HEALTH: Organ donation: A second chance at life
“Organ donation is a unique opportunity to help save lives by giving a part of yourself so that others may live.” – National Kidney...
HEALTH: Unremembered but not forgotten
FOUR months after my grandmother, Modesta Tacio, turned 66, she started acting strange. She kept forgetting simple things: where she put her keys, if...
Beating dengue without a vaccine
In lieu of the controversial vaccine, there is a better way to beat dengue among those who are already infected with the virus. The...
Beating dengue without a vaccine
Six-year-old Lenny was struck with fever one night after two days of rain. But there was something different; she appeared flushed. She was irritable...
HEALTH: The dengue vaccine imbroglio
“Please, our son needs help!” pleaded Rina as she carried her son Noel to the hospital. The nurses, who were having lunch that hot...
HEALTH: Carrots as life insurance policy
“You ask, ‘What is life?” asked Russian author and playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in a letter to his wife, Olga Knipper. “That is the...
Cholesterol: Is it bad or is it good?
Is cholesterol really bad for your health?
Before answering that question, let’s talk first things first. “Cholesterol,” explains a booklet produced as an information service...
Aneurysms: Just waiting to erupt
When actress Isabel Granada died recently as a result of aneurysm, there was a sudden surge of people going to the doctor when they...
HEALTH: Are you taking care of your eyes?
The vision of his right was perfect: 20/20. But he has problem with his left eye; his best visual acuity was still 20/60 –...
Malunggay: Nutritionally-packed vegetable
Malunggay, known in the science world as “Moringa oleifera,” is one of the of the world’s most useful, yet often overlooked, plants. The “natural...