HEAT IS A HEART MATTER
November 4, 2026
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HEAT IS A HEART MATTER Every hot season, my clinic tells me the weather before PAGASA does. Patients who were stable for months come in
HEAT IS A HEART MATTER Every hot season, my clinic tells me the weather before PAGASA does. Patients who were stable for months come in
A MIRACLE ON A TIMETABLE When I was a young doctor, there was not much we could do for a stroke. We admitted the patient,
THE FEVER WE LEARN TO ENDURE There is a word in Filipino that I have come to respect and fear in equal measure: tiis. It
THE BEST CANCER TREATMENT MAY BEGIN BEFORE CANCER DEVELOPS There are few moments in medical practice more emotionally difficult than telling someone that a biopsy
THE BILL AT THE END OF THE BED Doctors are accustomed to looking at the chart hanging at the end of the patient’s bed. Blood
Don’t Just Add Years; Add Strength For much of my medical career, we have measured health with numbers. Blood pressure. Blood sugar. Cholesterol. Creatinine. Ejection
Sleep Is Not a Luxury We sometimes wear sleeplessness as a badge of honor. “I only need four hours.” “I’ll sleep when I retire.” “I
The Health of a Democracy As physicians, we are trained to take a history. Before treating the patient before us, we ask: What happened before?
Never Dismiss a Faint There is a wonderfully reassuring feature of ordinary vasovagal fainting. The patient wakes up. And that is also what makes syncope
The Medicine We All Share As physicians, we spend much of our professional lives controlling risk factors one patient at a time. Stop smoking. Control
