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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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Dancing 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.

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HPV 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.

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Why 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...

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How 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.”

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Morals 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...

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Luistro 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...

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Folding 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...

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‘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...

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Ward 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...

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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...

View Article

Dancing 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 Article

HPV 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 Article


Why 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 Article

How 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 Article


Morals 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 Article

Luistro 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 Article


Folding 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 Article

Ward 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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