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The public should reserve judgment on studies suggesting cannabis can reduce the risk of diabetes, a doctor has urged. Annabel Fountain, the director of endocrinology at the Bermuda Hospitals Board, spoke out after a presentation by pharmacist Marcia...

Ethical issues that arise over long-term care are being discussed by medical staff as part of Ethics Awareness Week. Expert Christy Simpson, the head of the bioethics department at Dalhousie University, is working with staff from King Edward VII Memo...

Nursing students at the Bermuda College are getting opportunities to work with specialists from the Lahey Hospital and Medical Centre through a new partnership. According to a college spokeswoman, representatives from Lahey collaborated with the Coll...

A mother has described how invaluable Bermuda’s publicly funded occupational therapy services have been to her son. Her 14-month-old child has a rare condition that affects the use of his muscles and needs help to move and exercise. She shared her e...

Bermuda Hospitals Board has gone public on its use of a contrast dye which is being investigated in the United States for potential harmful effects. The board, which recently apologised and paid compensation to widower Allan DeSilva for administering...

Althea Overbey thought she had experienced a miracle after surviving risky surgery to remove a brain tumour just a few months after her son was born in 1985. Now, 30 years later, she is convinced she has benefited from another divine intervention. Ms...

A life-saving drug used to reverse heroin overdoses can now be administered by all emergency medical technicians in Bermuda without a doctor’s approval after hospital chiefs acted on a coroner’s recommendation. Bermuda Hospitals Board has changed its...

A legal battle between Bermuda Hospitals Board and a patient who suffered an agonising wait for surgery has attracted the attention of lawyers for Britain’s national health service. The NHS Litigation Authority has applied to intervene in the case in...

A holistic wellness centre has been established to cater for mental health issues — from simple stress at work to severe depression and anxiety. Set in a calm, spa-style environment, Solstice has an open-door policy and will take on self-referrals as...

Bermuda’s treatment of stroke patients has improved but much more still needs to be done, according to Mark Selley of the Bermuda Stroke and Family Support Association. Mr Selley said that while they had been fighting to improve insurance coverage an...

Dear Sir, On behalf of my whole family I would like to publicly thank the staff of Agape House. We have never seen such a group of healthcare staff that are so generous, so diligent and so empathetic as those who work there. They are true diamonds ...

Edward “Donnell” Ivy’s hips started failing him when he was 9. By the time he reached university, he would often suffer terrible pain that would put him in hospital for weeks. Then the crisis hit. The then 23-year-old was on duty as a resident paedia...