There is indeed a serious gender issue in health care. Professionals need to be trained in gender sensitivity, including respectful and ethical regard for lifestyle choices, which vary from patient to patient.
--Psychiatrist Luz Casimiro-Querubin,in a scientific
meeting of the Philippine Psychiatric Association in August
It's true--I am bisexual. But I can't deny I've used the fact very well. I suppose it's the best thing that ever happened to me.
--David Bowie, British pop singer
A government that spends more on pampering its officials, and hardly anything to advance public health care, should not be telling the common people what is good for them since they have only themselves to look out for their health. The health issue arising from smoking may legitimately be raised only in countries that offer meaningful socialized health care.
--October 15 editorial in TODAY, "Smoked Brains"
Often parents and teachers commit an unknowing crime. And that is calling them (children with dyslexia) names.
--Prof. Dina Ocampo, at the 15th Philippine
Psychiatric Association midyear convention in July
Suicide is a tragic global public health problem. Worldwide, more people die from suicide than from all homicides and wars combined.
--Catherine Le Gales-Camus,
World Health Organization (WHO) assistant
director general for noncommunicable diseases and
mental health, quoted by Agence France-Presse (AFP)
If dead women are not even counted, then it seems they do not count. We have reached an epidemic.
--Joy Phumaphi, WHO assistant director general for family and community health,
on the underreporting of maternal deaths in developing countries, quoted by AFP
Globesity is taking over many parts of the world. If immediate action is not taken, millions will suffer from an array of health disorders.
--Pediatric endocrinologist Sioksoan Chan-Cua,
at the 10th annual convention of the Philippine Association for the Study of Overweight and Obesity
Dapat bilib ako sa sarili ko!
-- Dr. Arturo Ludan, founder/president/CEO
of Pediapharma, Inc., when asked who his role model is
No need. I have always enjoyed what I do.
--Edgardo Enriquez, president of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Phils.),
when asked how he rewards himself after a hard day's work
To me, it's the result which counts, not the way he achieves it.
--Marcus Wondergem, president and chief executive officer, Solvay Pharma, Inc., Philippines
I wanted men to fight over me, fall head-over-heels in love with me, and marry me. I enjoyed seeing women cringe in dismay when, beside [them], I looked more gorgeous than they.
--Gavino "Vins" Santiago
formerly Vinna Santiago-Robinson, counselor
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