After reading our column last week (“The AIDS virus is mutating fast,” PDI Lifestyle, 10/23/18), a medical colleague sent a message: “Are you predicting a doomsday scenario wherein the AIDS virus would multiply fast and be incurable?”
Amid the advances in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)—with HIV+ (positive) individuals expecting an almost similar long-term outcome as those with hypertension and diabetes—can we rest assured that the battle against this dreaded disease is being finally won?
A few weeks ago, we admitted another case of a housewife who has been caring for her sick husband and mother, without realizing that she herself had a bad heart needing urgent treatment.
You want to know one good reason daily brushing and flossing are necessary? Bad oral hygiene and gum disease like gingivitis double or triple the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Last week, during the scientific sessions of the International Society of Hypertension in Beijing, I had the privilege to chair a session where Professor Clara Chow, academic director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre in Australia, gave a lecture on important lessons practicing physicians could learn from the landmark PURE (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology) study. Professor Chow is one of the primary authors in the series of publications derived from the PURE study.
Our column last week on male domestic abuse seemed to have stirred a hornet’s nest.
We hear and read a lot about abuse against women. A few days ago, however, I had an enlightening talk with antidomestic abuse advocate Emiliano “Nano” Manahan, who’s writing a book on the rarely discussed topic of abuse suffered by men at the hands of their spouses.
Are you following doctor’s orders?
Are you taking your prescription pills and other forms of treatments as your doctor advised?
In the September issue of H&L (Health and Lifestyle) magazine, Dr. Buenaventura Ramos Jr., a respected oncologist (cancer specialist), wrote about the benefits of mindfulness in cancer patients.
The other weekend, I gained another insight on forgiveness and emotional wellness, which are key to good health and happiness.
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