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What matters to you? It’s a question Alyssa Frick frequently asks her clients. “This idea of focusing on the whole person and what they needed to do was really what struck a chord with me,” the occupational therapist said. “I didn’t want to spend my...

Most teens think they’ll live for ever, but at 19 Brian Clement wasn’t so sure. Back then, he weighed 285lbs and was smoking three packs of cigarettes a day. “Going up stairs, I would get to the fourth step and start panting,” he said. “I’d be good...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has invested in a new pilot programme aimed at helping address chronic diseases. According to a spokeswoman, the Patient-Centred Medical Home programme offers outpatient referral services for individuals with chronic disea...

John Powell, the chairman of the board of trustees for the Summerhaven home for the physically challenged, has been effectively deposed by the appointment of a receiver for the facility, The Royal Gazette understands. While trustees technically retai...

Demand for the services of chiropractors is on the rise in Bermuda with “text neck” and slipped discs becoming more and more prevalent. This is according to Reid Robinson of Inside Out Wellness Centre which recently hired a new doctor of chiropracti...

Demanding careers and social pressures can leave parents feeling like they are falling short raising their kids. “It’s unspoken, but it’s always there in the back of your mind,” said Sonja Stowe. The psychiatric nurse believes the consequence is neg...

Early on Christmas morning I found under our tree, a small, cute box from my 11-year-old stepdaughter, Ava. My husband told me that she insisted on buying me this particular gift. I opened it and froze for a moment. I could not believe that this beau...

Ciguatera, an elusive food poisoning carried by fish, has been confirmed in 16 cases from November 22 to December 20, according to the Ministry of Health and Seniors. A further three people fell ill with ciguatera in January 2016 by eating portions o...

When Kandra Dears says she is a psychosexual therapist, not everyone gets it. Last week, a guy called expecting she would hook him up with a prostitute. Rather than slam the phone down, she stayed on the line. “I felt he had to be asking for a reaso...

A series of free health screenings are being offered by the Bermuda Hospitals Board in recognition of Diabetes and Chronic Lung Disease Awareness Month. The Diabetes Respiratory Endocrine and Metabolism (DREAM) Centre, which provides diabetes, asthma...

Protesters gathered outside the Summerhaven assisted living facility yesterday, in a fresh round of criticism over alleged mismanagement. “This is the first time residents have come together like this, and I congratulate them for it,” said part-time ...

Some 20 clients, staff members and supporters of the Salvation Army marched proudly through the streets of Hamilton yesterday morning in the name of addiction recovery. The walk was one of several events being staged during the month of September wh...