Tributes pour for ‘90s teen heartthrob Patrick Guzman

by Aric John Sy cuA ManilaTimes.net

TRIBUTES poured in for former 1990s teenage heartthrob Patrick Guzman whose death in Canada was announced on social media by friends. His family has yet to make a statement.

Comedian-singer Ogie Alcasid was among the first to pay tribute to Guzman, in now-deleted posts from his Facebook and Instagram pages. De Guzman was said to have died of a heart attack in Toronto on Friday, June 16.

"So shocked and sad that you have gone to heaven so suddenly. Rest now brother. I will always remember the wonderful times we had while filming so many movies together," wrote Alcasid on Saturday, showing a photo of himself, Guzman, comedian Michael V., and Anjo Yllana during their photo shoot of the 1993 movie "Mama's Boys 2: Let's Go Na!".

Other celebrities like Michael V., Amy Perez, Dennis Padilla, Gelli de Belen, and Dingdong Avanzado have also paid tribute to Guzman in Alcasid's original post on Instagram.

Veteran actress-director Beverly Vergel, sister of late actor Ace Vergel, who is also based in Canada, was shocked at Guzman's passing and in a separate post, honored him after starring as the lead actor in the film "BROmance the Movie", which she wrote and directed.

"You are one of the kindest, most sincere, gentlest of souls of a gentleman. You deserve all the superlatives and more," Vergel wrote on Saturday on her social media platforms. "I'm sure all who know you will be so sad that you're back in heaven joining your league of angels because a man like you is so rare."

Filipino Canadian community journalist Tess Cusipag has also mourned the death of a "dear friend."

"Another beautiful soul has gone to the great beyond. A dear friend, a former famous actor in the Philippines, Patrick Guzman. You are now at peace and may it comfort the family and relatives that others care and deeply sympathized," she wrote on Facebook on Saturday.

Filipino Canadian photographer Jemelyn Dela Cruz sent condolences to Guzman's family.

"I remember when you used to come to our store in and out and just happy to be around Filipinos," she wrote. " I was shocked the first time I met you was in our kitchen. My family loved you and we know you are in a better place now. My condolences to the whole family."

As of posting time, no further details were revealed on Guzman's death.

Guzman was the leading man of Sharon Cuneta in three movies: Una Kang Naging Akin (1991), Ikaw (1993), and Kung Ako Na Lang Sana (2003).

THE Aguila Medical Group (AMG) held its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony last June 10. Invited dignitaries and community leaders were among the special guests. Provider and Chief Medical Director, Anna Aguila MD has been in practice for 18 years. She graduated Medical School from Far Eastern University – Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation in the Philippines and continued her Medical & Specialty Training in Family & Geriatric Medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia. She has served the Las Vegas Community since 2008 as a Family Practice Physician with an emphasis on Geriatric and Adult Medicine. Having practiced at some of the largest Medical Groups in Las Vegas in addition to her time at Veterans Administration she has helped shape the healthcare landscape in Las Vegas by spearheading several campaigns to improve the quality and delivery of care. Her patients have followed her to every location and company due to the level of care and attention she has provided. Encouraged by her own patients, and while at the prime of her Medical Career, it was time to take her experience & vision & apply it to her own Practice, Aguila Medical Group.

WHAT is halitosis?

Halitosis is the medical term for bad breath. Dental reports in the United States say there are about 40 million (around 13 percent) Americans who have bad breath.

In the Philippines, as in other regions in Asia, the incidence, conservatively speaking, may be as high as 30 or higher. This is a rough guesstimate, and the figure, of course, varies in different subgroups in the community.

Halitosis, as a rule, is less among those who live in the city, compared to rural areas, those who are more affluent, higher in socio-economic status, those who are more educated or professional, and those in the younger generation. Obviously, the financially handicapped could ill afford the luxury of toothpaste, dental floss, mouthwash, regular dental checkup, and proper dental care. They may also be not as well-nourished, and as healthy, as those who can afford. What causes halitosis?

There are a variety of causes of bad breath. Eating food that causes foul breath (like garlic, onion, etc), poor dental hygiene, decayed tooth or infection of the gums, tonsils, or oral cavity, diseases like diabetes, esophageal diverticulum, esophageal reflux, sinusitis, emphysema, etc. But the commonest underlying cause is poor dental hygiene where care of the teeth and mouth is neglected. There are people who do not brush their teeth at all and go to bed at night with food particles stuck in between their teeth. They may gargle and rinse their mouth with water (or water and salt) after each meal, or even use mouthwash, but the food caught in between their teeth (especially meat and fish) rot and stink. This is putrefaction and the foul-smelling odor is from the volatile sulfur compounds (VSC) produced by the decaying meat, which usually results in bacterial infection (and more bad odor), and this makes the cycle a vicious one.

What are the types of bad breath?

Transitory halitosis is caused by food like onions and garlic and generally lasts from one day to a day-and-a-half. Some people develop halitosis after drinking pop or eating sweets, like dessert. The individual “oral metabolism” may have something to do with this observation. The other form of bad breath is the chronic halitosis, which does not diminish or improve with time. It is permanently present until the cause is abolished.

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