Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
THE TRUTH ABOUT RICO YAN'S DEATH
Expert explains cause
of Rico Yan's death
by Miguel Dumaual,
ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 03/29/2012
4:07 AM | Updated as of 03/29/2012 4:59 PM
New findings show overeating not related to 'bangungot'
Genes cause bangungot in 30% of cases, says Dr. Giselle
Gervacio
MANILA, Philippines –
Ten years since his sudden passing in 2002, the late actor Rico Yan is no less
loved by his family and loyal fans. Now, with recent scientific findings that
clarify the cause of his death, supporters and loved ones alike can have a better
understanding of the unexpected death that perplexed the nation.
It was 10 years ago
when matinee idol Rico Yan suddenly died at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan , where he was on vacation with friends for the
Holy Week. The reported cause of his death was cardiac arrest due to acute
hemorrhagic pancreatitis, which was then attributed to Yan having slept on a
full stomach after a party.
Until recently, it was
common belief that hemorrhagic pancreatitis was the scientific term for
“bangungot.” But recent findings show that while Yan may have died from
“bangungot,” the medical translation of the word has taken on an entirely
different meaning.
According to Dr.
Giselle Gervacio, cardiologist and electrophysiologist at the St. Luke’s Medical Center
“Puso talaga ang
pinanggagalingan ng totoong bangungot, in particular, nagkakaroon ng
napakabilis na heart beat biglaan,” Gervacio told dzMM’s “Magandang Gabi Dok”
on Wednesday.
“’Yun ‘yung nagdudulot
ng cardiac arrest, kasi sobrang bilis ng heart beat, minsan 300 beats per
minute, at 60 to 100 ang normal na heart beat per minute, so ang 300 sobrang
bilis, hindi na kinakaya ng puso, wala ka nang blood flow noon sa organs.”
Sudden Unexplained
Death Syndrome
As with the case of
Yan, a person who experiences this sudden spike in heart beat during his sleep
may not be able to wake up. This abrupt happenstance is medically termed SUDS
or “Sudden Unexplained Death Syndrome,” said Gervacio.
Before the occurrence
of SUDS, the patient usually exhibits struggle during his sleep, which Gervacio
explained to be the origin of the word “bangungot.”
“’Yung word itself,
‘bangon’ at ‘ungol’ ‘yung root word niya. Ganun kasi mismo ‘yung itsura niya –
parang makikita na tila bumabangon ‘yung tao habang tulog at umuungol, so para
siyang nagkukumbulsyon,” she said.
At dawn on March 29 at
Dos Palmas in Palawan , Yan was reported to
have exhibited a similar behavior before he was found dead at 9 a.m. According
to his friend and companion actor Dominic Ochoa, Yan was heard groaning at
around 6 a.m., but this was dismissed as his usual snoring.
In cases when an
individual is observed to show such signs of “bangungot” and cannot be
awakened, Gervacio advised thumping on the person's chest or bringing him
immediately to the hospital.
Thumping the patient’s
chest, with some luck, can bring back the normal rhythm of the heart rate,
Gervacio said. In worse cases, a defibrillator may be needed to “shock” the
patient’s heart rate back to normal.
Not hemorrhagic
pancreatitis
Having a better
understanding of “bangungot” can help in saving potential victims from a case
of SUDS,Gervacio said, emphasizing foremost that “bangungot” should not be
confused with hemorrhagic pancreatitis.
She explained that
early studies of “bangungot” may have associated it with the pancreatic system
because of the autopsies accounted on bangungot victims.
“Kung titingnan nating
‘yung history ng pagkadiskubre ng bangungot, na-notice nila marami sa mga
binabangungot ay nakainom kaya rin siguro na-associate sa pancreatitis,” she
said.
“’Yung mga unang
otopsiya na nagawa, nakita nila parang merong pagbabago sa lapay, o sa
pancreas, kaya nung una akala nila, dito sa atin sa Pilipinas ay pancreatitis
‘yung cause, but that has already been disproven.
