Protecting every girl—and boy
“Herd immunity” is a theory in immunology that holds that an entire population doesn’t need to get vaccinated against an infectious disease because once a significant portion of that population is...
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One of the short-listed nominees to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Maria Lourdes Sereno when she ascended to the post of Chief Justice is Justice Noel Tijam of the Court of Appeals.
View ArticleHPV and the future of our girls
There are more than 100 types of the human papilloma virus, or HPV, which causes warts or kulugo, including genital warts.
View ArticleWhy women are dying
By all rights, no woman should be dying of cervical cancer. True, the human papillomavirus (HPV) is, as Dr. Ricardo Manalastas, an ob-gyne and authority on HPV, puts it: “ubiquitous”—that is, quite...
View ArticleHow much is a girl’s life worth?
Cervical cancer is a disease of contradictions, even irony. As an obstetrician/gynecologist once told me: “If you can choose what cancer to get, you would do well to get cervical cancer.”
View ArticleMorals and HPV
DISTURBING, ANNOYING, infuriating, kainis! These are words I would use to describe the recent decision of the Department of Health to abandon its vaccination program against cervical cancer, through...
View ArticleLuistro on the HPV vaccine
“I did not rule out the HPV vaccine program, I merely asked for more time to study it,” Education Secretary Armin Luistro said in a phone conversation yesterday. The head of the Department of Education...
View ArticleFolding to pressure
Except maybe for Viagra, very few drugs go beyond anecdotal lore when it comes to enhancing male performance. Indeed, the use of certain substances to change sexual behavior often owes much to...
View Article‘All over but the shouting’
There’s a saying, “It’s all over but the shouting,” and it is as true for elections as it is for any hotly-contested affair. With the close of the canvass by both chambers of Congress, it can now be...
View ArticleWard 14-B
The ward was always a little dusty, the air stale, the routine quite tiring. Gyne-oncology patients were particularly challenging because of their extensive surgeries and chemotherapy. The post Ward...
View ArticleProtecting every girl—and boy
“Herd immunity” is a theory in immunology that holds that an entire population doesn’t need to get vaccinated against an infectious disease because once a significant portion of that population is...
View ArticleDancing to fight cervical cancer
One of the short-listed nominees to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Maria Lourdes Sereno when she ascended to the post of Chief Justice is Justice Noel Tijam of the Court of Appeals.
View ArticleHPV and the future of our girls
There are more than 100 types of the human papilloma virus, or HPV, which causes warts or kulugo, including genital warts.
View ArticleWhy women are dying
By all rights, no woman should be dying of cervical cancer. True, the human papillomavirus (HPV) is, as Dr. Ricardo Manalastas, an ob-gyne and authority on HPV, puts it: “ubiquitous”—that is, quite...
View ArticleHow much is a girl’s life worth?
Cervical cancer is a disease of contradictions, even irony. As an obstetrician/gynecologist once told me: “If you can choose what cancer to get, you would do well to get cervical cancer.”
View ArticleMorals and HPV
DISTURBING, ANNOYING, infuriating, kainis! These are words I would use to describe the recent decision of the Department of Health to abandon its vaccination program against cervical cancer, through...
View ArticleLuistro on the HPV vaccine
“I did not rule out the HPV vaccine program, I merely asked for more time to study it,” Education Secretary Armin Luistro said in a phone conversation yesterday. The head of the Department of Education...
View ArticleFolding to pressure
Except maybe for Viagra, very few drugs go beyond anecdotal lore when it comes to enhancing male performance. Indeed, the use of certain substances to change sexual behavior often owes much to...
View Article‘All over but the shouting’
There’s a saying, “It’s all over but the shouting,” and it is as true for elections as it is for any hotly-contested affair. With the close of the canvass by both chambers of Congress, it can now be...
View ArticleWard 14-B
The ward was always a little dusty, the air stale, the routine quite tiring. Gyne-oncology patients were particularly challenging because of their extensive surgeries and chemotherapy.
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