Post-holiday survival: Preventive health care is best
Right after the holiday season, doctors and hospitals get more than their fair share of patients who have fallen victims to these celebrations.
Right after the holiday season, doctors and hospitals get more than their fair share of patients who have fallen victims to these celebrations.
I received two interesting reactions to my Jan. 10 column which was about invisible or nonphysical causes of illness.
Dr. Sally Gatchalian, a pediatrician and specialist in infectious diseases, was not spared by dengue in her family.
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Tristan Jimenez looks like your typical third-grader. Sprightly and playful, no one would have guessed the scrawny little boy with a big smile on his face was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 2 years old.
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This is a true story—one I am writing from the heart. Motherhood, it is said, is the most reputable profession in the world.
The Hepatology Society of the Philippines, along with its partners in the National Viral Hepatitis Task Force (NVHTF), a multisectoral coalition of stakeholders who have a shared interest in viral hepatitis control and prevention, recently launched a National Viral Hepatitis Task Force, which aims to work for greater viral hepatitis prevention and control in the country.
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