
Why Women Must Learn to Care for Themselves First
In the clinic, I have noticed something remarkable about Filipino women. They are often the strongest people in the room. They are the mothers who

In the clinic, I have noticed something remarkable about Filipino women. They are often the strongest people in the room. They are the mothers who

Every March, the global medical community observes Colon Cancer Awareness Month — a reminder that one of the most common cancers is also among the most preventable.

or years, we reassured younger patients: “You’re still young. Your heart is strong.” That reassurance is becoming more complicated. The latest data showing rising in-hospital

henever a new infectious disease makes headlines, fear often spreads faster than the virus itself. As physicians, we have lived through this before — SARS, H1N1, Ebola,

here is a moment in every cardiac arrest when the outcome is still unwritten. It is the moment before the ambulance arrives. Before the hospital team mobilizes. Before

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