Caribbean Lifestyle Diabetes Centre

11/09/2025

Phytates may affect your body's ability to absorb some minerals. But you don't need to avoid these foods.

11/09/2025

Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in animal-based foods that we eat and also is in our body’s cells. People with high cholesterol can benefit from a heart-healthy lifestyle.

11/09/2025

Kidney failure occurs when your kidneys can no longer work well enough to keep you alive without dialysis or a kidney transplant. At this stage, they lose their ability to filter waste and excess fluid from the blood.

10/09/2025

A new form of diabetes, Type 3c Diabetes Mellitus (T3cDM), has now been officially recognized in the medical community.

This type of diabetes differs from the more common Type 1 and Type 2 forms and results from diseases or injuries to the pancreas, such as chronic pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, pancreatic surgery, or pancreatic cancer.

Unlike Type 1 (autoimmune) or Type 2 (linked to insulin resistance), Type 3c stems from pancreatic dysfunction, affecting both blood sugar regulation and digestion.

Despite affecting a significant number of patients, T3c has often been misdiagnosed as Type 2 diabetes, leading to inappropriate treatment.

Proper diagnosis is crucial, as T3c patients often require both insulin therapy and enzyme replacement therapy to manage the dual loss of pancreatic function.

The recognition of this distinct diabetes type is important because it ensures more accurate diagnosis, tailored treatment, and better health outcomes.

Additionally, this acknowledgment highlights the need for greater awareness among healthcare providers, as many cases of pancreatic diabetes go unrecognized or are treated ineffectively under the umbrella of more familiar diabetes types.

There’s also emerging but still debated discussion in neuroscience regarding “Type 3 diabetes” as a term describing insulin resistance in the brain, potentially linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

While compelling, this connection hasn’t been fully endorsed as a clinical classification yet.

10/09/2025

These nutritional powerhouses can help improve your blood sugar levels and reduce chronic inflammation: https://bit.ly/4pdQBVd

10/09/2025

Taking metformin for your diabetes? Learn what to know about metformin from certified diabetes educator Amy Campbell!

10/09/2025

The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology have updated their joint guidelines for people with high blood pressure for the first time since 2017, making changes to the way they recommend managing the condition. https://nbc4i.co/4pdkxRp?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_NBC4

10/09/2025

🚨 New for September, a fresh episode of the !

Featuring:
✨ GLP1s, inflammation, and obesogenic memory in male mice
✨ Dulaglutide & Hepatic Steatosis in Obesity
✨ Plus Sweet Talk with Pathway to Stop Diabetes Award recipient Alexander Nectow

🎙️Listen at: http://diabetesbio.libsyn.com
📚Read more: http://diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/issue/74/9
🧠 Share your thoughts in the comments!

Featured articles:
✨ GLP-1–Mediated Targeting of Inflammation Corrects Obesogenic Memory in Male Mice doi.org/10.2337/db24-1071
✨ The GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Dulaglutide Attenuates Hepatic Steatosis in Obesity via a Weight-Independent Mechanism doi.org/10.2337/db24-0861
✨ The Dorsal Raphe Nucleus and the Integrative Control of Feeding: A Report on Research Supported by Pathway to Stop Diabetes doi.org/10.2337/dbi24-0015

🎙 Hosted by Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams

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09/09/2025

Pancreatic islet cell therapy is a treatment approved by the FDA only for adults with type 1 diabetes who struggle to control their blood sugar due to frequent episodes of severe low blood sugar and hypoglycemia unawareness, or being unable to detect that blood sugar is dropping.

Lantidra is derived from a deceased donor pancreas. To regulate blood glucose, the drug is infused into the patient’s liver where insulin is produced. Lantidra requires a donor match determined by the United Network for Organ Sharing.

“This is the first time in the United States that an islet transplant was no longer experimental, rather an FDA-approved medical procedure,” said Dr. Enrico Benedetti, head of surgery at UI Health.

“The advantage of islet transplant is that there is no age limit. We would never dream of doing a pancreas transplant on someone Ed’s age, as the risks are too great,” Benedetti said. “With Lantidra, there are no surgical risks, and instead of being in the hospital for up to 12 days following an organ transplant, he was home within 24 hours.”

09/09/2025

08/09/2025

Serena Williams recently shared that she started taking the GLP-1 drug Zepbound after having her two children. The tennis legend shared the weight loss medication along with regular exercise and a healthy diet helped her lose 31 pounds.

08/09/2025

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated editions of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc), adding new treatments for various types of cancer and for diabetes with associated comorbidities such as obesity. Medicines for cystic...