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If you look on any weight loss list, you’ll be sure to find eggs on it, and probably in the top ten items as well. Not only are eggs filled with protein, they are rich in essential vitamins and minerals, yet low in calories, which makes them perfect for losing weight. Studies have shown that a large egg contains just under 80 calories, and the yolks are especially nutritious. And we know that

INGRID HOLDER DEATHLY DETOX by Andrea King The world is full of wonderful people, who, if they weren’t in it, would make it a less beautiful place. On January 19, 2021, Barbados almost lost one of those people, in the person of Ingrid Holder, a female pioneer in entertainment management, who is well known in regional entertainment circles. That she is affectionately and respectfully

Since the latter months of 2019 and up to today, there is not a single day that goes by without the words coronavirus or COVID passing our lips. None of us has been spared the upheaval wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, which has been declared to be a public health emergency. This virus, an emerging threat, has stretched the resources available to the health systems and decimated economic activity.

Dear Doc, A second opinion is always good, and I write to ask you for yours. My daughter’s paediatrician says not to worry about her ear infection at the time, but it was happening so frequently, I couldn’t help but be concerned. It hasn’t happened over the last few weeks we’ve all been at home, and she wasn’t going to the nursery. She started nursery again three weeks ago and I worry that

Dear Doc, What is the difference between immunisation and vaccination? - Terrence Dear Terrence, Vaccination is an example of immunisation and is the most common method of achieving immunisation. Immunisation is sensitising the body to an undesired foreign organism, whether a bacteria or virus. The body then becomes prepared or fortified to mount an attack to this same organism by increasing

Dear Doc, I have always heard it said that Barbados is the amputation capital of the world, and in this magazine I have read of people who have reversed their diabetic condition. Given the statistics, would you say that the trend of reversing diabetes in Barbados is making a difference? Is there a trend though? Does the medical fraternity preach reversing the condition, or is it that people with