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Caffeine really increases miscarriage

A new study finds out. This study was a follow up on previous researchers on the effects of coffee, caffeine particularly, on expectant mothers. Previous studies suggest that drinking just a couple cups of coffee a day doesn’t pose much of a threat. However, the latest research prove this findings wrong.

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GALI KOREN OUTREACH PROGRAM

Sunday, January 20, 2008

THE GALI KOREN OUTREACH PROGRAM

Gali Koren is about to conclude her Outreach Program in the country. After giving series of lectures on U.S. Immigration Law (For Free!) in well known hotels from Visayas to Manila, as we mentioned in our previous post.

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Food Post #1: Lechon Kawali with a twist

Ever since my marriage, I’ve developed a love for cooking. I’ve started cooking different meals for my wife (since we’re poor and we can’t househelp). Of course, I started with the basics. The simple ones, gradually evolving to more complicated dishes. This isn’t the first time I made Lechon Kawali. It’s the first time though, that I cooked it using a thin-assed pot. Fortunately, due to my madcookingskillz, it turned out to be awesome.

Here’s my simple recipe: Continue reading…

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BABALA: ang susunod na lathala ay naglalaman ng mga salitang hindi angkop sa pananaw ng ordinaryong mambabasa. ito ay pawang katuwaan lamang at walang intensiyon na makapanakit at makapanghusga sa kahit na sinong nilalang.

tanong: anong tae ng aso ang hindi nakikita?

alamin ang sagot sa tanong ni XienahGirl sa Chiksilog

UP Centennial Lecture Series (Part II)

Today, I had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Baldomero M. Olivera, the second speaker in the UP Centennial Lecture Series via video telecast at the SEARCA Umali Auditorium here UPLB. He was conferred Doctor of Science, honoris causa, by the university at the UP Film Center at the UPD amidst well decorated alumni, directors, regents, chancellors, students and of course some special guests.His lecture was entitled, FROM CONE SNAIL VENOMS TO DRUGS: THE SCIENTIFIC ODYSSEY OF A UP GRADUATE. Being a zoology major, his topic on conotoxin as a potent neurotoxin that could replace morphine as a pain reliever interested me. His flag species, Conus magus, which is particularly abundant here in the country, has a remarkable venom that can do something similar to a combination drug therapy.

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Bad Luck, Multi-Thinking, and Compulsive Hoarding

There was a leigon of so called bad luck that made its way into my life recently this day….

It happened when I was going to get my back-pay from my company…

I went there, got a lot of freakyness:

PSE Bull Run 2008

What a great way to start the new year. Join the PSE Bull Run 2008 and run/support the economy. It will be held on Sunday, January 27, 5:30 am, at the NBC Tent Parking Lot, Fort Bonifacio, Global City, Taguig. Registration fees for 10K is only P200, 5K is P175, and 3K is P150, until January 20. It will be P250, 200, 175 later. Read more at my Philippine seminars, trainings, negosyo blog, the Pinoy Seminars.

The Race to The Future Begins Here

Touted as a “Race to the Future,” the 2008 Clark Freeport International Marathon is a first in more ways than one. On Jan. 13, 2008, for the first time in the country, a marathon is implementing a technology that uses the GPS to track the runners and their progress through the scenic and winding route of the marathon.

“This is the first time this technology is being used in the country,” Rudy Biscocho, of RACE, Inc. says. “The system uses a special chip that is attached on the runners’ shoelaces, allowing the GPS satellite to follow their progress as they make their way along the route. This technology is used in the Boston Marathon and even the Tour De France.” “We are proud that we are introducing this state-of-the-art technology.” Ms. Noemi Garcia of Clark Development Corporation (CDC) adds.

Mr. Biscocho, acquired the AMB ChipX system on his recent visit to Australia. AMB ChipX Timing system is based on a simple concept – each athlete is fitted with a chip (called a transponder) which outputs a signal. As the athlete crosses the start/finish line, the signal is detected and the exact time calculated. This simple concept has been refined and perfected over the last 25 years and is now used by over 13,000 AMB customers worldwide.

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Nutrition Labels On Resto Food Menus?

Maybe it won’t be long before you see a menu board, such as the one depicted above, setup in many major restaurants in the country.

Marikina Representative Marcelino Teodoro has filed a bill in the House of Representatives that would require restaurants to put nutrition information on their products.  The requirement is covered by House Bill 2939 and is hoped to give encouragement to Filipinos to be aware of healthy food choices.

This move isn’t particularly new.  Though nutritional labeling of food products have been in existence in various parts of the U.S. in the 1940’s, the common nutritional labeling that you see in supermarket products have been seen since the 1990’s.  And in 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug administration has proposed some rules that would require restaurants to backup any nutritional claim in their menus.  And last August 2005, in their ongoing battle against America’s number 1 killer, heart disease, New York City Health Department had urged restaurants to cease using trans fat in cooking their food.  Starbucks had announced that, by the end of year 2007, there would be no trans fat in all their company-operated and licensed stores in the U.S., Alaska, and Canada.  In addition to that, McDonald’s had even joined in the health bandwagon by promising to put nutritional labels on individual boxes of their products and also, by offering healthier alternatives like Caesar salad with grilled chicken.

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ABS-CBN Sports Joins the 2008 Clark Freeport International Marathon

All is set and ready for the first major sporting event of 2008. The first Clark Freeport International Marathon to be held on January 13, 2008 is expected to draw in participants and spectators from all over the country and around Asia.

To ensure full and quality coverage of this grand event, Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and ActivAsia, Inc. are partnering with ABS-CBN Sports. “ABS-CBN Sports’ commitment to sports and adherence to the highest standards of broadcasting are compatible with the marathon’s thrusts and objectives,” Noemi Garcia of CDC says. “We envision the marathon to be a yearly event, and for this purpose, we find ABS-CBN as a veritable ally.”

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Start the year right with the Race to the Future

Less Firecracker Injuries This Year in the Philippines

Contrary to my prediction that there will be an increase in the firecracker injuries this year (because of some patients having firecracker-related injuries that arrived in hospitals early before the New Year’s eve), the Department of Health announced that there were only 446 cases that were recorded as of 6 a.m. of January 1, with 7 of the cases as injuries due to stray bullets.  Seven percent of the recorded injuries needed amputations.  Also, there had been no cases of Watusi ingestion.  It was reported that among the commonly-used firecrackers, the “piccolo” caused the most number of injuries, particularly among children.  This is perhaps because it takes a while before it explodes and children have the tendency to go back and check on it when it hasn’t exploded.  Also, it is cheaper compared to other firecrackers, as it is sold at P10/pack only.

The celebration of the coming of the New Year was said to be generally peaceful, with the exception of cases of children injured and killed in the Visayas due to stray bullets, and several reports of stray bullet injuries in the Central Luzon and Northern Luzon.

On the other hand, in Bicol, there were no cases recorded of stray bullet injuries.

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RACE TO THE FUTURE - The 2008 Clark Freeport International Marathon

Clark Development Corporation (CDC) proudly announces the launch of RACE TO THE FUTURE - The 2008 Clark Freeport International Marathon.  This major sporting event has been in the planning stage for several months and CDC is proud to say that all the hard work is now coming to fruition.  To attract participants from all over the world, CDC is providing a track route that meets international standards and is offering world-class prizes totaling to 1.8 million pesos.  International marathon runners from Singapore. Malaysia, China, and Korea will also be joining the event.

International Marathons have gained great popularity all over the world, involving runners from all walks of life.  It is high time the Philippines gets involved in the international marathon circuit, a Clark Development official reveals.  Also, this is now the chance for every Filipino to win great prizes and international recognition.

Determined to comply with international standards and regulations, CDC has been conferred the sanction of the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) and the endorsement of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).  Recently, CDC held a contract signing with ActivAsia, Inc., a frontrunner in corporate events and product activation.  The contract signing officially launches the event and is headed by Mr. Liberato P. Laus, the President and CEO of CDC.  With the involvement of Locators at the Clark International Freeport, the event is expected to be a resounding success.

The marathon is set on January 13, 2008, Sunday.  It is expected to draw in spectators from all over the country. For more information, everyone is invited to log on and register online at http://www.clarkmarathon.com.

The Worst Patients Ever

Doctors make the worst patients imaginable.

After several months of being told I should start myself on Metformin for my Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), I finally caved and took my first pill this morning.

To be fair to me, I did try to take Metformin the first time my OB-Gyn friend (take note that this was not part of a formal consult) told me it would be a good idea, but I had the most horrendous bout of GI upset after only taking 1 pill… and I swore off the drug completely, advice from my Endocrinology and other OB-Gyn friends notwithstanding. All this despite the fact that I already knew I was a textbook case of PCOS and had the ultrasound to prove it. You’d also think that since we have a very strong history of diabetes and high cholesterol in my family, I wold be more cautious. Not so. As a matter o fact, I also threw the advice about diet modification, exercise, and weight loss out the window.

When doctors get sick, it’s not a matter of not knowing any better. I think it’s part of our medical education to live in some form of denial when it comes to our own bodies.

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See a Doctor?

Whenever I try to think deep it, after a while, it seems that my mind would go blank. Whenever my mind would go blank, I would only see every thing as something white. It’s as if I was trapped in a bright white room with only me in there and nothing else. I couldn’t even [Read more...]

Grand Rounds 4.10 Later Today @ Prudence, M.D.

I’m hosting the 10th edition for the fourth year of Grand Rounds today at my health blog, Prudence, M.D.

What is Grand Rounds, anyway?

Grand Rounds is a weekly rotating blog carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere. Each week, usually every Tuesday, a blogger will host in his site links to posts of different bloggers about medicine, medical life, experiences with doctors, nurses, and patients, commentaries and reviews about medical news and drugs…actually, anything that is related to medicine and health care.

