A handful of imported cases have been reported by the Department of Health on the island, but so far th...

Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre is reminding men to take charge of their health as the island marks Movember. The charity has teamed up with Robin Hood Football Club to raise awareness of men’s health, with a particular focus on prostate and testic...

“Just remember, cancer has an uncanny way of knowing when you give in.” This is what Robert Emmett was told when he arrived in London to start treatment of his stage-four bladder cancer. The former Robin Hood Premier League player took the words of e...

An initiative to keep Bermuda’s young students safer is off to a flying start, with the hoisting of a “Speak Up, Be Safe” banner to launch the campaign at Victor Scott Primary School. Ultimately, the programme from the Coalition for the Protection of...

A family have paid tribute to a loving mother who remained positive to the end with the passing of Malinda Binns on Friday afternoon. Mrs Binns, formerly O’Connor, 51, passed away at Agape House just after 2pm with her daughter, Arlena, by her side ...

A terminally ill mother who has endured 12 harrowing months of cancer treatment including highly invasive surgery, radiation and chemotherapy is now burdened with the fact that her family will have to pay her crippling medical bills. Much loved matri...

Alcohol is the “drug of choice” for Bermuda’s student population, a charity figurehead has warned ahead of an initiative to curb underage drinking. More than half of the island’s under-18s admit to having tried alcohol (52.6 per cent), according to ...

Breast cancer survivor Pamela Dunkley urged participants in Thursday’s 20th anniversary BF&M Breast Cancer Awareness Walk to make mammograms a routine part of their life. Mrs Dunkley, the patron of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, also encouraged the h...