Time ravages living organisms. It’s a fact of life. Bones become brittle, spines slowly shrink, walking becomes more taxing and precarious, joints become stiff and less flexible, and muscles lose tone and strength with each…
By Vejay Steede
‘One is the Loneliest Number’. ‘Only the Lonely’. ‘All By Myself’. There’s no shortage of pop culture references to the condition we, often dismissively, label loneliness. Being lonely can be decidedly miserable and, commonly, damaging…
You might think we have enough reasons to take our type 2 diabetes crisis seriously. Bermuda ranks third highest for diabetes among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development countries, with 13 percent of adults diagnosed,…
On the face of it, our life expectancy in Bermuda is looking good. Women on the island now reach an average age of 86, up from 78 in 1990, while men generally live until they’re…
by Annabel Cooper The terms Alzheimer’s and dementia are often used interchangeably, but Alzheimer’s disease is actually one of many forms of dementia, an umbrella term used when loss of memory, language, judgement, concentration, problem-solving…