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Government is considering rules which would require precertification before medical diagnostic procedures are performed in an effort to reduce unnecessary tests. Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said Government was currently in the consultatio...

Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley said he is prepared to begin a “meaningful discussion” on the decriminalisation of marijuana. Opposition Leader Marc Bean and Attorney General Mark Pettingill are among those who have called for a mature public ...

A recipient of the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) scholarship who is studying speech therapy said working at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has given her a greater appreciation of life. Britanni Fubler, 24, received $20,000 from the BHB to continue...

Six-year-old Leighnae Lowe could return to school as early as October By Ceola Wilson Moments before six-year-old Leighnae Lowe was due to undergo eye surgery to correct muscle restriction, the surgeon postponed the operation. He quickly realised th...

Special needs teenager Mihdi Brock is doing well after undergoing spinal fusion surgery. The 16-year-old was born with progressive kyphoscoliosis — curvature of the spine — and a host of unrelated issues. Doctors did not expect him to live beyond ten...

If a neighbourhood dermatologist was to assess what kind of damage I’ve done to my skin over the Cup Match weekend, I’m afraid to say I would be handed a big, fat ‘F’. Like many other Bermudians I spent the most part of my holiday basking in the sun...

These days it seems like waking up and starting each day at a job you’re truly excited about is more of a pipe dream than a reality for people. Many of us have had to put our passions on the back burner, so we can pay the bills and mortgage or get th...

It was the biggest needle Mary (not her real name), had ever seen. Mary was pregnant and 35 years old. Doctors recommend genetic testing of the foetus for pregnant mothers 35 years old or older as the risk of the baby developing chromosomal abnormali...

Plastic surgeon and former chairman of the Road Safety Council Dr Christopher Johnson has opened Aura II Medical Spa, a med spa, in the International Center on Bermudiana Road where he is offering a broad variety of non-invasive enhancement procedure...

Almost everyone in my family has diabetes. And almost everyone who has died has died of a diabetes complication. That said, from my teen years I’ve been wary of what I ate and even how much I drank. I’ve been conscious of the high risk I face of deve...