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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...

There wasn’t a dry eye in Agape House as a woman fulfilled her “dying wish” to marry the man of her dreams. Malinda O’Connor, who is terminally ill with a rare form of cancer, and Jamel Binns pledged to love each other for the rest of their lives as...

A pedestrian crossing and speed bump in Hamilton has been turned pink in an effort to promote breast cancer awareness. The eye-catching crossing on Par-la-Ville Road is just one part of Project Pink, created by Alaire Godfrey and Nikola Borden of Ult...

Former Bermuda nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone in 2014, has been rushed to hospital for a fourth time. Ms Cafferkey, who worked at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital from September 2005 to Februar...

Matthew Nester fainted when his doctor mentioned removing his large intestine. It was a solution to the bowel disease that had plagued him since he was 22. It meant walking around with a bag full of his waste, for the rest of his life. “Like a lot of...

Educating the community about screening and early detection is the focus of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month with the theme titled “In It to End It”. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s BF & M Breast ...

Male teachers at Saltus Grammar School are hoping to start a new fashion trend to help raise awareness of breast cancer. A growing number of teachers has caught on to the tradition, which started about a year ago, of wearing pink shorts on a Friday ...

Jane Bothello was surprised the day her father gave up driving. Out of the blue he announced he wouldn’t renew his driver’s licence and refused to say why. “He was really evasive,” Mrs Bothello said. “We thought maybe he’d gotten lost on the way home...

A primary school student has been infected with viral meningitis and is receiving medical care in Boston. The student, who attends Bermuda High School, has not been named and this newspaper has been given no further information as to the severity of...

A local charity will be hosting a series of events to mark World Alzheimer’s Day and Dementia Awareness Week 2016. Action on Alzheimers and Dementia is organising a film screening, art show, wine-tasting fundraiser and education sessions for familie...

At just 2 years old, Dane Conrads has endured more health struggles than some people will face in a lifetime. One week after he was born, the youngster — son of former Saltus Grammar School student A.J. Conrads — caught a virus which shut down his l...