Maxicare Healthcare Corporation, the Philippines’ leading HMO, introduces a smarter way to care for your family’s health with the new Maxicare PRIMA prepaid healthcare cards, powered by MaxiHealth. Now available for walk-in purchase at Maxicare Primary Care Clinics (PCCs) nationwide or online...
As a Dresden Preventive Medicine-trained physician working in aesthetic medicine, I have witnessed a troubling pattern emerging in our Filipino patients—one that challenges everything we thought we knew about metabolic health. Metabolic syndrome now affects one in four Filipino adults, nearly...
Every year, ever since my daughter turned five years old (she is 13 now), we try to go to the United States (US) as a family during the summer break. This tradition was only broken during the Covid-19 pandemic years in 2020 and 2021. When my wife and I were doing specialty training in the US from...
Maxicare Healthcare Corporation, the country’s leading HMO, proudly introduces the new Maxicare PRIMA, a line of prepaid healthcare cards developed and owned by Maxicare Health Services, Inc. (MaxiHealth) for the exclusive distribution of Maxicare. The new PRIMA is designed to make quality...
The era of preventive aesthetics has arrived, powered by breakthrough technologies that deliver surgical-level results without downtime. For discerning Filipino women entering their prime decades, seven FDA-cleared treatments now offer sophisticated solutions that work at the cellular level to...
In an ideal world, the man of the house needs to be the strongest one to lead and provide for the entire family. This, however, isn’t as easy as it should be. The responsibilities and inevitable stress and pressure that come with being a household’s father, more often than not, would take their...
The alarming increase in HIV cases of more than 500 percent among Filipino youth has led to a lot of angst and finger-pointing among different groups. Some religious organizations said that it was people’s bad choices that caused this unprecedented rise in cases. Some advocacy groups declared...
Some Filipinos who dreamed of life without glasses or contact lenses hesitated at the final step: LASIK. Not because they didn 't long to wake up to a clear sunrise or move through their day without the fog of poor eyesight, but because of a quiet fear, which is cutting into the eye....
The sixth Celebration of Life and Legacy of Dr. George S.K. Ty, Manila Doctors Hospital’s late Chairman, held in November 2024 was culminated in a display of compassion and commitment with the official turnover of monetary donation from the Cups of Courage, Brew for Hope Commemoration Drive in...
In support of the Department of Health’s (DOH) call to declare HIV a national public health emergency, AC Health is mobilizing its integrated healthcare network to help curb the alarming rise in HIV cases across the country. Central to AC Health’s response is the push for proactive HIV...
This initiative stems from an idea that began to take shape during last year 's online webinar, “ME for a Better Mental Health.” Our current effort aims to break the stigma faced by the juveniles at Bahay Pag-asa in Las Piñas City. This concern was highlighted through Dra. Voileta...
When used responsibly, social media has the power to inspire positive change and amplify support for meaningful causes. Christopher Diwata, widely recognized for his standout performance on a popular noontime show where he portrayed Taylor Lautner’s Twilight character Jacob, became a viral...
