MANILA, Philippines – The doctors of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo have advised the ailing congresswoman to seek medical treatment in the United States or Singapore, her spokesperson Atty. Raul Lambino said.
According to Lambino, however, Arroyo chooses to remain in the Philippines to quash speculations that she is avoiding the plunder charges filed against her.
“Sensitive siya sa public opinion e. Sinasabi niya, ‘Kapag ako umalis sa bansa, sasabihin nila tinatakbuhan ko itong accusations against me.’ To the extent of maybe putting her life in danger,” said …

By FRANCIS T. WAKEFIELD
August 11, 2011, 6:39pm
MANILA, Philippines — Former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has been fitted with a “halo vest” to support her brittle cervical spine, doctors at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City said Thursday.
In a media briefing, Dr. Juliet Gopez-Cervantes, Arroyo’s personal physician, said a team of doctors led by veteran orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mario Ver put the halo vest, also known as a halo ring or crown, to immobilize the cervical spine.
“She is now conscious and staying at the Coronary …

World-class singer Lea Salonga, a staunch supporter of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, said one does not have to be pro-contraception to be pro-reproductive health.
In an exclusive interview with Jessica Soho on GMA News TV’s “State of the Nation” on Wednesday night, Salonga admitted that she is currently not using any form of contraception because she and her husband want to have another child.
“I’d love to have another kid,” she said. “I kind of leave it up to God at this point, but we’re not stopping anything from happening.”
Salonga said …

Note: This is a repost. Article and photos courtesy of Orchestroscopy:

Blood stains. I saw them everyday for months during a certain period in my life. Blood on the floor, on hospitals gowns and on previously pristine white sheets. The room could almost be a set of a horror movie if not for the dozens of crying babies and nursing mothers..
For weeks it was always the same routine. Everyday, I would march the hallway armed with my medical artillery. Thermometer, stethoscope, a sphygmomanometer and a piece of paper. The whole bond …

MANILA, Philippines – A woman is seeking justice after her live-in partner died allegedly after surgical equipment were left inside him post-operation.
Hannah, not her real name, still can’t believe what happened to her live-in partner Roger Panzo.
She recounted that on January 30, Roger was brought to the FEU-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation (NRMF) Medical Center after he sustained gunshot wounds in a robbery incident in Caloocan.
He was operated on and was able to recover, but the surgical wound was not closed immediately. The hospital said it was done to be able …

By: Merdeka Pravda
I had not seen a mirror since I had been in the hospital. When visitors came, I just asked whoever was with me, if I looked ok. So I never knew that my appearance had changed so dramatically, that even my own child didn’t recognize me.
I hugged and kissed and kissed and hugged my little girl. She was still dazed from sleep and probably didn’t understand why this strange lady was hugging and kissing her. Her dad was watching and so was her grandma, …

By: Merdeka Pravda
I was diagnosed with diabetes in July of 2001 as doctors tried to save my life.
Weeks before that day, I was rapidly losing weight but I thought it was just because of my extreme schedule. The country was in another upheaval. The media knew no rest. I hardly slept and ate at abnormal hours. I was in denial even as I felt my energy ebb out of me like a punctured water balloon.
Finally, a few days beforer that fateful day, I called in …

Somebody sent a parcel to our imaginary and barriotic P.O. Box in Barrio Siete. The contents of the parcel contained the alleged  psychological report of Noynoy Aquino. Here are the pictures of this so-called  psychological  report from Ateneo de Manila University.

The first 2 pages of the report may look like an original psychological report. Unfortunately, if you read the last page, it will reveal that the report is an ULTIMATE BOGUS.
The signatory in the report was Fr. Carmelo Caluag SJ. Fr. Caluag, by profession is a teacher and priest (as well as …

Seems as though every livestock we eat can get us sick. First the bird flu. Then madcow. And now, swine flu! What’s next? Rover Fever?

