No Reason to Vomit

I’ve heard stories from people telling me how somebody they know, who is undergoing chemotherapy, kept on vomiting after the chemotherapy was given. As an oncologist, I do not understand why these patients had to go through such an ordeal. Vomiting is an adverse effect of many chemotherapy drugs, but not all. It is very...

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Medicines Versus Lifestyle Change

As I was speaking to a friend who was pre-diabetic, I advised him to comply with the medicine prescribed by his physician and start changing his diet and start exercising regularly. When he heard about the lifestyle change, he quickly replied that he would rather take the medicine. He said: “May gamot naman” (“There is a...

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