“’Yung pagbabago sa
lapay na nakita sa otopsiya ay dahil patay na ‘yung patient, hindi ‘yun ‘yung
pumatay sa pasyente. So puso na ngayon ang tinitingnan na dahilan ng
bangungot.”
Causes of ‘bangungot’
Gervacio also clarified
that sleeping on a full stomach, which had also been pointed as a cause of
Yan’s death, does not cause “bangungot.”
“Hindi connected. Isa
‘yan talaga sa mga inaakala ng mga tao, na parang trigger ‘yung sobrang busog
sa pagka-bangungot, pero gaya
On the actual cause of
“bangungot,” Gervacio said an established link is the genes of victims, but
other possibilities are yet to be explored.
“In 30 per cent [of the
cases], sa genes – pinanganak ka nandun na ‘yung sanhi. ‘Yung other 70 per
cent, tinatawag naming ‘sporadic.’ Wala sa genes, bigla nalang lumilitaw.
Hanggang sa ngayon, hindi pa rin talaga napapaliwanag kung bakit lilitaw ito sa
isang tao at hindi sa iba,” Gervacio said.
Followers of Philippine
entertainment’s Mr. Dimples continue to celebrate his life and works as an
actor.
Yan
would have turned 37 years old last March 14. He was under an exclusive
contract with ABS-CBN and was a member of the network's Star Magic, which
launched his showbiz career through leading roles in TV shows including “Mula
sa Puso” and “Gimik.”
Yan also starred in
various films under ABS-CBN’s film outfit Star Cinema, including “Dahil Mahal
na Mahal Kita,” “Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay,” and “Got 2 Believe.”
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Monday, March 26, 2012
THE TITANIC IN 2012
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Unseen Titanic
At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the "unsinkable" R.M.S. Titanic disappeared beneath the waves, taking with her 1,500 souls. One hundred years later, new technologies have revealed the most complete—and most intimate—images of the famous wreck.
By Hampton Sides
Photograph by Walden Media
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
USAPANG PUSO SA PUSO (PART XIV)
On the 22nd of March, I had my blood test for lipid profile at St. Luke's Medical Center. This would be my sixth time to have this blood chemistry and the first for this year.
I've got the result yesterday and it shows the following:
NOKIA E72 TWO YEARS AGO
This receipt shows the acquisition value of Nokia E72 when I got it on the fifth of March 2010. It was still expensive by that time and I just dunno it's fair market value as of today. Well, the phone is still working very fine and I just love it. It reminds me of something and somebody.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
The Woman in Black is a 2012 supernatural horror-thriller film
directed by James Watkins and written by Jane Goldman, and is based on Susan Hill'snovel of the same name. It is produced by Hammer Film
Productions. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey, and Liz White. It was released in the United States and Canada
on 3 February 2012 to generally positive reviews, and was released in the United Kingdom
Plot
The film opens with a shot of three girls having
a tea party who then simultaneously look at a corner of the room, and then
immediately get up and commit suicide while their mother screams outside. In
the Edwardian era, young solicitor Arthur
Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe)
lives with his four-year-old son, Joseph (Misha Handley) and his son's nanny (Jessica Raine). Kipps's
wife Stella (Sophie Stuckey)
has died after childbirth. Kipps has
been having visions of her and is facing financial problems along with stress
from the firm he works for. He is assigned to handle the estate of
Alice Drablow, who owned an English manor known as the Eel Marsh House, where
she had lived with her husband, son Nathaniel, and sister Jennet Humfrye (Liz White).
Although the locals are unwelcoming, Kipps befriends Sam Daily (Ciarán Hinds), a
wealthy landowner, and his wife Elizabeth (Janet McTeer).
At Eel Marsh House,
located on an island in the marshes, Kipps repeatedly hears footsteps and sees
a woman dressed in black. He reports the sighting at the local police station,
but while there two boys bring their sister Victoria (Alexia Osborne), who has drunk lye; she dies in Kipps's arms. She is not the
first child in town to commit suicide and
the townspeople believe the "Woman in Black" comes for their children
as revenge for her own child being taken from her, and believe that when ever
someone sees her a child nearby is killed, which could be why children have
been dying since Kipps' arrival at Eel Marsh House.
