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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...

Are you having difficulty focusing? The reason could be that your brain is over stimulated. An increasing number of scientific studies are finding that as we age we lose our ability to filter out the clutter around us. And today there is so much clu...

BF&M says earnings are being impacted by soaring health costs, including a spike in the cost of cancer treatment. President and CEO John Wight said the insurance company basically has seen a reduction in the number of lives covered but increasing sev...

Ageing leads to “chronic, low-grade inflammation” that increases susceptibility to disease, according to chiropractor Laura Dowling. But Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday heard that tricks as simple as avoiding sugar or grain-fed meats can substantially...

Medical scans can deliver dangerous levels of radiation exposure, according to a doctor. Optometrist Royland Samms sounded the warning as part of a debate over soaring healthcare costs. “There is a danger of lifetime exposure to ionising radiation th...

Every person’s road to weight gain is a little different — be it gradual or sudden, caused by unhealthy eating, the loss of a loved one or birth of a child. In Ronnie Thorne’s case he broke his ankle in an accident two years ago, around the same tim...

I made a confession last week, but here’s another: I don’t know my way around town, let alone the rest of Bermuda. Although my surname might suggest otherwise, I was actually born and raised on these shores, but that’s never made it any easier for m...