Diabetes is a significant public health challenge across the world. In 2021, 537 million adults were living with diabetes, and that figure is expected to jump to 643 million by 2030. Given the seriousness of the disease, which can lead…
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder that affects how the body processes blood sugar (glucose), our main energy source. When the body cannot produce or use insulin effectively, glucose builds up in the bloodstream instead of being absorbed by the…
By Janelle Riley-Thornhill Millions worldwide are affected by chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes. Barbados is no exception, with diabetes affecting one in ten individuals and posing a significant health burden. To shed light on this prevalent condition, Diabetes Today…
(From the 2011 Diabetes Today Edition) What’s next? Don’t let it control you. Diabetes is a life-long complicated disease requiring time and effort to manage and control effectively. Before diabetes you lived your life as you chose and would like…
(From the 2011 Diabetes Today Edition) When it comes to Diabetes, the main objective of podiatrist Simone McConnie, Chief Operating Officer of the Barbados Diabetes Foundation is to reduce Barbados’ high amputee rate through the Step-by-Step Diabetes Foot Care Project…
For decades, diabetes researchers have been searching for ways to replace the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas that are destroyed by a patient’s own immune system. Now it appears that this may be possible. Diabetes is characterized by abnormally high…
With the help of the Diabetes Association of Barbados (DAB) the parents of diabetic children started a support group. This commenced in 2010 and members chose the fourth Saturday of each month for their meetings, starting at 4:00p.m. Much of…
Adrian ‘Boo’ Husbands is a 49 year old Bajan male with a family history of diabetes. He was diagnosed with diabetes 23 years ago and in the last few years has undergone a partial amputation of the right hallux (big…
Scientists at a Cambridge, Massachusetts, laboratory who set out to develop a tattoo for tracking heart health may now be on track for developing a tattoo for people with diabetes that changes color as blood glucose levels rise and fall.…
