Medical Malpractice: 5 Things You Need To Know

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Did you know that in 2012, over $3 billion of medical malpractice payouts were spent in the US alone? Medical malpractice incidents are happening every minute anywhere in the world. It is considered as the third leading cause of death in the US (next to heart disease and cancer). So, if a patient is not aware of the medical negligence of his/her doctor, then chances are, someone’s life is in great danger.

What is Medical Malpractice?

When a person who has undergone some medical treatments but got harmed or hurt because his/her doctor failed to address proper health care treatment, or perhaps that person had a false diagnosis of his/her illness, then the patient might have experienced a medical malpractice. However, you can’t just say automatically that one has experienced one.

Before you can claim that there was a medical malpractice, there are some basic requirements to remember to prove that you have received a medical negligence. Here are some of the things you might consider before heading straight to any medical malpractice lawyer and probably file a complaint:

• There is a doctor-patient relationship. You must prove that a doctor-patient relationship existed before suing a physician for his/her medical malpractice. This could only mean one thing: that you hired that doctor to treat/diagnose you and that the doctor agreed to treat/diagnose you as well.

• The doctor must be negligent. A physician is liable for a medical malpractice if he/she is not skillful and careful enough in giving you treatment/diagnosis that his/her skills has already caused you harm. This could only mean that your doctor is NOT competent enough as compared to others who could have treat/diagnose you well.

• The doctor’s negligence resulted to injury. A “harm” in a medical malpractice could be anything from surgical errors, wrong diagnoses, delayed treatment, failure to warn a patient of the risks or side effects of an operation, or even death. However, a patient (or someone from the patient’s family if the patient has died) must prove that it was the doctor’s incompetence that directly caused the “harm” or injury to him/her. It must be done by getting another medical expert to testify the other doctor’s negligence was the cause of the injury or death (and not the fatal disease).

• The doctor is treating you in an unacceptable standard. You must prove that your attending physician was acting or treating you in a different way from the generally accepted standard way of treating/diagnosing a patient. If it finds you “weird” for a doctor to treat you in a way he/she shouldn’t have, then it might be considered as a medical negligence.

• Your injury leads to damages. Here’s the thing: you can’t sue a doctor to a medical malpractice case unless he/she has done damage or certain damages to you. These damages may be physical and mental pains, loss of life’s pleasure, loss of work and earning capacity in the future, large amount of medical expenses and future medical bills, and/or punitive (intended) damage to a patient. However, damage may likely occur even without negligence, for instance, the patient dies from final stage of cancer. But if the family members of the patient insisted there was indeed negligence on the part of the doctor, then they can go to a medical malpractice lawyer and pursue the case.

Different countries or states have different take on medical malpractice cases. Always remember that you have the right to receive proper medical attention and services from medical professionals. Negligence from doctors is not an excuse because when it comes to receiving medical assistance every one of us is equal.

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The Islands Souvenirs Shop: Groom Yourself With Something That Will Make You Proud!

While I was waiting for the rain to stop during a mall stroll, I accidentally bumped into this store down at the lower ground of SM North Edsa. Called the Islands Souvenirs, I immediately got interested on the displays the store has to offer— t-shirts, ballers, t-shirts, bags, and more t-shirts galore!

The Islands Souvenirs is more of a store that sells t-shirt souvenirs when you are in or happens to visit Manila rather than a souvenir shop for tourists visiting Manila or other provinces. SM Department store's Kultura could have been a better choice for a souvenir shop rather than the Islands Souvenirs. However, if you are into looking for a t-shirt souvenir of your tour in Manila (for foreigners and balik-bayans), the Islands Souvenirs store is just the right t-shirt store for you!

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Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea: A Delectable, Healthy New Tea Drinks in Town!

A few weeks ago, I was invited to try a new milk tea brand located at Food Choices in Glorietta 4, Makati. The Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea is said to be the first of its kind that is made from authentic Thailand Tea ingredients. While most competitor milk tea companies that we already know came from China, Korea, or Taiwan, Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea set the standards to new tea concoctions by not getting into the bandwagon. So aside from what we already know Thai thingies such as the Thai massage, Thai foods, and Thai horror films, Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea will now be added to the list!

