Monthly Archives: July 2012

ROJoson’s Patients Saved from Unnecessary Breast Operations – 1993 (#4)

ROJoson’s Patients Saved from Unnecessary Breast Operations – 1993 (#4) “I was one of those patients whom you saved from unnecessary breast operation in 1993. I just had my annual PE and our company doctor felt a lump on my … Continue reading

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ROJoson’s Patients Saved from Unnecessary Breast Operations – July 31, 2012 (#3)

ROJoson’s Patients Saved from Unnecessary Breast Operations – July 31, 2012 (#3) July 31, 2012, Ms. Marilou_T, a 41-year-old female Oversea Filipino Worker in Doha came to see me for a second opinion.  Prior to seeing me, she was advised … Continue reading

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Santol Seeds Causing Intestinal Perforation

Santol Seeds Causing Intestinal Perforation Posted on July 31, 2012 Here is a picture shared to me by Thea. Segment of intestine removed – with a perforation caused by two swallowed santol seeds. DO NOT SWALLOW SANTOL SEEDS!!!  

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NOT AGAIN! WHY? WHY? WHY? PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! DO NOT SWALLOW SANTOL SEEDS!!!

NOT AGAIN! WHY? WHY? WHY? PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! DO NOT SWALLOW SANTOL SEEDS!!! Posted on July 30, 2012 NOT AGAIN!   WHY? WHY? WHY?  PLEASE!  PLEASE!  PLEASE!  DO NOT SWALLOW SANTOL SEEDS!!! Reynaldo O. Joson, MD, MHA, MHPEd, MSc Surg July 30, … Continue reading

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ROJoson’s Patients Saved from Unnecessary Breast Operations – July 28, 2012 (#2)

ROJoson’s Patients Saved from Unnecessary Breast Operations – July 28, 2012 (#2) July 28, 2012, Ms. Joanna_M, a 43-year-old female came to see me for a second opinion.  Prior to seeing me, she was advised by another physician to have … Continue reading

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Throat Cancer Survivor Carmelita Catanghal – 15 Years in Remission

Throat Cancer Survivor Carmelita Catanghal – 15 Years in Remission Posted on July 26, 2012   Throat Cancer Survivor Carmelita Catanghal – 15 Years in Remission   Ms. Carmelita Catanghal was diagnosed by me to have a throat cancer (laryngeal – hypopharyngeal … Continue reading

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NO medical diagnostic test is perfect and 100% accurate all the times!

NO medical diagnostic test is perfect and 100% accurate all the times! “There is no test in medicine which is 100% accurate.” http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/labtests/THE_PAP.HTM “There is no such thing as a 100% accurate medical test.” jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/85/21/1718.full.pdf There is no perfect test. http://www.teachepi.org/documents/courses/fundamentals/Pai_Lecture13_Diagnostic%20studies.pdf I disagree with the … Continue reading

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Disaster Consciousness and Preparedness Planning – Publication in Good Health, MDH, July – August, 2012

Disaster Consciousness and Preparedness Planning – Publication in Good Health, MDH, July – August, 2012 Posted on July 25, 2012

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Santol Seed: The Seasonal Killer is on the Loose Again – 2012

Santol Seed: The Seasonal Killer is on the Loose Again – 2012 Posted on July 19, 2012 Santol Seed: The Seasonal Killer is on the Loose Again John Lloyd Fonte, MD July 18, 2012 On July 11, 2012, J. E., a … Continue reading

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Medicine is not an exact science! Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability!

Medicine is not an exact science! Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability! Posted on July 6, 2012 Medicine is not an exact science. Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. Quotations by … Continue reading

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