Dr. Ferrer

18/08/2025

MASLD has become the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. Giovanni Targher, MD, Luca Valenti, MD, and Christopher D. Byrne, MB, ChB, review the features of the disease as well as pharmacotherapies targeting the associated liver and cardiovascular–renal–metabolic issues.

14/08/2025

As Gen X doctors who graduated from medical school in 2001, it was an implied commandment that you couldn’t be absent unless you had a life-threatening illness. High fever and chills? As long as you could walk, you would come in anyway. The patients always come first.

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10/08/2025

24/07/2025

🚨 DOH: ‘WAG GUMAMIT NG DOXYCYCLINE NANG WALANG RESETA🚨

Ang doxycycline ay isang antibiotic na ginagamit laban sa Leptospirosis.

Kapag mali ang pag-inom, pwedeng mawalan ito ng bisa laban sa mga mikrobyo at maging mas mahirap gamutin ang simpleng impeksyon. Pwede itong humantong sa matagal o mas matinding pagkakasakit.

Nakadepende ang pag-inom ng doxycycline sa exposure o risk level ng taong nalubog sa baha.

Payo ng DOH, magpatingin sa doktor para sa tamang reseta sa paggamit ng antibiotic na ito.

22/07/2025

Wading in flood waters? Please consult immediately with a Physician for probable initiation of prophylactic medicine to prevent Leptospirosis.

Infographic credit to
Philippine Society of Nephrology
Philippine College of Physicians
Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

22/07/2025

20/07/2025

06/07/2025

US FDA gives approval to injectable HIV PrEP drug.
The FDA has approved Gilead Sciences' lenacapavir, branded as Yeztugo, a twice-yearly injection for HIV prevention. Yeztugo has shown near-full protection against HIV, offering a new option for pre-exposure prophylaxis. Full Story: CNN

A drug currently used to treat certain HIV infections has also, on Wednesday, received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to be used to prevent HIV.

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