Beyond the Surface: A Journey through Dermatitis, Anti-Aging, and Skin Cancer Detection
Helping Parents Understand Childhood Cancer
What do people remember about their childhood? For some, it will be school, for others, fun vacations with the family, or special events like birthdays, Christmases, and New Years. For the nearly 5,000 Filipino youth diagnosed with some form of cancer each year, childhood memories will likely include the dread of regular hospital visits, […]
MakatiMed Beat December 2024 Volume 15 – Issue 178
MakatiMed Beat November 2024 Volume 15 – Issue 177
MakatiMed Beat October 2024 Volume 15 – Issue 176
If You Love Your Heart, Your Heart Will Love You Back
Deemed the hardest working organ of the human body, the heart works non-stop, beating an average of 100,000 times a day and pumping around 2,000 gallons of blood all over your body round the clock, supplying you with oxygen and nutrients vital to your daily function and survival. While it is pretty resilient, […]
Do You Know the ABCs of Hepatitis?
Type “liver” on any search engine and one of the first things that pops up is the amazing fact that it’s the only organ in the human body capable of regenerating itself to its normal size— even after 90 percent of it has been removed! But that’s not its only superpower. Acting as a filter, […]
Fact: Life With Autism Can Be Fulfilling
In her practice as a Neurodevelopmental Pediatric Specialist at Makati Medical Center (MakatiMed), Ma. Veronica Nable-Reloza, MD’s patients include a jazz pianist, a woman who snorkels and dives, and a college student who traveled solo from the US, where she studies, to the Philippines to visit her grandparents. To those around them, they are as […]
The Secret To Losing Weight Effectively May Be Seeing A Doctor
You ate your way through the sumptuous lunch and dinner tables at Christmas parties, family reunions, Noche Buena, and Media Noche, and now it’s the first month of the new year. What do you do? If your answer is “go to a gym,” you’re not alone. Based on research, gym sales and attendance increase […]
First aid for fireworks-related injuries
In the Philippines, no new year is complete without fireworks. Pyrotechnics bring the night sky to life with their dazzling display of colorful explosions, shower of stars, and comet-like streaks of light, while the deafening boom of firecrackers is enough to truly drive evil spirits away. Spectacular as they are, however, fireworks put you […]
6 New Year’s resolutions everybody should make
MakatiMed health expert cites these simple, doable commitments to wellbeing Lose weight, learn a new language, spend less, travel more: These are just four of the most popular New Year’s resolutions people make. Ironically, they’re also among the resolutions that rarely make it past the first few months of the year. According to a […]
More than just the holiday blues: Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
The holidays are a joyful time for gifts, get-togethers, and laughs—but sometimes, it’s hard to truly feel the cheer. For some, this struggle goes beyond the usual holiday stress and can be a sign of something more serious: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). SAD is a type of depression that typically begins and ends at the […]
