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Dr. C. V. Alert, MB BS, DM. (Family Medicine), FCCFP. Family Physician. Fellow, Caribbean College of Family Physicians. There is no doubt that the ‘cutting edge’ management of the non-communicable diseases, the NCDs, in particular those with a cardiovascular and/or a metabolic component, is changing rapidly. Almost annually there are new evidence based guidelines for […]

Dr. C.V. Alert, MB BS, DM. Family Physician. Isolation Vacations Inc, a subsidiary of Corono-virus Families International (CVFI) is pleased to invite anyone and everyone to a series of isolation parties in a neighborhood near you, for Crop-Over 2022. CVFI includes popular strains like the wuhan strain, the delta strain, and the newest members of

Dr. C. V. Alert, MB BS, DM.Family Physician. In the old days, sometimes referred to as the good old days, when you heard that someone was very ill,or heaven forbid had died unexpectedly, one could generally assume that that person had ‘real realhigh’ blood pressure, or was a ‘bad’ diabetic. Life, in the days before

World Family Doctor Day 2022: A call for recognition in Barbados! Dr. C.V. Alert MB BS, MSc, DM, FCCFP. Family  Physician.                                  The Theme for the World Family Doctor Day 2022, due to be celebrated on May 19th 2022, is “Family Doctors, Always there to Care”. This is a day to highlight the role and contribution of

Increasing the tax on sweetened beverages 2022 – here we go again!  Dr. C.V. Alert MB BS, DM. FCCFP. Family Physician. In the recent National Budget in Barbados the Right Honourable Prime Minister announced the introduction of an increase in the tax on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) from the 10% introduced in 2015 to 20%,

ncreasing the tax on sweetened beverages 2022 – here we go again!  Dr. C.V. Alert MB BS, DM. FCCFP. Family Physician. In the recent National Budget in Barbados the Right Honourable Prime Minister announced the introduction of an increase in the tax on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) from the 10% introduced in 2015 to 20%,

Inertia, Insanity or Incompetence? A look at our response to the NCD pandemic. Dr. C. V. Alert, MB BS, DM. FCCFP. Family Physician. In 2005, Sir George Alleyne, then Director of WHO/PAHO, pointed out to Caribbean Heads of Government (and Caribbean people) that the morbidity and mortality rates from the NCDs in Caribbean countries were

Omicron is terrorizing us. How we must fight back. Dr, C,V, Alert MB BS, DM, FCCFP. Family Physician. Many people are alarmed, or should be, by the numbers of persons who tests positive for covid-19 infections, whenever we get news of the daily covid dashboard. Perhaps over the last two weeks we hear daily numbers