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 […]
Mylene C. Orillo
Writer | Traveler | Runner | Sunrise lover
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 […]
Groups call for higher tobacco tax
To commemorate this year’s World No Tobacco Day, about 200 runners from different universities and communities recently gathered for a fun run in the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City to appeal to the Senators to […]
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 […]
Assessing the ketogenic diet
Monette Ho, 39 years old, tried ketogenic diet or ‘keto’ to lose weight. Her normal weight is 120-128 lbs. before giving birth to her third and youngest son, but since then, she never regained her […]
