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Dear Doc, I’m early pregnant now and I am diabetic. Is there any tests which can be done to show if my baby will be diabetic too? Will I pass on my condition to my baby? - Ms K Dear Ms. K, I appreciate your concern for your baby, but currently there are no tests that I am aware of. However, be aware that having a gene for diabetes does not mean one will acquire the illness; I am speaking with

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Monday said there was a “large...

Kingstown – The lead scientist monitoring the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano, Professor Richard Robertson is predicting that more damage from ash should...

The Royal Barbados Police Force has issued some guidelines for public safety in light of the ashfall from the explosive eruptions of the La...

CHILDHOOD OBESITY COVD-19 AND MENTAL HEALTH: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are literally killing us early. NCDs have been estimated to be responsible for 8 out of 10 deaths in Barbados and they are esti-mated to account for 60% of the country’s health expenditure. The economic cost of NCDs here has reached over $ 209 million annually. Obesity increases the likelihood of developing

INTEGRATION WORK-LIFE by Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT) Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker An organisation recently asked me to present at an online forum for entrepreneurs in the service industry. The organisers requested that I focus on mental health, particularly “balancing work and life,” given the current challenges that many people are experiencing