Archive for July 26th, 2008

ED: A wife’s concern, too

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

More and more husbands are now coming out in the open to seek treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED), a positive development happily noted by two Filipino urologists.
Not only has erectile dysfunction, commonly called impotency, ceased to be a taboo subject, it has also become the wife’s concern as well.
“These days,” says Dr. Michael Leh, a [...]

Address risk factors to prevent cervical cancer

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Recently, scientist found out why some women develop cervical cancer. They were able to show a direct link of cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases such as vaginal and vulvar cancers, and genital warts with common virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). However, medical experts also know that certain risk factors play an important role in [...]

Endometriosis

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

by Dr. Brix Pujalte
A QUICK check of “sheol” (read quotation) shows it is esoteric Hebrew for “grave” or “pit” or sometimes the Judaic example of Hell.
How appropriate then that endometriosis makes the uterus a kind of grave because it leaves some women who have it infertile. They also engage in painful sex so I guess [...]