‘DR. MARY JEAN LORECHE-DIAO’ Archives
BRCA1 As a predictor for breast cancer: Relevance in the Philippine Setting
BY : DR. MARY JEAN LORECHE-DIAO The Angelina Jolie interview on CNN and the cover story of a prominent magazine in the US of A, on her admission of undergoing a double mastectomy comes as no surprise at all. The procedure itself is not that uncommon considering that I know of patients who have both breasts removed, as a precaution to the [...]
Panic attacks and Quality of life
BY : DR. MARY JEAN LORECHE-DIAO As of this writing, the candidates are still in their last minute frenzy to win the voters. And, there may be a few of them experiencing a panic attack. It is said that at least 20% of the general population experience a panic attack in their entire adulthood. Which means, this is not something that is [...]
Lead Poisoning: A not so uncommon occurrence
BY : DR. MARY JEAN LORECHE-DIAO Two articles back, I remember mentioning that I would be writing on Ricin. I had a change of heart, considering that RICIN is not that common or is even unheard of in our country. Better to discuss that which is not a rarity in our own place : LEAD. Lead poisoning is something that we need to revisit, [...]
H7N9: Deadlier than H5N1?
BY : DR. MARY JEAN LORECHE-DIAO The most current eye catching news , if one were to read or watch television, talking of around the world headlines are: the Boston Marathon unfortunate event, the Margaret Thatcher farewell to this earthly life, the Recin poisoned letters ( which I would like to write on, sometime soon ), Texas Fertilizer Blast [...]
Pink eyes for summer, anyone?
BY : DR. MARY JEAN LORECHE Conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eyes or sore eyes, is one common ailment during the summer months. It is one thing to be hearing or seeing others affected with it, and to be personally affected with conjunctivitis. As kids, I know that we must have had it at least once in our lifetime. It is of course no [...]
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
BY : DR. MARY JEAN LORECHE ONE of those difficult cases to sometimes give a very definitive diagnosis is that which we call as the Small Round Cell Tumors. They get their name from the way they look under the microscope. There are even instances when special tests like imuno-histochemical studies need to be performed on the specimen, just to [...]
A second Look at Hansen’s Disease
BY : DR. MARY JEAN LORECHE-DIAO ONE of those diseases that is not socially appetizing, is LEPROSY, or Hansen’s Disease. Leprosy is equated with sanitaria or the so called leper colonies. People tend to shy away from these places as well as avoid contact with people diagnosed as such. The disease has been present since time [...]
Schistosomiasis
by : DR. MARY JEAN LORECHE-DIAO WHILE on my way out of the hospital, I met a patient from years back. We got into “kamustahan” and I inquired how she is and I was happy to know that, with her religious follow up with her attending doctor, and the intake of her medications, she feels better and has not experienced the recurrence of her [...]
Viral infections and self care measures
TWO days ago, I had the great privilege of being drawn into a discussion by a group of future and promising Doctors. They were to do community work, where they have to immerse themselves and help out the barangay health workers in giving lectures and information to the residents of a given community. I suggested that on top of giving out [...]
Viral infections and self care measures
TWO days ago, I had the great privilege of being drawn into a discussion by a group of future and promising Doctors. They were to do community work, where they have to immerse themselves and help out the barangay health workers in giving lectures and information to the residents of a given community. I suggested that on top of giving out [...]
