By Dietitians of Barbados Many people may tell you that the high cost of “healthy” foods is a barrier to improving their diet and, ultimately, their health. But is this truly the case? What drives your food choices? Is it taste,…
By Tanya Lightbourne If you, or someone you know, has been diagnosed with breast cancer, The Olive Branch of Hope (TOBOH) Barbados is here to help. The non-profit organization, launched on January 7, 2022, in Barbados, provides help and information…
Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is often dubbed the silent killer. Why? It can go unnoticed for a significant period. Eventually, uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause a person to develop serious health problems like heart disease, stroke,…
(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 2010 Diabetes Today Edition) By Simone McConnie, BSC Pod Med (UK) Podiatrist in private practice, Barbados As a rule we grow up knowing that when something hurts we know something is wrong. But with diabetes this is not…
An increasing number of Barbadian companies are promoting health and wellness among their employees. The Barbados Ministry of Health has acknowledged that workplace health promotion has gained prominence in the past few years as a means of improving productivity and…
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…
The much anticipated change in the Special Benefit Service (SBS) has passed, so how exactly has it impacted health care for diabetics? There are 7 different classes of drug therapy for available to diabetics in Barbados, of these four (4)…
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…
The Step by Step Programme was introduced by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with The Rotary Club of Barbados, The World Diabetes Foundation and the Barbados Diabetes Foundation. Dr. Kenneth George, Senior Medical Officer of Health for Chronic Non-Communicable…
