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Following news that the Zika virus has spread to the Caribbean, the Bermuda Department of Health is cautioning the public to take care in avoiding being bitten by mosquitoes. Five cases of Zika have been reported in the region so far, according to t...

More than 1,500 people were given a shot of the flu vaccine in just one week. The Flu Express hit the streets in October, offering injections of flu vaccine at sites across the Island. Now organisers have urged anyone who has not received their shot ...

Dear Sir, Being a nurse, I cannot understand why there is so much mystery about the spread of E. coli? Go to the source. Travel across America and there are hundreds upon hundreds of workers picking the fruit and vegetables in the fields. Get out of ...

Type 2 Diabetes once known as “the old people’s disease”, is now affecting people at a much younger age. The 40-60 age groups, our working population, have the fastest rising number of diabetes diagnoses. This means that if blood glucose levels are n...

Asthma charity Open Airways is backing proposed legislation amendments that will restrict the sale of electronic cigarettes. The Tobacco Control Act 2015, first announced in last year’s Throne Speech, is expected to be debated by MPs in the House of...

We’ve all heard that Bermuda has the highest rate of lower-limb amputations in the developed world. We have high rates of kidney disease and half of patients on dialysis here in Bermuda have diabetes. Why do we have such poor outcomes? In the United ...

Sudden Cardiac Death is the largest cause of death, causing about 325,000 adult deaths in the US each year. It is responsible for more than 50 per cent of all heart disease-related deaths. Sudden cardiac arrest is NOT a heart attack (myocardial infa...

Giovanna Watson refused to let colon cancer get the best of her when doctors told her she had the disease last year. She was 37, and had never heard of anyone her age having the condition. Adamant that she was a fighter, not a victim, she underwent 1...

Bermudians need a “business plan” to combat diabetes, according to the chairman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association. The rising costs of treating the disease will escalate to be unsustainable, David Hills told Rotarians at their weekly meeting, in a ...

The practice of restraining or drugging people with dementia is a violation of their human rights that is “absolutely, completely unacceptable”, an international advocate for those with Alzheimer’s has said. Johan Vos, the deputy executive director o...

Often called a “silent killer”, high blood pressure or hypertension is a dangerous condition that accounts for about 60,000 deaths per year. It is a common disease affecting 32 per cent of African-Americans, and 23 per cent of white people and Mexic...

COPD is a common lung disease caused by a number of pollutants, cigarettes being the most avoidable. As countries everywhere observe World COPD Day today, Lifestyle spoke with two people now suffering from the disease. Jackie Parkinson smoked for 4...