Do you often experience feelings of fatigue, being unusually tired or sluggish? Sadness and low mood or anxiety? Have difficulty concentrating or remembering things, or an unexplained increase or decrease in weight? Together, these symptoms are known to be associated with thyroid disease. If you...
Iodine deficiency is usually the main cause of common thyroid disorders such as goiter, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism Thyroid health is one of the most neglected medical issues in the Philippines today. And one leading cause of thyroid diseases is the lack of iodine in the body. In...
Thyroid disorders such as goiter, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroid nodules, and thyroid cancer are highly prevalent but neglected diseases in the Philippines according to medical experts speaking before a media forum dubbed “Thyroid Care: Walking The Healthy Path.” The thyroid, a...
The procurement of Molnupiravir, an anti-viral pill that its developer Merck & Co.boasts as a potential game changer in the fight against COVID-19, will have to be considered in amending the proposed 2022 national budget. Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda Albay Rep. Joey Sarte-Salceda aired this...
President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would have enough vaccine for its entire adult population by the end of May, as he announced a deal for pharma giant Merck to produce the shot developed by rival Johnson & Johnson. "This is the type of collaboration between companies we saw in...
Richard Merck Singer Richard Merck was rushed to the hospital after he suffered a mild stroke in his sleep last Feb. 11. This was revealed by his sister Rachel Anne Wolfe on Facebook on Feb. 17. Wolfe asked for the speedy recovery of her brother. "Please say a prayer for my brother Richard Merk who...
