"If students are taught about go, grow, and glow foods but find all kinds of junk foods in school canteens and are bombarded by ads for doughnuts, soft drinks, French fries, and fast food, can you expect healthy eating?"
-DR. MA. TERESA QUE,
speaking at the Philippine
Diabetes Association annual convention
"Each art piece invites the viewer to an intellectual and emotional self-examination. It corrects the notion that erotica merely intends to entice and excite; in total, the show brings you to all the stages of the human sexual-response cycle."
- DR. ANTONIO SISON, psychiatrist and owner of the
Sison Art Gallery, on the exhibit, Ars Erotica
"All that washing of sheets, drying of mattress, and reassurances after each [bed-wetting] incident can frustrate and fatigue parents, leading to punishment for the kid. That makes the child feel guiltier, more ashamed, and may even retard his growth."
- DR. FRANCIS DIMALANTA, developmental pediatrician, St. Luke's Medical Center
"Research sponsors have a profit motive. For investigators, their careers depend on the outcome of the trial. If you're in [an institutional review board], what is your motivation? A cup of coffee? So your tendency is to give a cup of coffee's worth of effort."
- DR. CRISTINA TORRES, social scientist, University of the
Philippines-National Institutes of Health, in a recent UP-NIH forum
"Unlike in nonpregnant women, the treatment [of urinary-tract infections] in pregnant women is more aggressive, to avoid UTI progression."
- DR. LISA TERESA PRODIGALIDAD-JABSON, urogynecologist,
University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital
"The patches of fabric are simply crafted but each stands as an eloquent testament to the stories and hopes of individual women and children who continue to struggle against poverty, abuse, and discrimination."
- MS. NORMA LIONGOREN,
gallery owner, on the
"dream work" patch-art project for victims of abuse
"Leprosy is one of the oldest examples of social injustice that we know still exists."
- DR. JEAN-MARC OLIVÉ,
representative to the
Philippines, World Health Organization
"One of the best things a smoker can do for his or her bladder is to quit smoking."
- DR. DENNIS LUSAYA, urologist, University of Santo Tomas
Hospital, on nondrug options for urinary-tract infections
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