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Where is the care for home alone woman, 98? | Bermuda News
royalgazette.com — “A 98-year-old widow suffering from dementia and diabetes who lives alone in her rundown family home has been ruled ineligible for Financial Assistance by Government.Mrs O is in desperate need of round-the-clock care but because she has a “life interest” in the single-storey property meaning she can live there until she dies she cannot get any help from the state.The frail and incontinent old lady, who was recently found wandering around her yard in the middle of the night in a diaper a” View full resource at royalgazette.com
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Experts: Lionfish caught in Bermuda are safe to eat | Bermuda News
royalgazette.com — “Lionfish that have invaded Bermuda's offshore waters are perfectly edible, local experts have claimed.A recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study in the Caribbean has revealed a naturally occurring toxin in the flesh of the species that can lead to ciguatera poisoning.Ciguatera poisoning is caused by digesting fish that live near reefs and have accumulated the toxin in their flesh through eating smaller fish that graze on poisonous algae.Lionfish are known to prey predominately on juven” View full resource at royalgazette.com
Most Recently Shared on November 28, 2011 at 4:15 pm By:
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Lionfish caught in Bermuda here are safe to eat experts http://t.co/N6NfJ3tA
Gifted child is ‘flirting with Asperger’s’ | Bermuda Island Life
royalgazette.com — “Question: Our family is facing a dilemma. Our daughter, 6, was identified as gifted at age 4-and-a-half when her kindergarten teacher referred us for an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) assessment. No ADHD was found. Our family has a strong history of giftedness, so it wasn't a huge surprise that her inattentiveness and high activity level weren't due to ADHD. Unfortunately, her mainstream school didn't have the resources to accommodate her so we switched her to a public/Waldorf h” View full resource at royalgazette.com
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Gifted child is 'flirting with Asperger's' http://t.co/f2LlOf3 #aspergers #autism
MBS Fitness set to become Bermuda’s biggest health club | Bermuda Business
royalgazette.com — “MBS Fitness has been open just a few months and already the owners are planning an expansion that will make it - at 15,000 square feet - the largest health club in Bermuda.Owner/manager Rebecca Wallington said membership had grown so much since she and partner/assistant manager Ryan Miller opened the new club in June, that they have now rented the coveted penthouse space in the new SE Pearman Building on Par-La-Ville Road.She said there are also plans to rent out the floor above them.Their plans” View full resource at royalgazette.com
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Health care spending could top $1.5bn by 2020 - report | Bermuda News
royalgazette.com — “Bermuda’s health care spending could rocket to $1.5 billion by the year 2020, according to figures released today by the Bermuda Health Council.Figures revealed in the BHeC’s National Health Accounts Report 2011 show the Island spent a total of $628.4 million last year on health care - or 11 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).It also shows the Island’s soaring health costs rose nine percent over 2009’s figure of $576.3 million.At current trends, expenses stand to reach $” View full resource at royalgazette.com
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Confronting autism through music | Bermuda Island Life
royalgazette.com — “The last time Marcia Scraders enrolled her special needs son Omori in nursery school in Bermuda, the placement lasted all of an hour. She arrived at the school to find the teacher chasing Omori back and forth across the room, unable to catch him.She felt so overwhelmed after that experience, that to cope, she sat down and wrote a reggae song about raising an autistic child. The song ‘Autistic Child’ is now being played on local radio, and she hopes that it will go worldwide. Ms Scrader” View full resource at royalgazette.com
Most Recently Shared on August 11, 2011 at 12:56 pm By:
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Businesses have role in making jobs scheme a success – Minister | Bermuda Politics
royalgazette.com — “Local businesses will play a key role lining young people up for long-term careers under the Island’s Jobs Corps vocational programme.Community Development Minister Michael Weeks said Government wants to tap into the knowledge and expertise of the business community and encourage firms to provide training followed by job opportunities.It’s hoped this will help turn around the fortunes of thousands of young black men who drop out of school early and later find themselves underqualifie” View full resource at royalgazette.com
Most Recently Shared on July 30, 2011 at 11:31 am By:
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Businesses have role in making jobs scheme a success –?Minister: Another component of the programme will be a 'c... http://bit.ly/ox2i03
Women’s workshop to be held on personal safety and self-defence | Bermuda News
royalgazette.com — “The Women?s Resource Centre is hosting an awareness workshop next week giving women tips on personal safety and self-defence. The seminar is part of a series, which started earlier this summer, aiming to proactively empower women. Others have included topics such as domestic violence and sexual assault, self esteem, immigration matters for non-Bermudian women and mothers parenting sons. The ?Personal Safety Tips & Self Defence? workshop will be held at the Charities House on Point Finger Road in” View full resource at royalgazette.com
