Recent content by Ronald Ramos

Prayer does involve quiet peacefulness in the body since one is talking to an entity (in this case God) which in turn smooths one's feelings. It is akin to meditation because of the relaxing effects it brings. It is like talking to a caring friend after a bad event or breakup. After the talk...

Yes! These antiembolic stockings are actually really helpful. It is what we recommend to our patients even before they have varicosities especially if they have a job that demands constant standing. It prevents the swelling of the veins because of the pooling of blood brought about by gravity...

The Etiology of Alzheimer's Disease is actually still unknown. However, I think the strongest right now is of the genetic inheritance theory. However, Alzheimer's is also known to be linked to Toxin Infection and Cholinergic Deficit. It is also biologically an effect of a sudden decrease in...

Yes! It is one of the frustrations we have in the Delivery Room and we can't help but feel that these mothers who scream at even just the beginning phases of labor could be heavily influenced by TV shows and their portrayals of pregnancy. Just felt the need to get the word out.

Come back here and tell us the results! I have this bad habit of snoring also and I've found that this does indeed decrease snoring and by virtue of association, sleep apnea.

Spirituality is another aspect of the human person. It is by nurturing spirituality that a person develops optimism and a positive outlook in life. I'm primarily an agnostic but I promote patient's to pray or do their rituals because it will help calm them. But I think most of the benefits of...

We always see in TV women screaming their lungs out during pregnancy. Many of my non medical field friends always tell me that because of this, they think that labor and childbirth would necessarily involve pointless shouting and sometimes swearing. But because I am in the medical field I need...

High Heels are more of a social construct wherein women will look better with them on. For kids and adolescents, they may think that high heels are pointless and that comfort is better than fashion or good looks. The thing with high heels is that it promotes natural curvature of the spine and...

Many of us probably have trouble sleeping. We wake up with a sore back or a stiff neck that spells frustrating throughout the day. Here are some things to do to sleep well! The best way to sleep is to lie flat on bed with no pillow below the head and only one pillow below the knees. This...

There are some natural ways to cool things up a little. One can be wearing light colored shirts. They don't absorb heat as much as black. But then again, I have a question. Do you know of any kind of event that happened 3 months ago? Did he have any kind of medical condition or crisis? Also...