If you are looking for the latest cold milk tea concoctions in town which are tastier, creamier, and healthier, better look no further because your search for the perfect milk tea stops at Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea!

What is Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea Drinks?

Jelly-G Milk Tea is the only and premier drink brand in the Philippines that serves authentic, creamy, and perfectly blended milk teas which ingredients came from Thailand. Every Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea uses freshly steeped tea leaves daily mixed with all-natural ingredients like Arabica Coffee, Pure Australian Milk Chocolate, and puree from fresh fruits with its signature grass jelly intensifying the richness of Jelly-G drinks.

What are the Flavors of Jelly-G Thai Milk Teas?

Some of the Jelly-G Thai Milk Drinks with the grass jelly.

Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea drinks are available in refreshing variations of tea, coffee, chocolate, and fruit juices. During their free tryout of milk teas, I and some invited bloggers as well, were fortunate enough to taste some of their best sellers at the Food Choices, Glorietta 4 store. The store served us the original Thai Milk Tea, Black Tea, Cheesy Mango, Choco Bravo Banana, Carmeletto, and the Jasmine Green Tea concoctions. My personal favorites are the Choco Bravo Banana, Carmeletto, and the Cheesy Mango.

And just last Saturday, after watching a film, my officemate friends and I visited the store to try some of the different flavors. I tried the Dark Chocnut flavor while my friends tried the Oreo ones.

Jelly-G Milk Teas are also available in the following flavors: Nutty Thai, Cheesy Thai, Carmeletea, Berry Thai, Lemon Thai, Basil Thai, Dark Thai, Moji Tea, Cheesy Green, Green Dark, Milo Thai, Chocnut Thai, Chai Tea, and Black Tea.

Meanwhile, Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea cold drink concoctions are also available to coffee lovers out there! They will surely perk up in Jelly-G’s coffee variants such as America Coffee, Coffee Mint, Nutty Cup, Mocha Dark, Coffee Oreo, Deep Chocnut, and Cinnamon Spice.

Indulge a guilt-free experience with Jelly-G’s Chocolate mixes with such flavors ike Choco Bravo, Chunky Oreo, Black Forest, Mella Twist, Choco Mist, Aussie Nut, Dark Chocolate, and Choco Milo.

For a much healthier drinking experience, Jelly-G Thai milk teas are also available in sweet twists of fruity flavors. Jelly-G’s fruit drinks such as Mango Sweeso, Frizzy Berry, White Lychee, Banana Bliss, Mango Yakult, Berry Yakult, and Cheesy Berry are really something to look forward drinking, too!

Where is Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea located?

Need I say more? Want to try Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea Drinks? Why not visit the nearest Jelly-G branches from your location! You may visit Jelly-G branches available at Glorietta 4 Food Choices, Market!Market! (3rd flr.), Alabang Town Center Food Choices, Marquee Mall (ground flr.), Robinson’s Metro East (ground flr.), SM Marikina (3rd flr.), Sta. Lucia East Mall (2nd flr.), Ali Mall (lower ground), and Festival Supermall (3rd flr.) and choose from a wide variety of milk teas that will satisfy your taste. Jelly-G Thai Milk Tea will also open soon at 500 Shaw Centrum (ground level).

Visit and like their FaceBook Fanpage Jelly G Drink for more exciting drink mixes of Thai Milk tea and freebies. You may also follow them via twitter, at @jellygdrink to find out more about them! Enjoy drinking!

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When Cutting Your Hair Gives You Freedom!

Me before cutting my hair

A few weeks ago, I had a dilemma that most people with long, thick, curly hair experience — hair tangles! As you can see from the photo above, my hair was a little similar to that of Albert Einstein's. Whenever I wear that kind of hair, my friends would always say that I looked like the world renowned scientist, but only the hair resemblance. However, I would always say to them, "nah!", because I would rather not wanted to be compared.

