As reported by television and online news, the former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will undergo her second spinal operation after x-ray findings showed that her previous titanium implant has been dislocated. The second operation is scheduled lastAugust 10 2011 for approximately 5 hours.
If not found earlier, the former President might experience paralysis over the neck and other parts of her body. Dr. Juliet Gopez-Cervantes of St. Luke’s Hospital, Gloria Macapagal doctor said, “Upon evaluation, there was pain but neurologically she was fine, her sensory and motor functions of both arms are intact”.
“The surgery went well. We were able to do what we set out to do, no complications,” said Dr. Mario Ver, the orthopedic surgeon in Arroyo’s team of doctors at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig.
“We’re very happy with the procedure. Everything happened as planned, no problem was encountered. We’re very happy with the outcome of the surgery,” he said. According to Ver, the surgery involved the reconstruction of the anterior part of Arroyo’s cervical spine using a titanium mesh cage with a bone graft that was harvested from her pelvic bone. “The titanium mesh cage filled with bone graft was inserted as a strut (tukod) anteriorly in her cervical vertebrae and was stabilized further with kick plates,” he explained.

An Oregon 61 year old man is now on a medical condition after knowing that his three toes are eaten by his dog while he was sleeping on a couch.

This man is diabetic and his feet cannot feel anything. When he woke up, he had seen his three toes are missing.

The veterinarian Alan Ross explained that the dog may have been trying to rid his owner of dead tissue. The dog may have been attracted to the foot it were infected or even gangrenous. For additional explanation, Ross said that the dog doesn’t need corrective actions because according to him it was not “acting out of meanness”
People with diabetes can develop several issues with their feet. These problems most often occur when there is nerve damage, also called neuropathy, which results in the loss of feeling in your feet, the American Diabetes Association said on its website.

The legendry rocker Alice Cooper had tremendously suffered some serious abuse regarding some prohibited drugs in his time. He wholeheartedly admitted it and after long thirty years, he is now able to give pieces of advice to some Hollywood star like Lindsay Lohan, who just can’t seem to stay out of the trouble.

According to him it was in the decades of 60’s and 70’s when he started to do things concerning drugs while he was on the top of his career. He also added that in show business there two things artists should do: be professional like going to the compromised scene of works half an hour earlier and to be ready to work and do what you are supposed to do.

Alice had to quit drinking thirty years ago because he was vomiting blood and that was probably not a good thing to know. Now we do hope that Lindsay would have been touched of this wisdom given by Alice. How about other stars like Britney Spears and Charlie Sheen? I do hope that they will altogether do better move the next time.

The recent study finds that most teens today in USA tend to avoid sexual contact. This is good news for everyone. But the reason is not given.

Speculated supporting details are mostly associated with the concern in the abstinence and the fear of the sexually transmitted diseases. From the past 10 years, the percentage of these teens who say “no” to early sex increased.

This is a good sign of education. The effects of giving the youth an early education about sex help them understand that premarital sex cannot do something good for them. It will just give them bad results such as unwanted pregnancy with some medical issues related to sex.

Anjani Chandra, a health scientist of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gives her description about the decline in sex as “small but significant”. It is a good sign according to her that our youth today is starting to mind the education they have.