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Medical Observer publisher Jena Fetalino (second from left) and editor-in-chief Ding Generoso (right) with freelance broadcast journalist Karen Koh and Inquirer news editor Jun Engracia (left) at the 2002 Society of Publishers in Asia Awards for Editorial Excellence June 7 in Hong Kong. Medical Observer's 'The Mask of Sorrow" (April 2001) issue bested TIME Magazine Asia's "How the World Sees Japan" while Inquirer columnist Randy David's "Understanding Poverty" won honorable mention in the Best Opinion category.
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There's pain caused by diseases or physical injury, then there's psychic pain. Most of the time they come together, and going through them is its own kind of hell. How much torment pain causes only those who go through it know. That's why it's difficult for people whose only basis for pain is the occasional cut or abrasion to understand what pain actually is-that it's much more than an annoyance. And pain, if extreme, can be lethal.
It's hard enough for pain-free people to understand the extent of pain where the damage is physically visible; what more those that arise from seemingly normal and harmless activities?
Medical Observer looks into the more unusual varieties of pain.
Pain
in the Head
When
does a "simple" headache become the dreaded migraine, Lucio Victor
Jr. asks. And, when it begins to manifest itself, will it be easy to
recognize?
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on this Story
Painful
"Pleasure"
It
is called orgasmic cephalalgia, and it may just be the reason why a small number
of men and women refuse to have sex. By Lucio Victor Jr.
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on this Story
Chop
Suey Headaches
MSG,
that which enhances the flavor of Chinese food, has often been accused of being
bad to one's health -- it's also been identified with a certain
"syndrome," or "symptom complex." Dr. Sheila Alcantara
looks at the facts behind the so-called pain Chinese Food induces.
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Joint
Suffering
Paul
de Guzman talks about dealing with osteoarthritis -- and the terrible pain
that comes along with it.
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Unburdening
the Joints
Is
there a perfect drug for the management of rheumatoid arthritis? Lucio Victor
Jr. checks out the available options.
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on this Story
Jane's
Addiction
Medical
Observer asks several doctors on whether marijuana has a place in the
medical world.
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on this Story
The
Crucial First Year
Prof.
Eric Lien speaks about the importance of adding preformed DHA/AA in the
nourishment of kids under one year.
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on this story
Dermatology
Dr.
Stephen Peter Shumak of the University of New South Wales talks about the
protective capacity of imiquimod against viruses.
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on this story
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Nephrology |
Neurology |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Oncology |
Ophthalmology |
Orthopedics |
Otorhinolaryngology |
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Pathology |
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