My hair is a slow-grower. It took me one year and three months to achieve that very thick, curly hair. And oh, did I say it's really heavy on the neck to carry such a fluffy stuff on my head. So, when I decided to cut it short, as in super short, I am semi-bald (semi-kalbo, as what it is more popularly known), my friends from the office thought that I am mending a broken heart or that I am currently experiencing depression due to some love affairs that didn't work out for me. My answer is a big NO! It's just that, these past few days, the weather was really weird and was really extremely hot, I cannot carry my hair with poise anymore without making myself wet with waterfalls of sweat!

The Real Reason

So, why did I "really" cut my hair? The answer I think would rely on that famous quote by Belgicia Howell, "Never explain yourself. Your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe it."

It was really a matter of choice. Before I cut my long, thick, curly hair, I was experiencing aching problems around my neck, developing itch behind my ears, and pimples starting to come out of my face pores. If you still don't know, your hair is one of the dirtiest part of your body because it collects all the dusts and particles in the air. When strands of hair are brushed or rubbed against your face skin, pimples might start to develop.This is the part where I can't control my hair to move away from my face, that's why pimples started to develop.

When I made a promise to my officemate friends who will become married couple in December, I promised to them that I will wear a braided hair (similar on the right, yes that's me!) on their wedding day. However, when I started feeling kinda 'sick' with my thick, curly hair, I said to myself that I will cut my hair soon. And so I started to wonder if growing my hair more would be worth it.

A Visit to the Barber

Not long after that, I find myself sitting on top of a barber's chair. The barber awed himself in a biggest shock of his life! Maybe, he was wondering why the hell am I going to let him cut or in this context, to shave my long, thick, curly hair, which I grew for more than a year? Before the cutting session started, he told me if I really wanted this to happen. And then I said, "yes!" with confidence. He just thought the years of growing my hair was just a waste of time. At first, he didn't want to cut (shave) it, but then, he shaved my hair with his eyes closed during the first shave. I was relieved. I think he was, too!

Me before and after the visit to the barber!

Twenty minutes later, I lost 5 pounds of hair. Hahaha! My neck and head are lighter and I can finally feel the aerodynamics flowing on top of my head! I can feel the freedom of moving my head again with ease without straining my neck. See the photo above!

Lessons Learned

I did not really learn something from just cutting my hair but I know I can now save a sachet of shampoo (the twin pack ones) from being used by me. I am now sporting a very short hair, similar to that of Derek Ramsay (pictured below), a local artist in the Philippines, but only the hair, and not the body. Hahaha! Now only if I can find where that Century Corned Tuna is!

Derek Ramsay

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Brisk Walking for Good Health!

We all know that walking is good for our body. It keeps our heart healthy and can maintain your body weight better. But if we are trying to lose weight just by walking for hours, why not a try a different alternative but the joy of walking is still there!

It's called brisk walking! I've been practicing brisk walking for a several months now and I can say that it really helps me sweat out more than traditional walking. Medical professionals and experts say, brisk walking helps fight against stress, improve heart rate and blood circulation and can burn more calories than that of traditional walking. Below is a news report on how we can practice brisk walking and its benefits.


So all you have to do to maintain a certain body weight OR to lose weight is to take 100 brisk walk per minute for only 30 minutes. It will not only cut off the time of traditional treadmill walking, but it will give us the same results or even surpassed what it can give you.

Now, here some simple tips when I'm doing the brisk walk:
• I do brisk walk in a very large area, say a brisk walk inside a mall, or in a community walk way. The larger area, the better.

• I sing some songs when I do brisk walk. This is to circulate the air that I am using while brisk walking. The faster the beat of the song, the better.

• I brisk walk with large steps. I love doing that. Hehehe.

• And finally, I drink a lot of water after a very short but hard brisk walk. This is to replace all the fluids that I loss through sweat.

If you are not yet convinced with brisk walking, you might as well read the benefits of brisk walking article, here. Enjoy brisk walking! :D


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