So, if you’re interested in participating, just check out Grand Rounds later at my health blog, which would be available online today, November 27, 2007, 3:00 p.m. in the Philippines (and that would be about 2:00 - 3:00 a.m. EST).

Her Choice Killed Her

Last November 2, a young girl of 12 looped a thin rope around her pretty, fragile neck and hanged herself inside their makeshift home. It was said that she did this out of desperation that she and her family will be stay in the muddy pools of poverty forever. But this despairing child also had her dreams: a new bike, new shoes, jobs for her mother and father, and to be back in school. She wrote these in her diary. Was she able to write down her thoughts of ending her life as well?

A lot have already expressed their sympathies for this girl and her family. It was said that she and her sad story have put a face on poverty. Or maybe, more importantly, it has given us the intermittent jolt that we need to be reminded that we aren’t all comfortable and well-nourished. Some also said that this story of Mariannet should make us remember the lies that our government officials feed us. But then, even if our government lie to us, steal from us, cheat on us, it is also important that we, ourselves, should try to contribute to building our society and help our brothers in need.

While that most have blamed poverty and corruption in the government as the killers of Mariannet and the thousands of Mariannets all over the country, I think we may have been setting aside something that is equally important that we should address immediately: mental health in children and how the society views it.

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Midnight in the garden of good and evil

Even before I finished training in medical school, I have already felt a calling to work in the world outside the hospital. The promise of attaining better and sustainable health outcomes faster by engaging populations rather than individual patients led me to the world of community development and public health. The overpowering atmosphere filled with sickness and gloom, hospital politics, and stifling routine hastened my footsteps away from hospital work.

But as I’ve began to spend more time in the university hospital again over the last few days, there’s this unshakable nostalgia of my previous hospital-based life: the flurry of activity in the emergency room; the stress of rounds and reports; the need to devour books and journals; the camaraderie among overworked and underpaid fellow health professionals; the adrenalin rush of a toxic duty in the ward; the extremely sound sleep after a toxic duty. What I miss most is the almost unbridled interaction with individual patients, as they and their families put their lives in my hands and they take on the unwitting role of my mentor and teacher.

One of them I will never, ever forget. Here’s why.

Okay, they’re squishy, manly boobs…but they can have breast cancer, too.

Breast cancer may be rarely diagnosed in men because most of us, even the physicians, do not really think of it as a diagnosis, when male patients come in with a suspicious lump on their chest. Or most likely, men with suspicious lumps on their chest wouldn’t really bother consulting a physician for it and just think that the lump only resulted from an accident during a sport or at work, as what happened to Brian Place.

But men have to be aware that they, too, can have this disease.

As it is true for females, males with a mother or a sister (or even another brother) who were diagnosed with breast cancer has a lifetime risk of developing the disease. Males who are carriers of mutated gene BRCA2 have a lifetime risk of 6% of developing the cancer. BRCA2 mutations are also associated with cancers in the prostate, pancreatic, and urinary bladder. They could also develop nonHodgkin’s lymphoma and basal cell carcinoma.

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Filipino Doctors’ Blogs

A number of Filipino doctors have blogs. What we write about is an interesting mix. While Pulse is a personal blog about what interests me (primarily travel, movies and dining), other doctors’ blogs talk about politics, medical issues, cooking, scrapbooking, etc.

On My Way Home. This is the blog of Dr. Martin Bautista who is perhaps the most popular among the Filipino doctor bloggers. His fame is not so much due to his blogging but because of his attempt to run for a Senate seat. Although unsuccessful in his bid, the votes that he garnered is testament that the Filipinos are ready for change.

Prudence and Madness. Tess Termulo is a well-known figure in Philippine blogosphere. She talks about medicine, personal and socially relevant issues and even shares her dreams.

More Pinoy doctor bloggers HERE.

Pink for October

The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month’s goal is to increase awareness about the importance of the early detection of breast cancer through a worldwide campaign. Through the pink ribbon, people honor survivors and loved ones, and support the progress towards defeating breast cancer.

The ribbon can be worn different ways - mostly by using it as a lapel pin. This website can also wear the pink ribbon and this can be done by listing up for the Pink for October. To support breast cancer awareness, blogs and websites will go pink for the whole month of october to get more people talking about breast cancer and just maybe raise money for cancer research.

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Using contact lens

I cannot remember ever having clear vision. What I do remember is pretending I had clear vision such that it took years before I even bothered to have my eyes checked.

Now I find it funny as I recall waiting for the jeepney to stop in front of me so I will be able to read what route they will be going to. I would flag them down once I was sure I had the right ride which was most often seconds too late and they would be driving off.

I got my eyes checked when I was in my last year of college. My father was good enough to spend for expensive eyeglasses that made me look so…. round. At that time, there weren’t many choices for eyeglasses or I really was just clueless resulting in my buying the standard gold-rimmed ones. The lens and the frame were so heavy my already very small nose turned even smaller.

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