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                    [Summary] => "Being a doctor is hard today," says cardiologist Dr. Marcelito Durante, a former president of the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), the country’s premier association of internal medicine specialists. 


"A public doctor’s salary is not much different from an ordinary employee. Even those in private practice don’t earn as much, which is why many potentially good doctors opt to study nursing just to go abroad," he says.
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Results of VALIANT (Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial) was presented to doctors from all over the country by Prof. Inder Anand, chief of the Cardiology Section of the Veterans Affair Medical Center in Minneapolis, USA.
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According to heart experts, this is because of SEX-HDL. The antidote: TLC and some drugs.
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"We may be courting trouble with such kind of diet," says Blecenda Varona, head of the Health and Wellness Clinic of the Manila Adventist Medical Center.
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This was the advice given by top endocrinologists and health experts as they called on Filipinos to exercise regularly as a good way of staying in shape and avoiding obesity.

"You should not mistake sex for exercise. (A bout of sex) is only equivalent to climbing up one flight of stairs," said Dr. Ramon Abarquez, an endocrinologist of the Makati Medical Center, in a health forum at the Annabel’s restaurant in Quezon City the other day.
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The physicians also said any malpractice law would accelerate health care cost and undermine patient-doctor relationship.

The PCP, the umbrella of the country’s organizations of specialists in internal medicine, in a manifesto said House Bill 4955 or the malpractice bill maligns and compromises the "art of healing" and would criminalize doctors’ blunders to the level of a hardened criminal. [DatePublished] => 2002-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 133121 [Title] => Gamot para sa stroke [Summary] => Inilunsad kamakailan ang Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study (PROGRESS) sa Shangri-la EDSA Plaza Hotel, Mandaluyong City. Sa paglulunsad, isang makabuluhang scientific meeting din ang naganap na may kaugnayan sa stroke prevention. Ang PROGRESS ay itinatag sa pamamagitan ng Philippine Neurological Association (PNA).

Nagsagawa ng lecture si Dr. Joven Cuanang, prominent neurologist at president ng Stroke Society of the Philippines tungkol sa rationale, design and results ng PROGRESS.
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DR. RAMON ABARQUEZ
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                    [Title] => Pharmaceutical companies move to stop ‘brain drain’
                    [Summary] => "Being a doctor is hard today," says cardiologist Dr. Marcelito Durante, a former president of the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), the country’s premier association of internal medicine specialists. 


"A public doctor’s salary is not much different from an ordinary employee. Even those in private practice don’t earn as much, which is why many potentially good doctors opt to study nursing just to go abroad," he says.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237722 [Title] => Results of landmark heart study bared [Summary] => More than 2,000 heart specialists and other practicing physicians gathered at the Le Pavillion in Manila last Jan. 22 to listen to the presentation of the results and clinical implications of a landmark study that researchers hope will change the medical landscape in the management of heart diseases.

Results of VALIANT (Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial) was presented to doctors from all over the country by Prof. Inder Anand, chief of the Cardiology Section of the Veterans Affair Medical Center in Minneapolis, USA.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202199 [Title] => Heart disease: Blame it on ‘SEX-HDL’ [Summary] => With all the drugs available to combat the risks of heart disease, why is it still the leading cause of death in the world, especially in developing countries like the Philippines?

According to heart experts, this is because of SEX-HDL. The antidote: TLC and some drugs.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1439019 [AuthorName] => Kathy Alcala [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188490 [Title] => A ‘fatty’ caution during the holidays [Summary] => With the holiday season at its peak, lots of "good food" come with the festive celebration. Good food unfortunately is associated by many with rich fatty dishes such as lechon and adobo and a lot of creamy desserts.

"We may be courting trouble with such kind of diet," says Blecenda Varona, head of the Health and Wellness Clinic of the Manila Adventist Medical Center.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175715 [Title] => Don’t mistake sex for exercise [Summary] => Don’t mistake sex for exercise.

This was the advice given by top endocrinologists and health experts as they called on Filipinos to exercise regularly as a good way of staying in shape and avoiding obesity.

"You should not mistake sex for exercise. (A bout of sex) is only equivalent to climbing up one flight of stairs," said Dr. Ramon Abarquez, an endocrinologist of the Makati Medical Center, in a health forum at the Annabel’s restaurant in Quezon City the other day.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173788 [Title] => Doctors claim malpractice law bad for health [Summary] => Passage of the proposed medical malpractice bill would only encourage quack medicine in the country, the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) warned yesterday.

The physicians also said any malpractice law would accelerate health care cost and undermine patient-doctor relationship.

The PCP, the umbrella of the country’s organizations of specialists in internal medicine, in a manifesto said House Bill 4955 or the malpractice bill maligns and compromises the "art of healing" and would criminalize doctors’ blunders to the level of a hardened criminal. [DatePublished] => 2002-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 133121 [Title] => Gamot para sa stroke [Summary] => Inilunsad kamakailan ang Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study (PROGRESS) sa Shangri-la EDSA Plaza Hotel, Mandaluyong City. Sa paglulunsad, isang makabuluhang scientific meeting din ang naganap na may kaugnayan sa stroke prevention. Ang PROGRESS ay itinatag sa pamamagitan ng Philippine Neurological Association (PNA).

Nagsagawa ng lecture si Dr. Joven Cuanang, prominent neurologist at president ng Stroke Society of the Philippines tungkol sa rationale, design and results ng PROGRESS.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285088 [AuthorName] => Dr. Tranquilino Elicaño Jr. [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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