HEALTH TRIVIA by Dr. OngThe human body is like a machine that is full of wonder. Here is a collection of unusual health trivia — ranging from anatomy facts to medical anecdotes gathered from various sources. (click here to continue)
An Importance of Computerized patient records
A marketing manager of an information technology company has urged doctors to free their hands of bulky paper records by transforming their patients’ files to an updated digital format.(click here to continue)
Informed Consent = No Hidden Agenda
You work in a charity hospital catering to indigent patients. As a matter of policy, ECG tests are done for free in the charity hospital, which owns the ECG machine. A patient approaches you claiming that the internist interpreting the ECG charges P200 per reading. When you discuss the matter with the internist, ... (click here to continue)
Therapeutic Privelege: When to invoke it?
The daughter of your patient requested you not to reveal the diagnosis of lung cancer to her father who she claimed had suffered previous bouts of major depression. You took her word for it without requesting the patient to undergo psychiatric consult. One day, you received a call from the very.... (click here to continue)
HPV Infection also in Males!
HPV infection can happen in both males and females,” said Dr. Angela Bandola, an OB-GYN infectious disease specialist with the Philippine General Hospital, during an MSD-sponsored media... (click here to continue)
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