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In the last several months, I’ve been trying to convince our medical colleagues here and in other countries that there appears to be a better way to bring down high blood pressure of our patients in Asia.
I’ve had the privilege of being invited recently to give talks in Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar. It’s heartening to note the marked improvement in these countries’ health care delivery despite budgetary challenges.
When a highly respected psychiatrist exclaims, “It’s scary!” about a looming mental health epidemic among Filipino children and adolescents, we better listen.
We have an aging global population, and the Philippines is no exception. Thanks to modern medicine
Last week, in a medical congress in Milan, I had the free testing offered by the manufacturer of a modern machine that could evaluate the status of the arteries.
It can be heartbreaking when working mothers have to wean off their babies early from breastfeeding because they have to go back to work.
When young adults, usually males, die in their sleep, the death is sometimes attributed to bangungot (nightmare).
The engine of Universal Health Care (UHC), which aims to provide equitable medical services for all, has been cranked up with the passage of the “sin” tax reform bill last week by both the Senate and House of Representatives.
As I write this column, the country’s senators are still deliberating on the passage of the sin tax bill, which is expected to provide additional funds for the effective and meaningful implementation of the universal health care law.
In the 1980s, doctors thought twice before referring patients for spine surgery, which could cause complications in the spinal cord. The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system of humans.
