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Advice from health officials to diabetics to properly manage the disease over the Covid-19 pandemic could be “unrealistic”, a doctor has warned. Annabel Fountain, an endocrinologist and diabetes specialist, said that the Government’s list of “extreme...

The number of emergency calls involving people with dementia has risen during the Covid-19 crisis, a charity for sufferers and their caregivers has warned. Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia, which has stopped its usual programmes for the “foreseeabl...

Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia gives the following tips for helping loved ones with memory problems cope during the pandemic: • If you feel it won’t cause unnecessary worry, try providing newspaper articles or watching daily news briefings toget...

The coronavirus pandemic could be the catalyst for people to live healthier lifestyles, the chairwoman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association said yesterday. Debbie Jones added that international experience appeared to show that people who were healthie...

An annual cancer fundraising event will take place in virtual form this evening. The 2020 Relay for Life, which supports the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, will start at 6pm “island wide” with participants to register and join in from their homes,...

The COVID-19 crisis may have changed the way the Island will Relay For Life this year. Still, it has not stopped the mission of Bermuda Relay to raise funds to support access to cancer prevention, early detection, treatment and support, provided by B...

Diabetics will still get vital medicines even with a ban on flights and most ships because of the coronavirus pandemic. Debbie Jones, chairwoman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association, said the charity had also set up tents outside its headquarters in B...

A man has said he was given the all clear on a potential killer strain of coronavirus after he fell ill on a flight back to Bermuda — but was later told he was not screened for Covid-19 at all. The man, who returned on a flight from Miami on March 4...

Dear Sir, As a Bermudian residing in Italy, I feel the need to write to you all urging the Premier of Bermuda to take a very strong stance against the coronavirus, and pleading with him to close your borders now. Stop all flights in and out of Bermud...

People see Hayley Francis Cann walking around with instruments and usually assume she is headed somewhere to perform. In a way she is, although her job as a music therapist requires her to “do a lot more than entertain”. There is a clinical process i...

The country must come together “like never before” as Bermuda braces itself for the battle against a new and killer strain of coronavirus, the health minister said yesterday. Kim Wilson said the kind of co-operation shown in hurricanes was needed and...

Authorities around the world are scrambling to cope with a new virus generally referred to as coronavirus, or Covid-19, which has had a worldwide impact to devastating effect on economic and social life. With no known cure, along with the knowledge ...