New Banksy artwork vandalised
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Saturday 2/16/2020 – 02:37 UTC+8 A new Valentine’s Day work by UK street artist Banksy, showing…
I was invited recently to give lectures and conduct a workshop in Khartoum, Sudan, on the prevention, rather than treatment, of high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases.
A few weeks ago, a middle-aged male patient came for a follow-up checkup in the clinic. He was with his usually bubbly wife. But I noticed that she was not in her usual animated mood. She remained silent the first several minutes.
When we expressed apprehensions on the potential long-term adverse side effects of the Sanofi-manufactured dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, in our previous columns (“Should the government spend P3B on a potentially harmful vaccine?” PDI, Nov. 8, 2016; “A second thought on the dengue vaccine,” April 15, 2016; “Rejoinder on the dengue vaccine,” April 22, 2016), a colleague, who’s more authoritative on infectious diseases, dismissed our concerns as farfetched.
Our column last week on male domestic abuse seemed to have stirred a hornet’s nest.
I watched a talent show on TV last weekend, in which one of the semifinalists showed his talent at making all sorts of hazy circles and figures from smoke exhaled from his vaping device.
We were recently invited to a party that had enticing desserts which obviously used all sorts of food coloring. Even for adults, artificial coloring makes food appealing—much more so for children.
This week, we’re commemorating the first death anniversary of Dr. Ramon F. Abarquez Jr., an icon of cardiology in the Philippines.
Breaking one’s heart may sound like a figurative expression—a favorite phrase in many love songs.
In last week’s column, we wrote about “comfort food products” which some people eat when they are under stress or feel depressed. A patient told me that, after reading the column, her “comfort food” is chocolate, and she eats small chocolate bars when she’s under stress.
Diabetes imposes a heavy physical and socioeconomic burden on the patient, his/her family, and on society. Patients with advanced diabetes may have frequent trips to the hospital emergency room (ER), and may require confinement due to heart failure (HF) symptoms.
