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Diabetes: A taste for sweets that’s so deadly

With an infected toe, Rommel Barro went to see a doctor in one of the largest hospitals in Davao City. He was totally unprepared for...

Life enhancers: carrots, coconuts and sweet potatoes

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...

HIV, AIDs, & the workplace

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...

The Medical City, Maxicare Partner for “TMC Partner Care”

The Medical City (TMC) and Maxicare Healthcare Corporation (Maxicare), both recognized leaders in the medical services industry, launched today a first-of-its-kind healthcare plan that...

Vaping less harmful than smoking, say public health experts across the globe

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 More than one billion...

Nicotine, not a killer

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 to help smokers switch...

Do not delay screening for breast cancer

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 cancer even if they...

Measles rising

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 people, mostly children, who...

PCSO now has 62 ASAP desks

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 Desks. Of 62, 36...

Varicose veins: More than just a cosmetic problem

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 heart. “When the valves are...

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