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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...

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...

Doctors are hopeful the Ministry of Health's new guidelines on stem cells will bring the row over former Premier Ewart Brown's Winterhaven project to an end. But as Government maintains its silence on the issue, Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson ...

A lump in the breast can usually be detected by a fully trained reflexologist. “We can notice the difference in the foot of areas where there is cancer,” said practitioner Hayley Bennett who has been working in the field for nine years. “It will eith...

Knowledge sharing can save a lot of time, effort and money in health care. It's been proven at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital through its partnership with Johns Hopkins Medical Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Two years ago Marek Mirski, chairm...

We've heard about an apple a day, but in Bermuda a banana a day may be what we should all be aiming for. The fruit's high potassium content provides powerful protection against atherosclerosis and high blood pressure, which affects more than a quart...