Tooth and ENT Doctor

I chanced upon this article and I find it interesting and worth looking into. We're used of prescribing antibiotics for all bacterial infections, skin abscesses included. Resistance to some antibacterials is already high in the country so any idea to lessen its use will be significant in its reduction. April 9, 2010 — Antibiotics don't improve outcomes after incision and drainage of uncomplicated skin abscesses, new research indicates. They might prevent new abscesses at one month, however. "We're seeing so many abscesses now," lead researcher Dr. Gillian R. Schmitz told Reuters Health. Before methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) became so widespread, most abscess patients had diabetes or were immunocompromised, she said, "but now they're popping up all over the place in people with no traditional risk factors." "But no one has studied best practice for treating abscesses," Dr. Schmitz added. In the Nov...

6 years ago today, in a golden yellow motiff, Rot and I professed our vows at San Miguel, Manila and celebrated with our family and friends at Intramuros. It was a memorable event for both of us as it was a culmination of our friendship. All these years, I was the Iron and she was the Candy. It was obvious from the start that I was the stronger and serious partner being a type A personality. Rot on the other hand was the more thoughtful and 'sweeter'. We have had our 'ups and downs' but, with God in the center, the iron and the candy have been a good mix so far.

This is a repost from Holy Week of 2007. Here's an example of one person who, I believe, had the right way of reflecting on his holy week. Let's continue to be reminded of dying on our own crosses! ERIK WEIHENMAYER: "BLIND" FAITH TO TOUCH THE TOP OF THE WORLD "People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge (in a person's life) just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources," begins Eric Weihenmayer. "Life isn't meant to be easy. It is meant to be exciting and challenging. But you've got to understand that it's never going to be easy." Thirty year old Weihenmayer lives in Colorado and thrives on challenge. He is a marathon runner, a long-distance biker, a sky diver, and a well known, highly experienced rock and mountain climber. He has climbed the highest peak on three of the world's seven continents and scaled the Nose of El Capitan. He plans to attempt an ascent of M...