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I love my kids! They are my joy My inspiration, My life... If all else goes wrong, I look at them and their smiles, It changes my perspectives, Bringing freshness to my dreams. These are my kids, the daughters I am blessed with, Though small and fragile, What they are is what I am.

My 3-year old daughter is presently with measles. It started as high grade remittent fever for three days followed by maculopapular rash that started from the head downwards, very typical of the disease. This occurrence frustrated us, especially my wife who's a pediatrician, because my daughter received 2 doses of measles vaccine already, following strictly the recommended scheduled. It made us think and somewhat doubt the effectivity of the vaccines. But, as doctors, we knew this could happen. We are familiar with 'vaccine failures' and we just felt sorry that our daughter is now included in the small unfortunate population of victims. The rate of vaccine failure is reported to be around 9.5% for measles virus. Most cases of measles in vaccinated persons occur in the subset of individuals who did not undergo serological conversion after vaccination. This is known as primary vaccine failure. The frequency of primary vaccine failure is variable and has been shown to be a f...

I belong to the population of men unfortunate enough to be suffering from progressive hair loss. Maybe because of genetics or probably because of improper hair care during my teens, I am now in the so called "HIV" stage. I am hoping though that the progress will not be that fast so that my grandchild will still see me with hair. Lately, I've been in some form of work-related stress and it's adding to my "bad hair days". It has been proven time and again how stress could lead to hair loss. That is why I think I need do get rid of the unnecessary stress I am currently experiencing. Here's a related article. We are all familiar with the comic character running around and pulling their hair out in reaction to a stressful situation. But you might be amazed to learn that there really is a connection between stress and hair loss. Hair Awareness The condition of a person's hair actually reveals a lot about the level of stress in their lives. In Chi...

Last Friday, I suffered from a severe abdominal pain. It started at around ten in the morning as a vague, persistent pain in the periumbilical area. I thought I was just having some form of gastritis so I took two tablets of Kremil-S, but there was no relief. The severity became progressive that I started having cold sweats on my way home for lunch. My sister said my lips were already pale when we were in the jeepney. I psyched myself of not passing out until we reached the house. After a while, the pain became so excruciating that they had to bring me to the hospital. In the ER, I started to vomit and the pain was worse than ever. It is a protocol for appendicitis-suspect patients not to be given any pain medications so I had to endure the ordeal until I was brought to my room. Complete blood count and urinalysis both showed a high degree of bacterial infection, but because the pain cannot be localized at the right lower quadrant where the appendix is located, and because t...

"I TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL OF MY HEART." I have accepted Jesus as both my Savior and Lord. He is my Savior because He died for my sins that separated me from God. He is my Lord because He leads the direction of my life. I have turned over everything and allowed Him to lead my life. "I LEAN NOT ON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING." Jesus said that He is, "The Alpha and the Omega" (Revelation 1:8). That means as God, He can see the beginning of all things as clearly as He can see the ending. With this knowledge, He is uniquely qualified to lay out a plan for my life. Jesus isn't making up things as He goes along. He knows where each and every step I take will lead. "IN ALL MY WAYS, I ACKNOWLEDGE HIM." I include Jesus, I seek His will, in all aspects of my life - not just the big decisions. I pray for His leadership, I have to read the Bible (What does the Bible say about a decision I am about to make? God communicates to me thr...

I chanced upon this article which I, at this time, can relate very much from. Read on and you might find yourself in a similar situation as well. A workplace culture of permissiveness, blame and inaction can foster bullying. A certain Maria was working as an employee-assistance administrator when it first happened: A co-worker started overstepping on her job. At first she thought it was an innocent mistake. Then it happened again. And again. Then she overheard the colleague telling her managers that Maria’s job needs to be evaluated because the company may do without her. Maria approached her managers and told them what her co-worker was doing, overstepping on her job. When confronted, the co-worker reasoned out that she was just pitching in ‘for the sake of the company’. Rather than investigate, the managers opted to be mum about the whole thing. Maria continued to do her job. But the co-worker’s constant bullying seemed to have swayed the managers to see Maria i...

Medicines can treat or prevent illness and disease. However, sometimes medicines can cause problems. These problems are called adverse drug reactions. I believe I had the unfortunate opportunity to experience this last night. I inadvertently took 3 tablets of an antihistamine to treat my severe allergic rhinitis. Consequently, I woke up with rashes all over my body, red and warm ears, and puffy eyelids. I have been taking 2 tablets of the medicine at bedtime for sometime now and I felt no unpleasant effects, until last night, when I took a tablet more. It’s like I became ‘allergic to an anti-allergic drug’! This can happen to you as well and you should know what to do if you think that you or someone you take care of is having an adverse drug reaction. Remember that people who take more than 3 or 4 medicines every day are more likely to have an adverse drug reaction. One medicine might cause an adverse reaction if it is taken with another medicine. One way to reduce yo...