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[pvc_stats postid=”” increase=”1″ show_views_today=”1″] CONTENTS EDITORIAL Doctors and their Lifestyle Linda Lim-Varona, M.D. View Editorial LETTER TO THE EDITOR Anemia in the Elderly Albert O. Daysog, Jr., M.D. View Letter LEGAL PRESCRIPTION FOR DOCTORS Importance of Documentation Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D. View Prescription ORIGINAL ARTICLES Bone Mineral Density Characteristics of Underweight and Obese Postmenopausal Filipino Women at the University […]

[pvc_stats postid=”” increase=”1″ show_views_today=”1″] CONTENTS EDITORIAL Why Choose to Become a Doctor? Willie T. Ong, M.D. View Editorial ORIGINAL ARTICLES Weaning Outcome of Neurological Patients at the Intensive Care Unit of West Visayas State University Medical Center Maila Guitierrez-Buyco, M.D., Ma. Daisy Pedroso-Tabuena, M.D., and Rollin P. Tabuena, M.D. View Article Peripheral Arterial Disease’s Prevalence Using Ankle Brachial Indez (ABI):

[pvc_stats postid=”” increase=”1″ show_views_today=”1″] CONTENTS LEGAL PRESCRIPTION FOR DOCTORS Consent for HIV Testing Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D. View Prescription ORIGINAL ARTICLES Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection among Tagalogs and Mangyans in Oriental in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines Karen V. Evangelista, M.S., Leslie Michelle M. Daimacio, M.S., Jason Wells, Michael A. Kron, M.D. and Bernadette L. Ramirez, PhD

[pvc_stats postid=”” increase=”1″ show_views_today=”1″] CONTENTS EDITORIAL Empathy for Patients Rafael R. Castillo, M.D. View Editorial LEGAL PRESCRIPTION FOR DOCTORS Liability of a Physicians “On-Call” Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D. View Prescription ORIGINAL ARTICLES Common Beliefs and Referral Patterns Among Physicians in the Therapeutic Approach to Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Matthew G. Yap, M.D., Christy Abas, M.D., Ma. Regina Valcarcel, M.D., Geena Macalua, M.D., Jennifer

[pvc_stats postid=”” increase=”1″ show_views_today=”1″] CONTENTS EDITORIAL Helping Achieve TB Control Within Our Lifetime Charles Yu, M.D., and Renato B. Dantes, M.D. View Editorial LEGAL PRESCRIPTION Legal Aid Program of the Philippine College of Physicians Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D. View Prescription ORIGINAL ARTICLES First Trimester Positive Thyroid Peroxidase and Post-Partum Thyroiditis among Pregnant Filipino women at the Out Patient Department,

[pvc_stats postid=”” increase=”1″ show_views_today=”1″] CONTENTS LETTER TO THE EDITOR ORIGINAL ARTICLES On Virgin Coconut Oil Albeto Daysog Jr., M.D. View Article ANSWER TO THE LETTER TO THE EDITOR On Virgin Coconut Oil, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Ricardo R. Santos, M.D. View Answer LEGAL PRESCRIPTION Falsification of Medical Certificates Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D. View Prescription ORIGINAL ARTICLES The Yield of Utilization

[pvc_stats postid=”” increase=”1″ show_views_today=”1″] CONTENTS ORIGINAL ARTICLES Process Characteristics in the Quality of Care of Colorectal Cancer Patients at the Philippines General Hospital Susano Tanael Jr., M.D., Corazon A. Ngelangel, M.D., Buenaventura Ramos, M.D., and Eunice Adanza, M.D. View Article Guglielmi Detachable Coil (GDC) Embolization of a Giant Cerebral Aneurysm: A First in the Philippines

[pvc_stats postid=”” increase=”1″ show_views_today=”1″] CONTENTS CLINICAL STUDIES Anti-Leukotrienes in Asthma Camilo C. Roa, Jr., M.D. View Studies A Survey on the medication Taking Behavior of Hypertensive Patients Agnes E. Domiguez-Mejia, M.D., Helen P. Caro, M.D., and Agnes Bridget I. Estrella, M.D. View Studies The Lipid Profile of Diabetic Patients at the Diabetes Clinic of the

[pvc_stats postid=”” increase=”1″ show_views_today=”1″] CONTENTS EDITORIAL Internal Medicine: A Peak Into the Future Mary Ann Lansang, M.D. View Editorial CLINICAL STUDIES The Economic Impact of Smoking in the Philippines Antonio Dans, M.D., Leonora Fernandez, M.D., Liberty Fajutaro, M.D., Maria Lourdes Amarillo, MSPH, Jose Felipe Hernandez, M.D., Ethel Tangarorang, M.D., Maria Vanessa Villaruz, RN, Sheila Marie

[pvc_stats postid=”” increase=”1″ show_views_today=”1″] CONTENTS REVIEW ARTICLE Let us Cut Medical Cost Rudolfo S. Magat, M.D View Article ORIGINAL ARTICLES Pattern of Antithrombic Use in Stroke Patients Admitted at St. Luke’s Medical Center: A Retrospective Study Dorotheo L. FLoresca, Jr., M.D. View Article The Relevance of the Hibernating Myocardium, An Ischemic but Viable Myocardial Burden