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A woman who suffers from liver poisoning and malnutrition warned the public to be careful over the food they eat. Mickia Brangman, 33, said it was difficult for Bermudians to eat a good diet because of the expense and easy access to unhealthy food. S...

When a former model got sick when she was aged 20, she assumed she had picked up a stomach bug after she moved to Spain. But after 13 years of illness and visits to a string of specialists Mickia Brangman will have to go to the UK for treatment for a...

A radiation therapy unit has had its accreditation renewed by a top oncology institute. The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre (BCHC) announced its accreditation from the American College of Radiology today. David Serratore, the medical physicist at th...

Physiotherapist Kathleen Mowat of KM Physio, loves working with patients in their own homes. If her clients are still in their pyjamas when she comes, she is absolutely okay with that. Ms Mowat feels that sometimes clients put on a brave face when t...

Only two months before Zakiya Francis-Jones was due to give birth, she lost her job. As hard as she tried she could not find a new one and having once been homeless did not want to find her way there again. She was terrified she would not be able to ...

Substance abuse agency, Focus Counselling Services will highlight the importance of community as it celebrates Recovery Month in September. This year’s theme is ‘Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community’. A spokeswoman ...

St John Ambulance has called on the public to be careful to avoid heat-related illnesses over the holiday weekend. A spokeswoman for the charity said that temperatures are expected to rise above 80F during Cup Match. She said: “Recognising the signs ...

Eliza Jane Lusher was born 15 years before the abolition of slavery. History tells us that she was a woman of fearless courage whose work during two yellow fever epidemics sets her apart in the history of Bermuda’s nurses. When she married John Henry...

At 34, Reva Minors wishes she had paid greater attention to the pull she felt as a teenager. Television programmes about childbirth, particularly water births, fascinated her – she always felt a little strange about her interest. “I didn’t even have ...

New treatment courts are planned to help keep people out of prison and instead treat their problems, the island’s senior magistrate has revealed. Juan Wolffe said that discussions to develop juvenile mental health, family health and sex offenders’ tr...

Standardised fees helped to deliver a cut in the spend on hospital services from 2017 to 2018, the Bermuda Health Council said today. Tiara Carlington, a project manager for public health research and programmes, said the change was a significant fin...

A new state-of-the-art breast cancer scanner has been installed at the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre. The next-generation 3D digital mammography scanner will provide women with the highest standard of care available. Rona Donawa, the chief technol...