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[Title] => Is circumcision in males necessary?
[Summary] => Until recently, no one – including doctors – ever bothered to take a closer look at this issue. We always thought it was a long-answered question and that it was really medically necessary to have all males circumcized. But is it?
Circumcision in males usually consists of removing part of the prepuce or foreskin of the penis. Its practice has various origins, both religious and non-religious, medical and non-medical. The reasons for the practice of circumcision in males have evolved from biblical practice.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-11 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1683377
[AuthorName] => Reynaldo O. Joson, MD and Rafael R. Castillo, MD
[SectionName] => Health And Family
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[Title] => The deadly duo of diabetes & heart failure
[Summary] => Sad fact: Diabetes and heart failure make a deadly combination.
Sadder fact: Both diabetes and heart failure are becoming extremely common diseases in the Philippines, and can be expected to co-exist in many Filipino patients.
Heart failure is the impairment of heart function (usually involving the left ventricle, the heart’s main pumping chamber), resulting in fatigue, shortness of breath and edema (manas).
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-20 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1420527
[AuthorName] => Jose Villaroman Jr., M.D. (The Charter Bureau)
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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[Title] => Diabetic heart patients: A physician’s challenge
[Summary] => The Charter Bureau
Diabetics with heart problems have always remained a challenge to physicians. They may present in a most atypical manner. They may have severe coronary heart disease (CHD) and yet remain without symptoms of chest pain – referred to as a "silent ischemia." They may even have a heart attack without the usual severe chest discomfort ("silent heart attack"). Many of these diabetic health patients may die suddenly without reaching the hospital.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-29 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Esperanza Icasas-Cabral, M.D.
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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[Title] => Metabolic modulators: Alternative drug therapy for heart disease
[Summary] => The Charter Bureau
Mang Edgar, a 56-year-old taxi driver from Mandaluyong, has been experiencing chest heaviness for the past six months, particularly while climbing the stairs to his third-floor apartment. His doctor informed him that he had narrowing of the blood vessels supplying his heart muscle (called coronary artery disease), resulting in chest pain and discomfort during physical exertion.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-22 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Esperanza Icasas-Cabral, Md
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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[Title] => Bangungot: A deadly nightmare
[Summary] => The Charter Bureau
Filipinos refer to it as bangungot – a word we associate with scary dreams, possibly an aftermath of watching a horror movie or telling spooky tales before bedtime. However, most of us only have vague ideas about this phenomenon. It was just recently, with the untimely demise of matinee idol Rico Yan, that we begin to realize that bangungot is not just a case of scary dreams one can wake up from. It can actually be a deadly phenomenon, wherein one sleeps straight to his death.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-08 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Rebecca Castillo, MD, and Kathy Alcala
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
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[Title] => Prevention of brain attacks
[Summary] => The Charter Bureau
As a cardiologist, I commonly encounter patients and other lay people who confuse heart attacks (myocardial infarctions) for brain attacks (strokes). While it is true that these diseases affect different organs (the former involving the heart and the latter the brain) with very different symptoms and treatments, these conditions are remarkably similar and interrelated when it comes to their root causes.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-18 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1284848
[AuthorName] => Dr. Ramon Abarquez Jr.
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
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[ArticleID] => 150252
[Title] => Understanding and preventing polio
[Summary] => The Charter Bureau
The summer season is fast approaching, a season very much anticipated by vacationers and sun-worshippers. However, health experts worldwide are busier during this season because various dreaded diseases abound during the hot and humid days of April and May. One of them is poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, a systemic infectious disease that can affect the central nervous system and cause paralysis in its most severe form.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-11 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Dr. Rebecca Castillo and Gener Maulit
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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[Title] => Early detection of depression and prevention of suicide
[Summary] => Click here to read Part I
The Charter Bureau
(Conclusion)
| Management of suicidal depression |
Although the type of treatment will ultimately depend on the basic underlying process, certain general principles regarding the management of the suicidal patient include the following:
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-21 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1247491
[AuthorName] => Dante Abcede and Rafael Castilo, MDs
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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[Title] => Early detection of depression and prevention of suicide
[Summary] =>
The Charter Bureau
The tragic and sensational death of Maria Theresa Carlson by what seemed to be suicide two months ago is still fresh in the minds of many. Knowing little about the facts, it would be unfair for us to make any judgment or conclusion as to what and why an event like that, indeed, happened. We are not in a position to discuss Carlson’s real-life story, but it is likely that many aspects of suicide and depression will apply to her.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-14 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Dante Abcede and Rafael Castillo, MDS
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CHARTER BUREAU
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[ArticleID] => 194996
[Title] => Is circumcision in males necessary?
