University of the Philippines

About: University of the Philippines is a education organization based out in Quezon City, Philippines. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 4589 authors who have published 4437 publications receiving 114846 citations. The organization is also known as: UP.

Gender and medication use: An exploratory, multi-site study

Abstract: Objective: This comparative study in four countries was designed to explore differences in women's and men's patterns of medication use. Methods: A total of 539 individuals, 303 women and 236 men, aged 15 years and older, were interviewed in Mexico, the Philippines, Uganda, and the US. Country-specific variables and codes adapted questions and answers to local contexts, and the instrument alternated between closed-and open-ended questions. Results: In all sites, women reported using medications more frequently than men. Differences in reported use between women and men over the month preceding the survey were significant in Mexico and Uganda, but not in the two countries with the highest medication use, the Philippines and the USA. Gender differences are explained in part by differences in the frequencies with which major symptoms/conditions are reported, as women were generally more likely to report these conditions then men, but not more likely to treat symptoms or conditions with medications. ...

Trust and Commitment

Abstract: Since November of 2015, the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies (AFES) in its annual meeting has entrusted JAFES to the Philippine team for another term. It is an affirmation of trust that all of us here at the editorial office, on behalf of the PSEDM, keep with the members of the Federation. We stand by our commitment to deliver a world class, high quality publication, and be the voice of endocrinology for Southeast Asia to the global community.

Schistosome circulating anodic antigen in serum of individuals infected with Schistosoma japonicum from the Philippines before and after chemotherapy with praziquantel.

Abstract: The presence of the schistosome circulating anodic antigen (CAA) in serum of patients infected with Schistosoma japonicum from The Philippines has been investigated using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ( elisa ). Serum samples were tested from 48 patients who excreted S. japonicum eggs, 9 individuals with a negative stool examination, and 20 controls with both a negative stool and a negative circumoval precipitin test. No false positive result was detected for the unequivocally negative controls. CAA could be demonstrated in 72·9% of the egg-excreting patients. A positive correlation between parasite burden (eggs per gram of faeces) and antigen level (CAA titre) was found (Spearman's ϱ = 0·48, P n = 48). Four of 18 sera from the egg-negative individuals were positive in the elisa . In view of the fact that anti-worm antibodies were also detected in these 4 sera, those reactions suggest active infection not detected by stool examination. In serum from patients treated with praziquantel, a significant drop in CAA titre was seen within 5 d after treatment (Wilcoxon's x T = −2·23, P = 0·0258, n = 21). In conclusion, the detection of CAA by elisa in S. japonicum infection can give valuable information in both individual diagnosis and therapeutic drug monitoring, as well as in epidemiological studies or disease control programmes.