Joey M.D.

(Insert favorite talk show host here): For today’s episode of ___(insert your favorite showbiz talk show here), we’re going to veer away from our usual artista interviewees and interview doctors instead.
Our guests for today are: Dr. MegaMom, Dr. JA, Dr. Carl, Dr. Ness, Dr. Mel, Dr. Prudence, Dr. Joey, Dr. Remo [...]

This week’s TBR hosted by JA is very timely for me.
I’m currently having my Master’s in UP Open University and we have a subject wherein we’re supposed to go to PGH for 5 days. This was the reason why the roundup for TBR10 was delayed.
Anyway, my groupmates agree that the highlight [...]

I will have to apologize to everyone. I was not expecting to be busy this week hence I accepted hosting this round. Unfortunately, my MHA professor rescheduled a whole week of classes to this week. I’ll be doing the roundup as soon as I get the time. Hopefully later [...]

I was maybe 3 or 4 when I started those “I want to be a _____” when I grow up. My choices then were “teacher” or “nurse”. It was the early 1970s, you see, and the women who aren’t stay at home moms and wives limited themselves to only a few choices. [...]

Hi, everyone! It’s gonna be the 10th edition of The Blog Rounds by next week. I’m excited to be asked to host this one.
After deliberating on the subject matter, I’ve decided to tackle the Family. From some of my previous posts, you’d probably guess that my family is very important to me [...]

Throughout my medical education, I had people who were my teachers, and there were people who tormented me. When the subject of Mentor-Tormentor came up, there was only one person I can think of. One person I would be eternally grateful to, because I believe it was under him that I learned the [...]

I’ve been quite busy the past few days with my other blog and this is the reason: The birth of the Pinoy Parenting Blog Carnival (PPBC)!
All Pinoy parents who blog are encouraged to join! More details and guidelines are here.
The Call for Articles for the First Edition is here.
What is a Pinoy [...]

I found this helpful quiz.  Since diabetes is so common here in the Philippines, I hope that this would help people to become more aware of the eye complications of this disease.
If you’re interested, click on the following link:
Diabetic Eye Disease:  How much do you know? 

I made this quiz for the things I usually tell my patients. I wonder how I would do in it.

Diet - 2 points for each “yes”. 1 point for each “sometimes I indulge”. 0 points for each “no”. Maximum 12 points.

Less sugar
Less fat and oils
Less salt
Less monosodium glutamate
Less processed foods
More fruit [...]

Since most patients view doctor visits as an additional expense, a lot of them usually opt to just go to the nearest drugstore to buy medicine.
The problem is that sometimes they take self medication too far.
For example, here in the Philippines,  antibiotics can still be bought over the counter in some drugstores, even if it’s [...]