Tita Doc

12/11/2025

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RESEARCH | Due to rising costs or the inaccessibility of commercial water, many rural communities rely on artesian well (“poso”) water as their primary water source. This study looked at artesian well water samples from selected barangays in Los Baños, Laguna. Of the 30 water samples, eight have exhibited f***l contamination, three of which were identified as contaminated by Escherichia coli. The E. coli isolates were resistant to antibiotics, with one isolate resistant to four antibiotics. The study highlights the crucial role of local government units in monitoring water quality in communities.

Authors: Marian Jean T. Panganiban (Microbiology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños), Ivan Raden A. Rosario, and Noel G. Sabino (Microbiology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños)

Published in the Philippine Journal of Science

Read more: https://ovpaa.up.edu.ph/research/some-communities-in-los-banos-laguna-still-face-challenges-in-accessing-safe-and-clean-drinking-water/

24/09/2025

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28/08/2025

Tita Doc is sick 😢. We will announce when the next clinic schedule will be. For the meantime, please keep well and healthy.

18/06/2025

June is Scoliosis Awareness Month. Learn more about scoliosis and help patients get an early intervention.

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Dr. Hector Ramon Herradura, a rehab medicine specialist, explains what is scoliosis and how it develops and the treatment that it requires.

14/06/2025

09/06/2025

Please have this done in your own home to check if your child is affected with scoliosis. If you happen to see this, drop a message or comment.

03/06/2025

Let’s take care of our children. Cases are seen among 13 years old. 😢

The Department of Health urged authorities to make human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) a National Public Health Emergency, as its number of cases rose by 500% for individuals aging 15 to 25.

27/05/2025

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22/05/2025

Please allow me to clarify this as a number of parents has been asking about the recent news on TV regarding a boy who expired after a circumcision has been performed.

First, what is circumcision? Allow me to grab an AI definition for this: “Circumcision is the surgical removal of the fo****in, the retractable fold of skin covering the g***s (tip) of the pen*s”. Circumcision by itself will not cause a patient’s immediate demise. If something went wrong with the circumcision, it would take hours or days before the onset of symptoms would be noted. Among the complications of circumcision are: bleeding, infection and pain. All of which, again, cannot cause immediate death.

So what went wrong?
A good guess would be the manner of administration of local anesthesia. Again, this is a guess. Lidocaine is a local anesthesia that is commonly used in such procedure. And these are the toxic effects of Lidocaine which may cause an untoward outcome, a number of which was seen on the same patient.

Please go to your pediatrician’s recommended surgeons or pediatric urologists for circumcision procedure. Choose hospital based location for said procedure. Don’t fall prey to “nearby”, “more convenient” and “cheaper” clinics if you’re not even sure about the clinic’s integrity.

Our prayers to the boy and his family in this very sad event.

14/05/2025

My patients’ moms know this from long time ago.

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11/05/2025