Kasuso Foundation, in partnership with Araneta City, is thrilled to announce its upcoming Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign. This year's theme, "Let's Bridge the Breast Cancer Care Gap: Fair and Square," aims to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer education and support. Breast Cancer...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has issued a warning about the high levels of sulfur dioxide being emitted by Taal Volcano in Batangas, which is causing volcanic smog or "vog" in the surrounding areas. According to PHIVOLCS, vog consists of fine droplets...
Launching “You Can Do This - A Breast Cancer Patient’s Manual” It’s hard to believe that it’s now been 24 years of ICanServe Foundation, an advocacy group of breast cancer survivors and volunteers, that promotes early breast cancer detection, access to accurate diagnosis and timely...
The EPCALM Foundation will conduct a bloodletting drive on Sept. 20, 2023 at the Samsung Hall of SM AURA in BGC, Taguig City from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., as part of its continuing Voluntary Blood Donation and Recruitment Program. The blood drive is in partnership with the Blood Bank and...
Most of us have heard of the famous aphorism "You are what you eat". It was from an old book written by the French epicure Brillat-Savarin back in 1825, and its theme is still relevant to our society today. It is scientifically proven that every food intake directly impacts one's health and...
Founder Claudine Viquiera The silent yet growing stigma in maintaining one's beauty and youthfulness, especially to women, inspired Claudine Viquiera to establish Pro Age Solutions. “What makes the menopausal journey even harder is the fact that there is no community locally that addresses...
Pass gas. Cut the cheese. Rip one. Break wind. No matter how many other ways there are to say “flatulence” or “farting,” there is no way you can say it without a blush and a giggle. “Farting or the release of intestinal gas to the back passage or anus is a normal biological process of our...
We need not venture far and wide to get firsthand information on diabetes, especially if we live in highly urbanized places. Diabetes is a common disease that has become a norm in households and even in workplaces. Almost everyone knows someone who is inflicted with this debilitating disease....
As the Covid-19 pandemic transitions into endemicity, it is important to remember the lessons of how a tiny microbe can wreak so much havoc. With nearly seven million confirmed deaths and perhaps more than double that in unconfirmed ones, SARS-CoV-2 has taken an immense and bloody toll on humanity....
By Maria Victoria M. Lucasan, RND, MBA I had PCOS but I was not aware of it until I had difficulty getting pregnant. Menstruation would come on time. No abdominal cramps, no acne. I was asymptomatic. In my entire career, however, I was exposed to an environment of free meals that were fat-laden,...
The man of the house is perceived to be strong physically and mentally. But are you truly healthy? If women wear many hats to take care of their families and the people around them, the men are equally burdened with tons of responsibilities. This puts their health at the bottom of their priority...
After a very long time because of many regulatory and logistical issues, bivalent vaccines are finally available in the Philippines in limited quantities. Who should take them, and are they worth the wait? The current bivalent vaccines are those Covid-19 vaccines that contain antigens against the...
