Medicine

Diabetes-related Alzheimer's set to increase

January 6, 2012 | Opinion

YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE By Charles C. Chante, MD The Philippine Star The rising tides of Alzheimer’s disease and obesity could join in the next 40 years to create a flood of dementia associated with type 2 diabetes. The outlook may be dire, researchers said at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease. If the trends in child and adolescent obesity continue unabated, by 2040 one-third Read More …

An insult to physicians

December 11, 2011 | Opinion

BY PHILIP S. CHUA M.D FACS, FPCS MALAYA ‘Our physicians may not be able to cure a corrupt and evil mind, but they can competently manage complex medical conditions…’ GLORIA Macapagal Arroyo showed vicious contempt and grave disrespect for the Filipino physicians and healthcare in the Philippines when she and her husband decided the quality of medical care in the Philippines was not good enough Read More …

Vitamin K deficiency may play role in knee osteoarthritis

October 29, 2011 | Opinion

YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE By Charles C. Chante, MD The Philippine Star Vitamin K deficiency may increase the risk for developing knee osteoarthritis and for forming knee cartilage lesions, judging from the findings of a 30-month study of nearly 1,200 people at risk for knee osteoarthritis. This apparent role of low vitamin K levels in susceptibility to knee pathology raised the question whether vitamin K Read More …

Scary electronic fraud

September 8, 2011 | Business & Lifestyle

Global BALITA Public Health Section Health@Heart Philip S. Chua, MD, FACS, FPCS The mind-boggling advances in wireless technology has ushered in great wonders to the world. Like any good discoveries that are benefiting humanity as a whole, some of these inventions, in the hands of crooks, could be used to victimize unsuspecting people. The criminal act could be so subtle and surreptitious that unless we Read More …

Do drugs really expire?

August 25, 2011 | Business & Lifestyle

Public Health Section Global Balita By Philip S. Chua, MD, FACS, FPCS Health@Heart As expensive as medications are today, this question is most relevant. And even if they were free, no one would want to throw away and waste such valuable items if they were still potent. Yes, drugs do expire and lose their potency and effectiveness at some point. But the issue is whether Read More …

How Eastern Medicine tops Western Medicine

April 16, 2009 | Opinion

AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR by William M. Esposo from Philstar Health care in South Korea and in China combines the benefits of Eastern and Western Medicine. A good part of the benefits of Eastern Medicine is in providing affordable health care – something many Filipinos urgently needs. If you follow the health care weekly episodes on South Korea’s KBS Channel, which is available on Read More …

Tap Eastern Medicine to improve our public health

April 14, 2009 | Opinion

AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR by William M. Esposo from Philstar Even those who can afford it are still staggered by the cost of medical care. The top two television networks appeal daily for donations from Good Samaritans on behalf of poor folks who cannot afford urgently needed medical attention.” However, there is a big untapped resource that could fill the gap and provide our Read More …