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Post-Pandemic Global Tourism as Against Travel Restrictions
By Virgilio C. Ventura The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the global tourism industry. As a major contributor to
Catching up with vaccination progress lost during the pandemic
By Henrylito D. Tacio Four years ago, a measles outbreak happened in Metro Manila. It was so bad that San Lazaro Hospital
The Political Economy of a Booster Shot
By Virgilio C. Ventura In principle, virus immunity vaccines have a variable protection life span that often necessitates a booster shot that
Vulnerability of Seniors from Covid-19-related Illnesses
By Virgilio C. Ventura Senior citizens are highly at risk of viral infection most especially when they are also within the contextual
Exercise in a cool room to lose weight
By Rafael Castillo M.D. A middle-aged bank employee, who is overweight by more than 30 percent and has diabetes and hypertension, came
Preventing repeat heart attack
By Rafael Castillo M.D. A few weeks ago, a 52-year-old highly stressed businessman patient frantically called us up on a weekend. After
Are human and fresh cow’s milk effective against COVID-19?
By Rafael Castillo M.D. We discussed last week the important role of breast milk in boosting the resistance of newborn infants and
Why breastfeeding is even more crucial in COVID times
By Dr. Rafael Castillo MD Sometime last year, the businesswoman daughter of one of our patients was confronted with a dilemma. She
Cardiac emergencies linked with vaccines, not COVID–study
By Rafael Castillo MD (Conclusion) Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former US President Donald Trump, was found dead recently at the bottom
Perpetual mass vaccination isn’t scientifically rational
By Rafael Castillo MD (First of two parts) Many have been asking us if they should get their first or second booster
You get ‘hangry,’ but here’s why fasting is beneficial
By Rafael Castillo MD The “hangry” in the title of this column is not a careless typographical error. Researchers from the Anglia
Were 450K excess deaths in 2021 associated with mass vaccination?
By Rafael Castillo M.D. (First of two parts) Since March, we’ve been proposing to temper our enthusiasm for mass vaccination and administer
STATEMENT FROM THE FAME LEADERS’ ACADEMY (FLA)
URGENT MESSAGE FOR DOH/IATF/MMDA We believe we must call the attention of our health and other officials for two serious miscalculations they
Misguided decisions hurting national psyche
By Rafael Castillo M.D. (Conclusion) Last week, we discussed some possible pitfalls we may have fallen into in responding to the Omicron
Omicron, nature’s state-of-the-art vaccine
By Rafael Castillo M.D. (First of two parts) Although only a total of 43 cases of Omicron have been genomically identified as
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