Saturday: It was Halloween. I was already feeling a little lousy and there was a tingling sensation in my throat. But I promised to have a few drinks with my housemates so I dressed up in some really warm clothes and went. The quality of my voice was dwindling rapidly and my throat felt as if a blade is permanently slicing through it. Halfway through the pub crawl I knew I had to take a vow of silence.
Sunday: The gargle-with-warm-water-and-rock-salt trick wasn’t doing the trick. I could only …

Aphrodisiac. A substance which is used in the belief that it will increase sexual desire.
Ewan. In my mind, pag frigid ka – frigid ka. At mas lalo na pag wez ka paligo at mag-ayos. Kahit lunukin mong buo ang cobra, hindi yan uubra. Indi yun aphrodisiac. Shocking ka lang talaga.
Soup # 5
Eeeeekkkk! Nunca!

“Strong like a bull is a phrase that attracts some lovers to this four-legged mammal with a notorious temper. In areas of Southeast Asia, a soup (known as soup # 5) composed of onions, carrots, broth and bull’s …

Photo credits here.
Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hide.
Harvey Dent. Two Face.
When I was still a university student back then, I used to take  Abnormal Psychology as one of my subjects. Although, my course is not technically specializing in the clinical set-up, it still made me curious about the makings of the human mind and behavior. One of the fascinating topics that we have discussed in our AP is Multiple Personality Disorder.
What is Multiple Personality Disorder?
Dissociative Identity Disorder is the other term for Multiple Personality Disorder. Ano ba ang nangyayari sa isang tao …

Photo: Nashoplift Dito
Napadalaw ako sa bahay ni Brainchild at medyo nagulat ako sa isa sa mga recipe nyang inihain. Ito’y patungkol sa balitang kumakalat ngayon sa bansang Amerika tungkol sa cervical cancer vaccine na may pangalang Gardasil. Tinanong ako ni Brainchild kung ano ang aking opinyon dito at ipinaalam ko na rin sa kanya na ilalathala ko na lang ang aking sagot sa Barrio Siete kasi marami din may cervix dito haha. Ang mababasa nyo ay less of a medical opinion but more of the simplified facts na …

“Manong, pakisuyo naman pong itali ninyo itong silya sa bubong ng traysikel” ang sabi ng ale habang hinihila niya ang bagong muebles para sa kanilang sala. “Misis, bakit naman ho sing-laki ng kama ang upuang ito? Higante po ba ang uupo rito?” tanong naman ng mamang traysikel drayber.
“Sa totoo nga ho, malaking tao ang uupo riyan. Sinlaki ho ng pinagsamang Shaquille O’Neal at Yao Ming,” sagot naman ng babae.
Maya-maya pa’y nagkumpulan na ang maraming mukhang nakatanod sa labas ng bintana sa bahay ng babae. Kinabukasan, andoon na ang mga radyo …

Colon cancer is what killed my former boss, the best boss I have ever ran across on earth. He was Italian, 37 years old at that time, a JFK look-alike – ok, maybe a bit too much, but he was very good-looking, with 2 kids and one very beautiful wife. He and I became very close friends and so when he succumbed to colon cancer, I was devastated. After his death, my life and my career tumbled and changed drastically. It would take years before I would be back on …

Next to lung and breast cancer, colon cancer is third among the leading causes of death in the country today.
Mrs. Aquino succumbed to colon cancer exactly one year and four months after she was diagnosed with it. She underwent treatment to halt the progression of cancer that would possibly affect other vital organs. However, the treatment was stopped because the therapy was just too strong for her already frail body.
Based on the 2005 Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates, cancer of the colon and rectum combined rank 3rd overall, 3rd among …

Lalong lumalala ang problema ng mga illegal na droga sa ating bansa, laganap ang ibat-ibang klase ng krimen na ang numero unong dahilan ay mga ipinagbabawal na gamot. Siguro masasabi natin na kahit saan parte sa pilipinas ngayon ay may ganitong aktibidades ang mga kawatan, hindi man bulgar at pasimple lang pag kumilos ang mga galamay nito, lalo na sa mga siudad at maging ang buong metro manila ay maraming mga drug lords na walang pakundangang manira sa kinabukasan ng mga mamayan lalo na sa kabataan. Basahin nyo lang ang …

