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@DrTonyLeachon There goes the kleptospirosis!

🩺 When Stewardship Fails, the Nation Bleeds ✍️ Dr. Anthony Leachon Physician | Independent Health Reform Advocate | Filipino I read with quiet sadness the recent admission by Health Secretary Ted Herbosa before Congress: that he does not know where the remainder of the ₱89.9 billion in PhilHealth funds went Only a portion, he said, was used to pay health workers’ allowances. The rest was handled by the Department of Finance. This is not just a lapse in detail. It is a lapse in duty. As Health Secretary, one is not merely a manager of programs. One is a steward of lives. Of laws. Of legacies. The Sin Tax Law, signed in 2012, was a promise to fund health through sacrifice. The Universal Health Care Law, signed in 2019, was a promise to make care a right, not a privilege. Both were violated when PhilHealth was defunded. Both were betrayed when ₱89.9 billion was redirected to pork-laden infrastructure—now under scrutiny for ghost projects and flood control scandals. And now, we are told that the funds vanished into bureaucratic fog. That no one knows exactly where they went. That it’s someone else’s responsibility. But floods don’t wait for accountability. Hospitals don’t run on ambiguity. Patients don’t survive on press briefings. We see the consequences: Leptospirosis in flood-ravaged communities. Overflowing wards. Underfunded clinics. And a nation still waiting for the promise of Zero Balance Billing—a promise that should have been led, defended, and delivered by the very office entrusted with our care. This is not about blame. It is about responsibility. I say this not with bitterness, but with conviction. Because public health is not a line item. It is the soul of a nation. We must do better. We must care enough to ask where every centavo went. We must fight hard enough to make it right. Because when stewardship fails, the nation bleeds. And when leaders forget their duty, it is the people who pay the price. 🔴 #FundUHCNow 🔴 #StopTheBleeding 🔴 #StewardshipIsSacred 🔴 #HoldThemAccountable gmanetwork.com/news/topstorie… Tony Leachon

What to know about nasal spray for migraines: cle.clinic/49mzCYK?social…

@JAMAOto Lymphoma with secondary infection: flesh eating bacteria

Most viewed this week from @JAMAOto: A 20-year-old man with bilateral neck masses that gradually increased in size for over 5 months following a red cross tattoo on his anterior neck. Take the Clinical Challenge. What is your diagnosis? ja.ma/4otIxzw

@JAMAOto Lymphoma

A 20-year-old man with bilateral neck masses that gradually increased in size for over 5 months following a red cross tattoo on his anterior neck. Take the Clinical Challenge. What is your diagnosis? ja.ma/4f96842

Despite an 83% increase in hearing health care (HHC) professionals from 2012 to 2022, shortages persist in 75% of U.S. counties, especially in rural areas. ja.ma/477siBL

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New FirstView article: Investigation of vocal cord palsy aetiology: timing and relevance of imaging cambridge.org/core/journals/…

@JAMAOto Olfactory neuroblastoma

Two brothers, aged 69 and 76 years, were independently referred in the same week for evaluation of a right olfactory cleft tumor that had been progressively developing over several years. Take the Clinical Challenge. What is your diagnosis? ja.ma/3HzvYl7

@NEJM Herpes zoster oticus

A previously healthy 48-year-old woman presented to the dermatology clinic with a 1-day history of a rash on her right ear that was preceded by 2 days of ear pain and an inability to move the right side of her face. Read the full case details and submit your answer or see how others responded: nej.md/IC06052025

@CBSNews SanFo homeless problem has spilled into neighboring towns&cities like Stockton, Santa Rosa& others ,all w/in California. The whole state of California should solve the problem of homelessness, as a whole and not this piecemeal approach. These people’s fav place r drug stores!

San Francisco's aggressive push to get more unhoused people off city streets. cbsn.ws/43ODYGi

@GraceSa10499866 6 billion pesos in their wildest dreams courtesy of Ayala!

@GraceSa10499866 A great part of ABS cpd sold for 6Bphp to AYALA. So Dolphy theatre is being torn down. There goes the payment for their humungous debts!!!

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@JAMAOto Juvenile Angiogibrosis

A 16-year-old with a year long history of nasal congestion, anosmia, and epistaxis was found to have a large expansile mass obstructing the nasal cavity and nasopharynx. Biopsy revealed numerous ectatic vascular channels. What's your diagnosis? ja.ma/3EIjIxD

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 is a hallmark of cancer development and progression characterized by the accumulation of DNA damage; genome instability manifests as increased genetic alteration across the genome, including chromosomal translocations, structural variants, extrachromosomal DNAs, and aneuploidy. Replication stress, frequently observed in rapidly dividing cells, and exogenous factors, such as ultraviolet and ionizing radiation, tobacco smoke, and certain chemicals, can result in genome instability. Early genetic events in the life of cancer cells, such as changes in the maintenance of telomeric length, or the activation of an oncogene can lead to genome instability. Loss-of-function variants in genes encoding tumor suppressor proteins, such as those that mediate DNA repair and cell-cycle checkpoints, can also contribute to an unstable genome. To learn more about this NEJM Illustrated Glossary term, read the Clinical Implications of Basic Research article “Extrachromosomal DNA — Amping Up Cancer” by Lillian L. Siu, MD (@lillian_siu), and Trevor J. Pugh, PhD (@PughLab), from @UHN and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (@oicr_news): nej.md/42jfYdH  Explore more terms: nej.md/glossary

@JAMAOto Otitic hydrocephalus

A 39-year-old female with a history of idiopathic intracranial hypertension presented with right aural fullness, pulsatile tinnitus, and conductive hearing loss. What is your diagnosis? ja.ma/3FMZ7IA

@DrTonyLeachon @Teddybird PORK BARREL! Helping themselves to the people’s money!

I can't remember any time before where one can find PMFTC in the same photo as the DOH @Teddybird Secretary. 😅 and the First Lady; now we completely understand why Philhealth has been defunded. Health of the people is not the priority. So much conflict of interest. Never in our lifetime has there been such a thing. But it’s real. Where are the sin tax funds from tobacco products? @piacayetano @sintaxcoalition @SCPh_PIO @inquirerdotnet @DOHgovph @_djchacha @teamphilhealth Watch : facebook.com/share/v/18H2ti…

Nobel Prize for medicine goes to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for discovery of microRNA, explaining how genes work bbc.in/4eQnQrH

@JAMAOto Dermoid Cyst with recurrent infections-Dr Fita P Guzman, FPSOHNS

A 32-year-old female patient presented with chronic discharging sinus with recurrent infection at the left sternoclavicular joint. What is your diagnosis? ja.ma/3ZOaacv

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What is the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer in patients with incidental asymmetric oropharynx PET uptake? Click to learn more: bit.ly/3TUlqjK #MayoClinicENTResearch #MedTwitter #DrMichaelArmstrong @BrianBurkettMD @KatieVanAbelMD