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