Today, a United Nations (UN) agency has just ranked the Philippines as No. 5 in the world’s roster of “shabu giants”.
The report also revealed that illegal drug manufacturing occurs mostly in industrial-sized laboratories operated by transnational criminal organizations, including foreign chemists. Source: RP is 5th ‘shabu giant’

A police officer walks on packages of cocaine in Buenaventura, Colombia’s main seaport on the Pacific coast, Monday, March 23, 2009. Colombian police had seized 3.5 tons of cocaine in a container of vegetable grease bound for Mexico. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara). Source: Mexico’s …

Here is the current update about Influenza A H1N1 cases in the Philippines:
The Philippines has 445 cases of Influenza A-H1N1 as of June 22, 2009. A 49-year-old woman with a pre-existing chronic heart disease and who also had the A-H1N1 virus died on June 19, 2009. The Department of Health said the woman died of “congestive heart failure secondary to acute myocardial infarction aggravated by severe pneumonia either bacterial, viral or both.” “A(H1N1) is not the cause of death, but the virus could have exacerbated the situation,” Health Secretary Francisco …

WHO (World Health Organization) has declared Pandemic Level 6 – the highest pandemic level ever to be declared and the first pandemic to be declared in 41 years, after the ravage of Hong Kong Flu which killed 1 million people.
The Philippines has the highest number of Influenza A H1N1 – as of recent count are 92 cases and DOH is on the scramble for their contact tracing. In most of the cases, individuals who came from trips abroad have shown signs of flu and further confirmation from RITM (Research Institute …

LAST WARNING: We are not buying and we are not selling kidneys. Again. Let me repeat. For the last time. WE ARE NOT BUYING OR SELLING BODY PARTS. GRRR! Comments are no longer allowed. ~Reynz 3/18/2011
PAUNAWA: Ang blog entry po na eto ay isang kwento nang mga nag-bebenta nang kidney sa Pilipinas. Hindi po kami bumibili nang kidney. Hindi po. Pakibasa po nang entry. ~Reyna Elena 04/10/2010
Bago ako nagsimula ng PhD, ako ay bahagi ng isang international research team na naglibot sa iba’t-ibang Barrio Siete ng Pilipinas para alamin ang …

Our Barrio Siete entry for today is a Special Report on Ecstacy and we’re very glad with the research and work that was done by our Councilor Yami who did a lot of research and work on this. With the current sex scandal hugging the headlines where news reports have it that these characters allegedly were high on drugs and/or used some drugs, we wanted to show you and present to you the effects of this one drug that has also been linked to so many celebrities in Manila, the …

Nakalapit ka na sa mag albularyo para pagalingin ang sakit mo na hindi mapagaling na duktor?
Ang stand ko sa pagitan ng dalawang uri ng manggagamot eh sa gitna. Bilang alagad ng siyensiya eh doon ako naniniwala sa medicine part.
Ngunit bilang tao na lumaki sa barrio na nababalot ng hiwaga ng mga taong merong healing touch at mga herbalist eh hindi maalis na maniwala ako ng konti doon sa walang scientific explanation.
Eto pa. Narinig nyo na ba ang term na espiratista? It a king of albularyo too pero sila …

Ngayong nasa Pilipinas na ang kinatatakutang Swine Flu o ang tinatawag na Influenza A(H1N1) virus, nanawagan ang DOH ng ibayong pag-iingat lalo na sa mga galing sa ibang bansa. Ngunit, may magagawa nga ba tayo laban sa nakamamatay na flu na ito? Hindi ako doktor kaya hindi ko alam, pero eto’t ibabahagi ko sa inyo ang aking ginagawa para mapanatiling malinis at malusog ang akin katawan.
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