[Summary] => Until recently, no one – including doctors – ever bothered to take a closer look at this issue. We always thought it was a long-answered question and that it was really medically necessary to have all males circumcized. But is it?
Circumcision in males usually consists of removing part of the prepuce or foreskin of the penis. Its practice has various origins, both religious and non-religious, medical and non-medical. The reasons for the practice of circumcision in males have evolved from biblical practice.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1683377
[AuthorName] => Reynaldo O. Joson, MD and Rafael R. Castillo, MD
[SectionName] => Health And Family
[SectionUrl] => health-and-family
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 165344
[Title] => The deadly duo of diabetes & heart failure
[Summary] => Sad fact: Diabetes and heart failure make a deadly combination.
Sadder fact: Both diabetes and heart failure are becoming extremely common diseases in the Philippines, and can be expected to co-exist in many Filipino patients.
Heart failure is the impairment of heart function (usually involving the left ventricle, the heart’s main pumping chamber), resulting in fatigue, shortness of breath and edema (manas).
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1420527
[AuthorName] => Jose Villaroman Jr., M.D. (The Charter Bureau)
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 159031
[Title] => Diabetic heart patients: A physician’s challenge
[Summary] => The Charter Bureau
Diabetics with heart problems have always remained a challenge to physicians. They may present in a most atypical manner. They may have severe coronary heart disease (CHD) and yet remain without symptoms of chest pain – referred to as a "silent ischemia." They may even have a heart attack without the usual severe chest discomfort ("silent heart attack"). Many of these diabetic health patients may die suddenly without reaching the hospital.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-29 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1309012
[AuthorName] => Esperanza Icasas-Cabral, M.D.
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 158162
[Title] => Metabolic modulators: Alternative drug therapy for heart disease
[Summary] => The Charter Bureau
Mang Edgar, a 56-year-old taxi driver from Mandaluyong, has been experiencing chest heaviness for the past six months, particularly while climbing the stairs to his third-floor apartment. His doctor informed him that he had narrowing of the blood vessels supplying his heart muscle (called coronary artery disease), resulting in chest pain and discomfort during physical exertion.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-22 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1309014
[AuthorName] => Esperanza Icasas-Cabral, Md
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 156498
[Title] => Bangungot: A deadly nightmare
[Summary] => The Charter Bureau
Filipinos refer to it as bangungot – a word we associate with scary dreams, possibly an aftermath of watching a horror movie or telling spooky tales before bedtime. However, most of us only have vague ideas about this phenomenon. It was just recently, with the untimely demise of matinee idol Rico Yan, that we begin to realize that bangungot is not just a case of scary dreams one can wake up from. It can actually be a deadly phenomenon, wherein one sleeps straight to his death.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1670818
[AuthorName] => Rebecca Castillo, MD, and Kathy Alcala
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
[URL] =>
)
[5] => Array
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[ArticleID] => 154315
[Title] => Prevention of brain attacks
[Summary] => The Charter Bureau
As a cardiologist, I commonly encounter patients and other lay people who confuse heart attacks (myocardial infarctions) for brain attacks (strokes). While it is true that these diseases affect different organs (the former involving the heart and the latter the brain) with very different symptoms and treatments, these conditions are remarkably similar and interrelated when it comes to their root causes.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1284848
[AuthorName] => Dr. Ramon Abarquez Jr.
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
[URL] =>
)
[6] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 150252
[Title] => Understanding and preventing polio
[Summary] => The Charter Bureau
The summer season is fast approaching, a season very much anticipated by vacationers and sun-worshippers. However, health experts worldwide are busier during this season because various dreaded diseases abound during the hot and humid days of April and May. One of them is poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, a systemic infectious disease that can affect the central nervous system and cause paralysis in its most severe form.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1284851
[AuthorName] => Dr. Rebecca Castillo and Gener Maulit
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
[URL] =>
)
[7] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 147852
[Title] => Early detection of depression and prevention of suicide
[Summary] => Click here to read Part I
The Charter Bureau
(Conclusion)
| Management of suicidal depression |
Although the type of treatment will ultimately depend on the basic underlying process, certain general principles regarding the management of the suicidal patient include the following:
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-21 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1247491
[AuthorName] => Dante Abcede and Rafael Castilo, MDs
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 147031
[Title] => Early detection of depression and prevention of suicide
[Summary] =>
The Charter Bureau
The tragic and sensational death of Maria Theresa Carlson by what seemed to be suicide two months ago is still fresh in the minds of many. Knowing little about the facts, it would be unfair for us to make any judgment or conclusion as to what and why an event like that, indeed, happened. We are not in a position to discuss Carlson’s real-life story, but it is likely that many aspects of suicide and depression will apply to her.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1247490
[AuthorName] => Dante Abcede and Rafael Castillo, MDS
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
[URL] =>
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