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Clinic Cancellation

There will be NO clinic hours in Santiago on 7-Feb and 28-Feb due to acute illness and annual convention, respectively. Please make a note of it. We apologize for any inconvenience to you.

Life Begins at 60

 Some pointers on aging gracefully (for doctors, too).

Handout for Life Begins at 60

Eat this: Nutritional Guidelines

Eat this way. The 2012 Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos gives 10 (ten) recommendations with accompanying reasons for the same.

2012 NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR FILIPINOS

 

1.     Eat a variety of foods everyday to get the nutrients needed by the body.

2.     Breastfeed infants exclusively from birth up to six months, then give appropriate complementary foods while continuing breastfeeding for two years and beyond for optimum growth and development.

3.     Attain normal body weight through proper diet and moderate physical activity to maintain good health and prevent obesity.

4.     Consume fish, lean meat, poultry, egg, dried beans or nuts daily for growth and repair of body tissues.

5.     East more vegetables and fruits everyday to get the essential vitamins, minerals and fiber for regulation of body processes.

6.     Limit intake of salty, fried, fatty and sugar-rich foods to prevent cardiovascular diseases.

7.     Consume milk, milk products, and other calcium-rich foods, such as small fish and shellfish, everyday for healthy bones and teeth.

8.     Use iodized salt to prevent Iodine Deficiency Disorders.

9.     Consume safe foods and water to prevent diarrhea and other food- and water-borne diseases.

10.  Be physically active, make healthy food choices, manage stress, avoid alcoholic beverages and do not smoke to help prevent lifestyle-related non-communicable disease.

 

An Exemplar exists among us! Help PCP look for one.

Are you enthusiastic, forward-looking with a healthy respect for tradition?

The PCP Awards Committee is looking for you!

This Committee is responsible for recommending to the Board of Regents, and disseminating to the PCP Public each year’s Exemplars. The Exemplars are in the categories of Healthcare Advocacy, Community Development, Clinical Practice, Clinical Education and Clinical Research. The highest award is the Gonzalo Austria Most Distinguished Physician award.

The PCP Awards Committee Member is expected to:
(1) Participate actively in three to four full committee meetings in the coming year,
(2) Observe (or even moderate) the proceedings of at least ONE Committee of Peers meeting, and
(3) Give time needed to finish specific assigned tasks related to the committee’s work.

We are looking specifically for representation from the following groups:
(a) General internal medicine practitioners
(b) Females
(c) Practice setting outside of the NCR.

PCP members from affiliate, regular member, diplomate and fellow categories are welcome! Please volunteer yourself (or recommend someone) ON or before 18-June, 2014.

Choosing antibiotics

I learned the following: (1) increasing MRSA rates may indicate a shift from oxacillin to other antibiotics like clindamycin in the future for empiric treatment of skin and soft tissue infections, (2) clinicians must utilize local (hospital) antibiotic resistance patterns for Enterobacteriaceae, and (3) the good news that the older drugs remain as good options for infections with streptococcus pneumoniae and gonococcus, and cholera.

2012 Summary of DOH Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern