This coronavirus causing COVID-19 is indeed a tough bug. But we can be tougher and show this microscopic bug that we can never allow it to take our health or
Several months ago, a 39-year-old mother who had given birth a day earlier by cesarean section at Manila Doctors Hospital, was referred to us for sudden-onset shortness of breath. It
More than two decades ago, the main goal in treating diabetic patients was to bring the blood sugar down to normal levels. It was called then the glucocentric or sugar-centered
Since it’s still the love month of February, it’s apt to discuss how to fix “broken” hearts—not in a romantic sense, but in a literal, pathological sense. Several years ago,
A few days ago, a patient I’d been following up on for his heart problem came back complaining of sore throat. His first impulse upon feeling the sore throat a
After reading our column last week (“Rein in your fears of the coronavirus,” PDI, Feb. 4, 2020), a colleague commented that the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) threat should be regarded with
With an overwhelming dose of bad news at the start of the year (Australian bushfires, Taal volcano eruption, recurrent earthquakes in Mindanao, not to mention the United States airstrike in
A colleague and good friend recently underwent surgery for colon cancer at Manila Doctors Hospital. To reduce the size of the mass before surgery, he had to undergo preoperative chemo-
The rumblings in Taal Volcano and signs of a deadly blast are causing frayed nerves. It’s incredible that what people thought was one of the smallest volcanoes in the world
(Last of two parts) Last week, I discussed the first part of the “ADB VEST” formula, which can boost your chances of achieving New Year’s resolutions as well as other
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