Happy Valentine’s day from everyone at SeriousMD! In honor of the occasion, here are some amazing facts about love (or relationships) and health that might get you thinking about the holiday differently: Spread the love by sharing these out on Facebook or Twitter! We hope you enjoy your Valentine’s Day!
National Health Insurance Program Month was created by Presidential Proclamation No. 1400. The precise period of celebration is not actually February itself. Rather, it is from the 8th of February to the 8th of March. The thrust of the celebration is to promote awareness of the National Health Insurance Program or NHIP. In the Philippines, […]
Electronic health records (EHRs) have both supporters and detractors. As with most issues, both sides have their share of reason. Which one seems more reasonable may be largely dependent on perspective. Yet beyond perspectives is the challenge inherent to executing any idea. The concept of an EHR is obviously one geared towards producing a better […]
November is National Children’s Month in the Philippines, but it was not always that way. Former-President Fidel Ramos’s Proclamation 267 originally set October as the month of occasion instead. The year before that, Proclamation 74 had set October 17 as National Children’s Day. Both those prior proclamations were repealed in 2015 by then-President Benigno Aquino […]
The third week of January is National Autism Consciousness Week in the Philippines. It was made so by President Fidel V. Ramos’s Proclamation No. 711 in 1996. Interestingly enough, the proclamation states that it was created in light of “a growing incidence of autism among Filipinos”. However, there is yet insufficient data to make that […]
Female Physicians Post Lower Patient Mortality Rates A study by Yusuke Tsugawa and other researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health was published on the 19th on JAMA showing that patients with female doctors tend to have lower mortality rates. The cross-sectional study went over data of Medicare beneficiaries and discovered that […]
The holidays remain a busy period for doctors. That said, if you do manage to get time off this December, you may want to go away for a bit with the family. It’s nice to be able to help people whenever they need you, but hey, doctors have to help themselves too—and if you stay […]
Did you know that as many as 53% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen in the presence of a witness? At least, that’s what the Philippine Heart Association’s records show. What’s alarming about it is actually shown by another statistic: that only 36% of those cases receive first aid. In most cases, bystanders simply do not […]
The world of medicine is always changing. At SeriousMD, we believe in keeping track of these changes so we can improve the way we work. Barely have the time to scour the medical news for yourself? We can help: below are some of the most interesting medical studies or discoveries we’ve found for this month. […]
World Mental Health Day is a fairly young celebration—but then, respect for mental health is also fairly young in the mainstream. The first time the occasion was observed was in 1992, thanks to the efforts of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). In spite of all the World Mental Health Days since then, however, […]
On the 19th of February, an expecting couple sought admission to one of the country’s foremost medical institutions. The unfortunate events that followed have been generally regarded the catalyst for a trend we now call “doctor-shaming”. Doctor-shaming—what does it mean? Essentially, it is to humiliate a member of the medical profession before others. The shame […]
National Suicide Prevention Week in the Philippines is the second week of September. World Suicide Prevention Day falls within it (September 10). These are easily two of the most important “awareness events” that the Philippine Department of Health promotes each year… especially because suicide and its leading cause, depression, are still so little discussed in […]