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Bermuda’s human rights legislation lags years behind the legal framework of other comparable jurisdictions, according to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) — especially in cases of mental illness. HRC chairman Michael Hanson told The Royal Gazette it ...

Dr Ryan Lussenden a surgeon at the Florida Medical Centre said he chose bariatric surgery as one of his specialities because there is an element of joyousness and celebration in it that is not present in other types of surgery. Bariatric surgery is t...

Bermuda’s citizens must apply public pressure to support the movement against obesity, a leading US nutrition expert has urged. Worldwide, obesity is now the fifth leading cause of death — and the current generation of children “could actually be on ...

Mental Health Court will be fully operational by the end of 2014, according to a report by the Bermuda Judiciary. Attorney General Mark Pettingill promised last May the court would begin operation in a matter of weeks, but Government later said suita...

A Bermudian living with bipolar disorder yesterday appeared on BBC in an effort to bring attention to how mental health issues are handled in the UK. Liana Hall, a Bermudian model and actress living in London, appeared on both BBC Breakfast and BBC N...

Nearly 8,000 vaccinations to fight influenza have been administered in Bermuda by the Department of Health and private practitioners. A spokeswoman for The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) said: “Approximately 29 percent (over 2,300 doses) we...

The cost of treating dementia patients on the Island is more than cancer, heart disease and stroke combined, according to Elizabeth Stewart, founder of the charity ‘Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia.’ And with Bermuda’s ageing population, Ms Stewar...

When you are dealing with a patient with dementia, restraint can be a tough topic. You might not want the patient tied down, but sometimes there is a risk that they might wander, or fall and hurt themselves. Restraint was one of the hot buttons at a...

A woman whose schizophrenic son has been left without his full course of medication is complaining that she’s receiving the silent treatment from the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB). “It’s not fair to him — and I can’t understand why I can’t get an exp...

Charitable group Project 100 aims to raise $1.2 million to create a new home for Bermuda’s mentally challenged — it will be the fourth home the group has provided since 2000. Having seen the success and benefits achieved through the three homes it ha...