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Health Minister Jeanne Atherden formally marked World Asthma Day yesterday during a ceremony at City Hall. More than 9,000 Bermudians suffer from the sometimes life-threatening condition, including one in five children. Ms Atherden said that the cond...

Jeff Metcalf was the type of guy who never missed an annual physical. But then all of a sudden life got busy. He and his wife Alana bought a house in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah and began remodelling it into their dream home. “I postponed my an...

Schoolchildren and medical experts will gather on the steps of City Hall in Hamilton tomorrow to mark World Asthma Day. The annual event, which is marked in more than 80 countries around the world, is aimed at improving asthma awareness and care thro...

Asthma, it’s a common illness that’s not always so well managed. Part of the problem is that people don’t take advantage of all the knowledge on hand, believes paediatrician Richard Fulton. He and other experts will observe World Asthma Day on the st...

Judy Smith-Lee has had a lot to complain about in the past three years. She’s had two bouts of breast cancer, and lost her 35-year-old daughter, Jurina Smith, in a car accident. Rather than turning inward, the senior citizen found peace by maintainin...

The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Department of Health is receiving reports of diarrhoea and vomiting illness in the community, above what is expected. Many of these cases have been confirmed as being caused by a virus called rotavirus. T...

Well-known bus driver and entertainer Mark Anderson has raised more than $3,000 to help his goddaughter who is suffering from cancer. Mr Anderson, who performs as Sybil Barrington, gave Kamala Smith $3,301.52, raised through an end-to-end walk this m...

Asthma sufferers visited the Emergency Department at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital more than 2,000 times last year. It needn’t be so. According to asthma charity Open Airways, each of those visits signals an asthma management plan that has faile...

A rally to encourage public discourse about cannabis reform is being held this month. Organiser Ananda Hill is hoping that the event will enable dialogue on the subject and encourage people who agree with “a common-sense approach to cannabis reform”...

The mother of a drug addict who died after an overdose has called on hospital bosses to act on all of the recommendations of a coroner. Lynn Spencer said she was “disappointed” the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) had not yet followed up on all of Juan ...

Chickenpox has shown an increase of up to one case per week for the past several weeks, a Ministry of Health spokesman has reported — more cases than 2014 overall. Nine cases have been reported to the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (ESU): four in...

Well-known bus driver and tourism ambassador Mark Anderson is hoping to raise funds for his Goddaughter by walking the length of the Island on Wednesday. Mr Anderson, the man behind Queen of Bermuda Sybil Barrington, is aiming to raise $60,000 by w...