When I was a kid, I’ve always wondered how it was if I was a boy. As a girl and the eldest among three girls, I felt very restricted. I can’t wear shorts. I can’t […]
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Race as a team for a chance to win P3M
Do you have what it takes to run as a team, represent your province for a chance to win P3 million cash? Laban ng Lahi 2018 is inviting 33 runners from your province or town […]
Life with Myelodysplastic Syndrome
If there are things that keep 39-year-old Marie Anne Concepcion-Magpantay from giving up, it’s her untiring faith in God and unwavering support of her family and friends. Meanne (as she’s more fondly called) has been […]
Checklist can ensure patient’s safety
Easier said than done for hospitals to disclose a medical error committed by one of its surgeons or nurses, but one doctor suggested that it is one of the many ways, including the use of […]
Doctors advocate home blood pressure monitoring
Even with the set of knowledge and skills acquired from his profession, medical doctor Erric Cinco was not able to escape the wrath of hypertension that runs in his family. Cinco, his cousin (who’s not […]
Addressing depression in stroke, heart elderly patients
It’s not unusual for depression and anxiety to occur in seemingly healthy young people, what more for a 60-plus-something-year-old patient who underwent major, life-changing health crises such as stroke or heart bypass surgery. “About one-third […]
Mending a baby’s heart: Understanding Tetralogy of Fallot
We all hope that our very own babies won’t get sick. But when a newborn baby is diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, no matter how early or late in pregnancy, it is already a loss […]