Kipps and Sam arrive at
the house of Jerome, the local solicitor. The house is empty and they hear a
noise from the cellar. Kipps peers through a hole in the cellar door and is
startled when the face of a young girl, Lucy Jerome (Aoife Doherty) suddenly appears and screams at
him to go away, believing he was responsible for Victoria's death. After
returning to Sam's house for dinner, Kipps discovers that Sam and Elizabeth's
son, Nicholas, drowned while playing at the beach and Nicholas communicates
through possession; Elizabeth
then draws a hanging woman who Kipps realizes is Jennet. Later at the Marsh,
Kipps discovers notes claiming that Jennet was mentally unstable and was not
allowed to care for Nathaniel, who was actually Jennet's son, although this
fact was hidden by Alice, who raised Nathaniel as her own son. He also finds
out that Jennet hung herself due to his death long ago.
The villagers
desperately want Kipps to leave but he refuses, wanting to protect his job.
Throughout the night at the Marsh, Kipps has many paranormalexperiences
with the Woman in Black and all the children that committed suicide as they all
apear outside the house as they were when they died. The next morning, Sam and
Kipps return to town to see the local solicitor, Jerome's house on fire. Kipps
rushes inside to rescue Lucy, Jerome's daughter, who has been locked in the
cellar. There, he sees the Woman in Black manipulate the girl into setting
herself on fire The girl smashes a lantern at her feet setting her on fire.
Kipps visits Mrs. Daily, who reveals in a trance that Joseph is the next
victim. Kipps realizes he must put Nathaniel to rest by giving him a proper
burial. Kipps and Sam go to the Marsh, locate Nathaniel's body by Arther going
into the marsh and diving to his body . They then take his body and lay him out
in the nursery in the house. The Woman in Black appears and knocks Kipps to the
floor, but they finally lay Nathaniel to rest by burying him with his real
mother, Jennet. After Kipps and Sam leave, the camera moves quickly through the
hallway of the Marsh House and the voice of the Woman in Black can be heard saying
"I'll never forgive!" "I'll never forgive!"
Kipps is reunited with
his son, Joseph, at the railway station and plans to leave immediately. While
bidding Sam goodbye, Kipps turns to Joseph, walking along the tracks towards a
fast approaching train. Sam notices the Woman in Black along the platform as
Kipps jumps onto the tracks to save Joseph. As the train passes, Sam looks
through the windows to see the unrested souls of all the children the Woman in
Black has claimed. Still standing on the tracks with Joseph, Kipps looks up to
see the now deserted platform. Joseph asks, "Daddy, who is that
lady?" to which Kipps replies with a smile, "That's your Mummy."
Realizing he and his son have died, he kisses his son and takes his wife's
hand, the three of them are then reunited in death. They 'go on' together,
leaving the Woman in Black watching their reunion.
Cast
- Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor
- Ciarán Hinds as Sam Daily, a local landowner
- Janet McTeer as Elizabeth Daily, Daily's wife
- Sophie Stuckey as Stella Kipps, Arthur's wife
- Misha Handley as Joseph Kipps, Arthur's son
- Liz White as Jennet Humfrye, The Woman in Black
- Daniel Cerqueira as Keckwick, the carriage driver
- Tim McMullan as Jerome, the local solicitor
- Aoife Doherty as Lucy Jerome, Jerome's daughter
- Roger Allam as Mr Bentley, senior partner of Kipps' firm
- Victor McGuire as Gerald Hardy, a villager
- Alexia Osborne as Victoria Hardy, Hardy's daughter
- David Burke as PC Collins, village constable
- Ashley Foster as Nathaniel Drablow, The Woman in Black's son
- Jessica Raine as Joseph's Nanny
- Shaun Dooley as Fisher, village innkeeper
- Mary Stockley as Mrs Fisher
- Sidney Johnston as Nicholas Daily, Daily's son
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