August 21st, 2008 
Von by Willie T. Ong, MD
My classmate Dr. Ricardo Quintos is a vascular surgeon at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute. He won the TOYM award a few years ago for his pioneering research work with his own inventions of stents for aortic aneurysms. Yes, you read it right, inventions like Thomas Edison’s. Dr. Ric also has a masters in medical education, and he’s an associate professor at the University of the Philippines’ Department of Physiology.
In his UP lab, Dr. Ric made it his personal mission to scientifically validate health claims of various herbs, from the lowly bawang to the high-profile virgin coco oil, as well as traditional medical practices, including the use of earthworms and maggots.
And so it comes as a delightful surprise that Dr. Ric has again made another pioneering research, but this time on diabetes. The scientific article is called, “Clinical Effects on Blood Glucose of a Herbal Combination of Mormodica charantia Linn, Lagerstroemia speciosa Linn, and Curcuma longa Linn.” In English, it means “How effective are ampalaya supplements in diabetic and normal patients.” This study I’ve got to see.
Diabetes Problem
In the Philippines, there are more than five million diabetic patients and over 1.8 million Filipinos may have diabetes but don’t know it. And who are at risk for diabetes? Practically all of us. (more…)
Posted in 
Tags: 
