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"Common drug helps babies with sickle cell disease"

CHICAGO (Reuters) A drug that eases symptoms of sickle cell disease in older children is safe and effective to use for babies with the blood disorder and should become the new standard of care, US researchers said last week. They said the generic dru...
May 16, 2011
Health

"Health Minister launches International Nurses Day"

Bermuda’s ageing population will cause the demand for nursing services to increase in the not-too-distant future, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said. He said there are currently 600 nurses on the Island keeping pace with the population’s needs but tha...
May 13, 2011

"Headaches have ‘enormous’ costs"

LONDON (Reuters) Almost half of all adults worldwide suffer from headache disorders such as migraines and tension headaches and the problem has huge economic and societal costs, the World Health Organisation said this week. Yet headaches are widely u...
May 05, 2011

"‘Like a little magic wand’"

There probably have been many smokers who wished they could wave a magic wand and poof their nicotine addiction away. Staff at the Azure Medical Spa think they may have just that a cold laser therapy wand which they say has helped more than 100 smok...
May 05, 2011
Other

"Is it the camphor that helps?"

Dear Dr Gott: A columnist in my local paper claimed that you had endorsed Vicks VapoRub for treatment of nail fungus. She thought that the thymol found in the petroleum jelly was the answer. Several months ago, I tried Vicks on my minor case of nail ...
Apr 19, 2011

"‘I wanted to make a difference with St John Ambulance’"

While many people are attracted to a charity because of its efficiency, St John Ambulance Brigade Commissioner Stephen Gunn first joined the organisation with the view to improving things. The Brigade provides an ambulance and volunteers at communit...
Apr 11, 2011
Other

"Islanders are urged to talk about sex"

The Health Department is asking residents to have frank conversations about sex this week. The idea is to make the public more aware during Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week. Senior medical officer Cheryl Peek-Ball said: “Parents should h...
Feb 09, 2011
Opinion Writer

"The missing blueberries"

“You can't kiss me now Benjamin,” whispered Chloe, “…my Mummy's watching.” And so it begins. At the tender age of three, my little girl is starting to hide things from me. And we're not just talking crayons in the washing machine, but her very first...
Feb 04, 2011
Home & Away

"The benefits of folic acid during pregnancy "

When you are pregnant what you eat is vital, not just to your own well-being, but to your unborn baby’s health and future. Although many of the causes of premature birth and birth defects are unknown, one possible cause is thought to be low levels of...
Feb 04, 2011
Other

"Teen cannabis use ‘becoming more acute’"

Teen drug use remains a huge problem on the Island with many using marijuana as casually as adults consume a glass of wine. So believes Gita Blakeney-Saltus, the regional vice president of drug treatment centre Caron Bermuda. The Department for Natio...
Jan 24, 2011
Health

"New programme to help teenagers curb cannabis and alcohol use"

A drug treatment centre is launching a new programme to help teenagers curb their marijuana and alcohol use. Caron Bermuda, along with lead sponsor HSBC, expects to assist 210 teens and their families in the first year of the programme. The program...
Jan 24, 2011
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