ADVISORY | HEALTH — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against purchasing and using the unregistered food supplement “LUXE SKIN BEAUTY TALKS L. ANNA Premium Oral Sunblock + Stem Cell Dietary Supplement.” In FDA Advisory No....

Reflecting changing social attitudes, the future of smoking alternatives and oral nicotine remain promising as these innovations continue to find their footing in the world of harm reduction Here’s a fun fact that’s sure to dazzle guests at your next...

A growing number of international public health authorities and regulators, including those from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Japan, China and New Zealand, have decisively spoken out in favor of vaporized nicotine products...

There is mounting consensus among medical and scientific communities that nicotine is part of the solution to end the global smoking epidemic and the deaths and diseases that smoking causes, but misconception, even among medical circles, hampers nicotine’s potential...

Photos by Bernard Testa When the entire island of Luzon was placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) back in mid-March, a number of women failed to go to the hospital to consult with their doctor and undergo screening for breast...

Measles has staged a comeback as a major public health threat.  As early as 2014, the country was already battling against the disease, with the final tally at 58,010 cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).  The figure didn’t include the 110...

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) through the Charity Sector announced on Thursday that the agency has 62 At-Source-Ang-Processing (ASAP) Desks located in hospitals in honor of its promise of bringing services closer to the people. “We now have 62 ASAP...

Usually, blood flows from the legs to the heart against gravity.  This is helped by the muscle pump and by valves found along the length of the veins.  These valves allow blood to move in one direction—that is, upwards towards the...

Choose your food wisely and add years to your life,” authors Charlotte Hilton Andersen and Jenn Sinrich wrote in Reader’s Digest. And among the list of anti-aging foods are three of the most common, easily sourced food in the country.  Carrot There’s an...

by Henrylito D. Tacio It was a warm Sunday morning in Davao City. Five-year-old Jane was swimming with other kids near the seashore. No adults were looking after them. Jane’s mother, Charlene, was busy preparing their food for lunch while...

Two years ago, in 2015, while undergoing treatment for tuberculosis (TB), 36-year-old “Kevin” was diagnosed as positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).  A call center agent from Cagayan de Oro City, he didn’t reveal his status to his colleagues. But TB...

In this month of March, the world celebrates Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This campaign was first launched in 1999 in the United States to promote colon cancer screening. Since then, it has been universally celebrated annually in March in...