Category Archives: Health & Medicine

Donald Trump Releases His Medical Record

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Now that Hillary Clinton has officially revealed the cause of her health scare during the 911 commemoration ceremonies, Donald Trump had no choice but to release his own medical record.

While the Republican presidential candidate still refuses to releasse his tax returns, he has given his personal doctors the go-ahead to release a copy of his medical record to the news media.

Previously, Trump released a letter from his physician stating that the 69-year-old Republican presidential candidate’s latest medical examination “showed only positive results.”  However, no accompanying official medical records were made available to the news media.

But following the announcement from Hillary Clinton’s doctors that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia, the Trump campaign decided it had no choice but to release their candidate’s official health records.

While an examination of the records showed that Trump’s blood pressure and lab results were “astonishingly excellent,” they also showed that the candidate has an unresolved diagnosis of erratic mental behavior.

Trump’s physician of 25 years, Dr. Harold Bornstein, downplayed the mental diagnosis, saying that it was most likely a result of the enormous stress that his patient has undergone as a result of his bankruptcies as well as the cancellation of his reality TV show, “The Apprentice.”  

Bornstein said that his patient’s mental behavior will resolve by itself in due time and that he stands by his previous statement that if elected, Trump “will be the healthiest invididual ever elected to the presidency.”

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Philippines: Severe Shortage Of Laundry Detergent Bars

image.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Remember your grandma’s old-fashioned laundry detergent bars she used to manually wash your clothes?  Well, they’re baaaack!

Unfortunately, there is a severe shortage of these white or blue bars in stores and supermarkets in the Philippines, thanks to a new ruling by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The FDA has issued a final rule establishing that over-the-counter (OTC) consumer antiseptic wash products containing certain active ingredients can no longer be marketed. Companies will no longer be able to market antibacterial washes with these ingredients because manufacturers did not demonstrate that the ingredients are both safe for long-term daily use and more effective than plain soap and water in preventing illness and the spread of certain infections. Some manufacturers have already started removing these ingredients from their products.

Since the ruling was made public, many Filipino households have been ditching their high-priced OTC anti-bacterial soaps in favor of the detergent bars.

One bar does it all: washing hands, cleaning dishes, doing laundry.  Even taking a shower. How cool is that?

What is your favorite detergent bar? Wheel? Ajax? Tide?

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