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Travis Phelps Parenting Supporter
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Lack of support leaves Bermuda's young men on the scrap heap - report | Bermuda News
royalgazette.com — “Teenaged boys end up being kicked out of school because of insufficient classroom support to deal with issues from their home lives, according to a new report. Many young black males are exposed to violence and drugs or alcohol abuse in their lives, leading to behavioural problems in school, researchers found in a series of interviews with wall-sitters. And experts believe because they aren't getting enough emotional help either at school or home, many are forced out of education and end up on t” View full resource at royalgazette.com
Most Recently Shared on June 29, 2011 at 4:14 pm By:
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11 diet tips to relieve menopause symptoms | Bermuda Body & Soul
royalgazette.com — “Food is medicine! The right diet will relieve symptoms, support the endocrine system and promote good health throughout the menopause. It will assist the body to adjust itself to change and keep the hormones more balanced. The main aims should be to: 1. Stabilise blood sugar levels: to enable remaining hormones to be fully utilised. Large gaps between meals are likely to lead to hypoglycaemic symptoms such as irritability, forgetfulness, palpitations etc. When glucose levels fall too low, the” View full resource at royalgazette.com
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Breast cancer survivor offers hope for others | Bermuda ISLAND01
royalgazette.com — “It was the end of Julie Silver's breast cancer treatment. The 38-year-old Boston rehabilitation doctor was free to go back to her career, and continue raising her three small children, and yet, rather than feeling better, she felt sicker than she ever had in her life. Unfortunately, this is true with most cancer treatments," Dr Silver said. She is the author of 'After Cancer Treatment: Heal Faster, Better, Stronger' and 'What Helped Get Me Through: Cancer Survivors Share Wisdom and Hope'. She wa” View full resource at royalgazette.com
Most Recently Shared on March 16, 2011 at 11:06 am By:
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Dr. Julie Silver... for cancer survivors, "here go see the psychologist" NOT best advice. #physicaltherapy needed too! http://bit.ly/eBS1ml
LITERACY MATTERS | Bermuda ISLAND
royalgazette.com — “March is the month for report cards, marking the completion of the first half of the school year. Teachers sum up progress for each student in a personalised report card, while parents hope anxiously to hear that their children are on grade level. Literacy reporting progress is especially important as the ability to read and write supports all other subjects. Slow or inadequate progress in literacy has negative affects on other subject areas. It is particularly important for parents of children ” View full resource at royalgazette.com
Most Recently Shared on March 9, 2011 at 3:03 pm By:
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Questions you should be asking about your child’s #literacy progress: http://bit.ly/ejhFG2
200 ‘medical tourists’ have been treated at prostate cancer facility | Bermuda NEWS06
royalgazette.com — “Health Minister Zane DeSilva said new prostate cancer treatment in Bermuda's hospital is a welcome boost for the Island's tourism industry. During the Budget debate on his Health Ministry yesterday, Mr DeSilva championed the move to introduce High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. The treatment, not allowed in the United States, is said to have generated 1,000 bed nights for Bermuda's hotels by attracting 200 medical tourists", their families and doctors s” View full resource at royalgazette.com
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Landscape gardening job fair planned | Bermuda NEWS01
royalgazette.com — “Economy Minister Kim Wilson said out-of-work Bermudians should try and break into landscape gardening a field dominated by foreigners. Senator Wilson advised construction workers and skilled tradesmen and women to attend a job fair hosted by about 20 landscape gardening companies next Thursday. Sen Wilson said the event was set up by a newly formed Landscape Gardener Association, in the light of the recently announced moratorium on work permits. Delivering a Ministerial Statement to the Upper Ho” View full resource at royalgazette.com
Most Recently Shared on March 3, 2011 at 6:13 pm By:
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Landscape gardening job fair planned http://bit.ly/ezcHmQ
Communication tips for a better relationship | Bermuda ISLAND05
royalgazette.com — “Body & Soul has partnered with the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute to offer our readers practical methods and/or advice that foster mental wellness. This week Child and Family therapist, Letitia Lister explains the importance of communication in keeping relationships strong beyond the flowers and chocolates of Valentine's Day. Intimacy, money and religion are most often the areas of relationships that cause the greatest source of conflict in couples," she said. For this reason, healthy dialogue ” View full resource at royalgazette.com
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