here are moments in clinical practice that remind us medicine is not purely mechanical. A woman loses her husband and arrives in the emergency room with crushing
or decades, stroke care has focused—rightly—on survival. We count minutes to thrombolysis, celebrate when patients walk again, and breathe a sigh of relief when another
iverticulosis is one of the most common findings seen during colonoscopy, especially in adults over 50. It refers
iabetes has become so common in the Philippines that it is often treated as inevitable—almost a rite of
he Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) was designed as a major therapeutic intervention for a health system long
n this week’s issue, we highlight chronic kidney diseases, which is another silent but potentially life-threatening disease in
hristmas reminds us that care, compassion, and presence matter—especially in moments of illness. As doctors, we see this
he holiday season is a time for joy, reunion, and well-deserved rest. Tables are fuller, laughter is louder,
he Christmas season arrives with its familiar glow—parols lighting our streets, the scent of bibingka and puto bumbong
n this issue of H&L, we highlight one of the most common yet most overlooked illnesses affecting Filipino
