[COLUMN] On belonging, attitude
YOU and I, and the 8 billion people around the world, are social animals. Our two-legged and four-legged friends are also “social” creatures. Like us humans, these animals also value,…
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[COLUMN] The way to God
“I AM the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 4:6) These words of Jesus are some of his famous…
[COLUMN] Cancer is self-induced
THE owner of Cebu Doctors University Hospital in Cebu, Philippines, and my cardiac team in Northwest Indiana established the Cebu Cardiac Center at CDUH in November of 1997. I shuttled…
[COLUMN] Let’s talk about hair and why you should care
The time has come when even the mundane and seemingly mindless combing – or taking care – of our hair has been neglected because we are either too busy to…
[COLUMN] On premature ejaculation
ABOUT 33 percent of men have experienced premature ejaculation at one time or another. If it occurs rarely or occasionally, it is not a permanent issue to be seriously concerned…
[COLUMN] The Road to Emmaus: a story about the Eucharist
The Gospel on this Third Sunday of Easter (April 23) is full of emotions: the disciples looking downcast and filled with sorrow as they stopped on their way; their surprise…
[COLUMN] Avoid dying early!
IN 2005, a 128-page report from the World Health Organization in Geneva stated that “nearly 400 million people will die from heart diseases, diabetes and other chronic ailments over the…
[COLUMN] The church is alive!
Greetings! We’re still in Easter! But Easter is not just a one-day celebration. It goes on until the day of Pentecost when we celebrate the full impact of salvation on…
[COLUMN] On belonging, attitude
YOU and I, and the 8 billion people around the world, are social animals. Our two-legged and four-legged friends are also “social” creatures. Like us humans, these animals also value,…
[COLUMN] On belonging, attitude
YOU and I, and the 8 billion people around the world, are social animals. Our two-legged and four-legged friends are also “social” creatures. Like us humans, these animals also value,…
[COLUMN] Walking vs Jogging
WHILE cheetahs, gazelle, horses, deer, and other animals in the wild were obviously born to run, it is becoming clearer, medically, that we humans were born to walk, not to…
[COLUMN] Vital med tips
FIRING squad – drug shortage “Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed a bill that will allow for executions to be carried out by firing squads, as the nationwide shortage of lethal-injection…
[COLUMN] How to look 10 years younger without going under the knife
Truth be told, Beauty fades. There’s no better way to say this, but we are all going to age and the earlier we embrace the fact that aging is part…
[COLUMN] The healthiest habits
HABITS The healthiest habits: eating a healthy diet, avoiding/minimizing intake of sugar and sweets, drinking at least 8 glasses of filtered water, exercising daily, and sleeping 8 hours (when possible)…
[COLUMN] Are you depressed?
WHAT is depression? Depression is a state of emotion where the individual has some or all of the following senses, feelings or moods: downhearted, unhappy, anxious, irritable, unable to concentrate,…
[COLUMN] Hydrafacial: Give your skin the best 30 minutes it deserves (you’ll thank yourself for it)
When was your last facial treatment? This is one of the questions I ask my clients at the beginning of my consultation. Surprisingly, most of them can’t remember, or they…
[COLUMN] Wuhan lab leak
IN spite of the radical leftist media, especially social platforms, widely tearing down and mocking everyone who had suggested that the COVID-19 originated from a leak in the Wuhan laboratory,…
[COLUMN] Growing old is a privilege
QUITE often, people complain about growing old. They say they hate getting up there in age and living with wrinkles all over, deformed fingers, with the aches and pain of…
[COLUMN] Magic memory pill
IN these troubling times of wokeness, extremely radical ideologies, and confusing state of people’s minds, remembering wonderful memories and retrieving decades-old cherished joys and happy events could be a beneficial…
The joy of watching the Philippine Ballet Theater
“Panta hypoménei. This means that love bears every trial with a positive attitude. It stands firm in hostile surroundings. This “endurance” involves not only the ability to tolerate certain aggravations,…
[COLUMN] Vital medical data
OSA hazardous The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) “recommends the use of home sleep apnea testing or polysomnography for adults with daytime sleepiness or unrefreshing sleep, or other signs…
[COLUMN] 12 food myths
MYTHS abouts food, other matters, fake news, and other mis- and disinformation abound in social media. What a waste of a wonderful, valuable technological advance in communication! In this column…
[COLUMN] Emsculpt neo: ‘Working out’ without having to ‘work’
Work-out but without “work” too much? Sounds too good to be true, does it? An average person can do about 50 to 200 crunches a day yet most often, they…
[COLUMN] News Capsules
SWEETENERS dilemma Artificial sugars or sweeteners are very popular. Questions about their safety with long-term use still float around. The claim that Saccharin caused cancer years ago was debunked. From…
[COLUMN] On being a humble servant-leader
“It’s a given,” I told someone last week. “It’s a given that when you’re a leader, you’re bound to suffer.” “Then why should I be a leader?” this person remarked….
[COLUMN] On the call to discipleship
THIS Sunday’s (January 22) Gospel presents Jesus’ intimate but challenging way of following him as his disciples. As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers,…
[COLUMN] XBB.1.5 is kraken!
WHEN it comes to diseases, especially contagious ones, prevention is the best strategy to avoid infection and transmission to others. And the best preventive tool we have is the vaccine,…
[COLUMN] New year, new YOU
It’s 2023 and it’s great to be back! After 2 years, my column is now active and I can’t wait to share more ideas, advice and beauty know-hows. NEW YEAR,…
[COLUMN] On welcoming the New Year
A close friend asked me what one word I could think of to describe my wishes this New Year. I told him that I don’t have one word but two…
[COLUMN] Coffee: Benefits and Risks
COFFEE, the waker-upper for 75 percent of adults in America, has been shown to have health benefits and also a risk among those who have severe hypertension for those who…
