I AM writing this week’s column aboard the Icon of the Seas of Royal Caribbean…
THE rate of throat cancer in the United States has not declined, compared to most…
RED meat, believe it or not, is a known carcinogen, a food item associated a…
SINCE new strains of COVID-19, XBB.1.5, and the variant before it, JN.1, are the dominant…
VARIOUS clinical studies around the world regarding the COVID-19 pandemic reveal the following, among others:…
…AND wisest thing to do with the present scary global and domestic outbreaks of measles…
TODAY, more than ever, people are more health conscious, and since food greatly impacts our…
WOULDN’T it be wonderful if there was a way to predict a heart attack before…
MY wife, Farida, and I have just been on a river cruise on the Vikings…
MY wife, Farida, and I have just been on a river cruise on the Vikings…
SMOKING kills. It is that plain and simple. There is no more doubt today that…
MY column titled “Aspirin, the Wonder Drug” came out in 2002 when this common household…
MEDICAL missions to various remote towns in the Philippines are now a regular ritual for…
AT the last day of our medical mission in Munoz (The Science City), Nueva Ecija,…
Munoz (The Science City) Mayor “Baby” Armi L. Alvarez (seated, 3rd from left, in light…
MOST of the food products we eat today have healthier alternative items. If we are…
THE American Academy of Pediatric strictly recommends no fruit juices for babies, absolutely no fruit…
DID you know how many hotdogs are consumed each day in the United States alone? …
DID you know how many hotdogs are consumed each day in the United States alone? …
THE holidays may soon be behind us but their physical effects, among others, will linger…
WHAT is Christmas Disease? This name does not have nothing to do with the Christmas…
WHAT is Christmas Disease? This name does not have nothing to do with the Christmas…
THE controversy about the increased risk of brain cancer and other health concerns among avid…
WHILE cardiovascular mortality rates the past decades have gone down, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has remained…
ONE of the great advances in medical science is the discovery that Ultraviolet C (UVC)…
IS COVID-19 gone? No, COVID-19 is still with us. This fall, there is a rise…
THE conflict in the Middle East is escalating and people around the world are anxious…
AS far as health is concerned, the majority, if not all of us, want the…