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Occupational medicine gets specialty status
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Medical Association has granted the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine (PCOM) specialty status under the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP). PCOM received the specialty status in ceremonies witnessed by PMA and PCOM officials at the PMA office on North Avenue in Quezon City recently. PCOM is a specialty society affiliated with the International Commission of Occupational Health (ICOH) and the Asian Association of Occupational Health (AAOH). … Read entire article »
Filed under: Doctors, Medical Updates
Supercomputer Named Watson Could Revolutionize Health Care
BALTIMORE (WJZ) –When a super-human computer faced off against two of Jeopardy’s best contestants, the nation was mesmerized. Now that unstoppable computer is ready for its next assignment – helping to save your life. Mary Bubala reports from the University of Maryland Medical Center, where you can feel the excitement. A supercomputer named “Watson” wowed the world by beating Jeopardy’s top two contestants. The supercomputer developed by IBM may be able to answer tricky questions with ease, but … Read entire article »
Filed under: Computers, Doctors, Glimpse of the past
FEBRUARY 2011 PHYSICIAN BOARD EXAM RESULT
The Professional Regulations Commission announces that 655 out of 1,230 passed the Board Exam for Physicians (Complete Finals and Finals with Prelims) in the Philippines administered by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila and Cebu this February 2011. The top ten examinees are as follows: 1. ELEANOR DE GUZMAN DELA PENA – FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY-NICANOR REYES MEDICAL FOUNDATION – 86.33 2. JOVITH TASARRA ROYALES – OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA – 86.25 3. ELTON … Read entire article »
Filed under: Doctors, Glimpse of the past, Licensure Examination
PHILIPPINE SPECIALTY BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (PSBIM) Passers 2011
PSBIM Passers 2011 Philippine College of Physicians PHILIPPINE SPECIALTY BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE January 30, 2011 Bayanihan Hall, Unilab Building, Pasig City LIST OF EXAMINEES WHO PASSED NO. NAME 1 ABELLANA, KRISTINE R 2 ACADEMIA, FIDES JOAN M 3 ACHARON, LEOVINO S 4 ACORDA, NELSON G 5 ADVIENTO, JERELYN B 6 ADVINCULA-SALVADOR, MARIA PIA T 7 AGPAOA, BEA O 8 AGUILAR, ANTHONY HARVEY I 9 AGUILAR, BENEDICT A 10 AKIAT, GINA J 11 ALA, BIENAROSA T 12 ALCANTARA, EDNA V 13 ALCARAZ, JOHN DENNIS B 14 ALEA, CRISTITO B 15 ALFEREZ, BRENDA MAE B 16 ALFONSO, ANA MARICON B 17 ALIM, NESIE HOPE M 18 ALMELOR, LORRAINE GRACE B 19 ALOC, JEAN CARLA S 20 ALOLOD, MARIA KRISTINA L 21 ALONTE, ANGELICA JOY C 22 ALQUIROZ, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Doctors, Glimpse of the past
Pinay is ‘Most Wanted Health Care Fugitive’ in US
CALIFORNIA – Police are looking for a Filipino woman who is allegedly responsible for one of the biggest health care fraud scams in California. Susan Bendigo-Lim, 41, is America’s “Most Wanted Health Care Fugitive” as listed on the Office of Inspector General’s website. She is accused of stealing $17 million in an alleged Medi-Cal scam, where she is said to have pocketed $10 million. Bendigo-Lim was the Director of Nursing for Excel Plus Home Health … Read entire article »
PRC: 29,711 new nurses
MANILA, Philippines – The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Saturday that 29,711 successfully passed the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing. The examination was given in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Ilocos Sur, Iloilo, La Union, Legazpi, Lucena, Nueva Ecija, Pagadian, Pampanga, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last December 2010. DOWNLOAD THE FULL LIST OF SUCCESSFUL EXAMINEES HERE !!! Topping the December 2010 nursing … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Licensure Examination, Nurses
Detecting Substandard and counterfeit pharmaceutical products
The production of counterfeit or substandard anti-infective drugs is a widespread and under-recognized problem that contributes to morbidity, mortality, adverse drug reactions, drug resistance, enormous financial consequences for companies producing the genuine product and loss of confidence in the health care systems and the drug regulatory authorities. Counterfeit drugs particularly affect the most disadvantaged people in poor countries, like the Philippines. A wide array of different counterfeit … Read entire article »
Filed under: Drugs, Glimpse of the past
“It’s my Body, I can do whatever I want with It”
These are patients who are stubborn when it comes to giving up habits that adversely affect their health like cigarette smoking or drinking alcohol. Some would shrug away the statistical facts presented to them. Facts that would scare most people, alluding to an imaginary grandfather who smoked cigarette until he died at the 100 years old because of old age. On the other hand, there are chronically ill patients who … Read entire article »
Filed under: Drugs, Glimpse of the past
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