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Specialists in heart and lung problems are to visit the island this month. Ofer Sagiv, an expert in heart medicine, will be at Northshore Medical & Aesthetics Centre from January 27 to 29, and Maciej Walczyszyn, who specialises in lung and critical ...

The City of Hamilton has partnered with the Bermuda Heart Foundation to promote heart health. As part of February’s Heart Disease Awareness Month, the city will be hosting the ‘My City Heart’ Instagram contest. Through the contest, people can take a ...

Kidney disease is both a cause and a consequence of heart disease, the number one global killer. Chronic kidney disease is common, affecting 9 per cent to 13 per cent of the general adult population, and these figures are on the rise. Cardiovascular...

Open-heart surgery is not available in Bermuda. Many dozens of patients undergo the surgery abroad every year, shortly after which they come back home and start the road to recovery. The ultimate goal is to resume a normal and healthy lifestyle. Whil...

A support group for those affected by heart problems will cease operations after almost two decades. In a final gesture of goodwill, the Cardiac Resource Group donated more than $3,000 of its funds to the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust, the Agape...

A stress test can be used to assess one’s heart condition and rule out underlying cardiac disease. The test’s primary purposes are to: • Determine the likelihood of having coronary heart disease and the need for further evaluation • Evaluate the ef...

Sudden Cardiac Death is the largest cause of death, causing about 325,000 adult deaths in the US each year. It is responsible for more than 50 per cent of all heart disease-related deaths. Sudden cardiac arrest is NOT a heart attack (myocardial infa...

Often called a “silent killer”, high blood pressure or hypertension is a dangerous condition that accounts for about 60,000 deaths per year. It is a common disease affecting 32 per cent of African-Americans, and 23 per cent of white people and Mexic...

Not just a baby has been saved, but an entire family. That was Gianluca Cacace’s awe-inspired thought after witnessing infant open-heart surgery this summer. Bermudians Gianluca, 16, and friend Liam Peniston, 17, watched the surgery as part of a volu...

The night of July 19, 2012 was very nearly the last for Lance Furbert, Bermuda’s former curator of forts, who this week met the couple who saved his life against astounding odds. On that day, holidaying with his wife Margo in the wilds of Yellowstone...

It is easy to judge fat people. The thin among us assume they sit around stuffing their faces with junk food, and that they are lazy and never exercise. According to Ayesha Peets Talbot, those preconceptions are not fair. The 34-year-old medic is the...

For brave Kandice Douglas-Young her 11th birthday at the end of this month is extra special. The youngster suffers from a rare congenital heart condition and will travel to Boston in August to find out if she will have to undergo potentially life-sav...