The local government of Pasig City on Thursday, March 20, inaugurated its Japan-style elderly care facility which features affordable smart care technology to improve the services for seniors in the city. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto (center) leads the inauguration of the Pasig Magokoro Elderly Care...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing calls to reconsider its costly 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) due to funding constraints and concerns over its priorities, according to harm reduction advocates. Harm reduction...
From left: DuckWorldPH program director Francis Diaz, DuckWorld PH president John Patrick Gregorio, CSMC president and CEO Raul C. Pagdanganan, and CSMC chief medical officer Dr. Antonio S. Say during the MOA signing where Cardinal Santos Medical Center becomes the Official Medical Partner of the...
Dr. Margarita Victoria H. Galicia Consultant, Endocrinology Program Head of Asian Weight Management and Bariatric Center Asian Hospital and Medical Center Every body is different. Two individuals can eat the same amount of food but react differently. One can easily gain weight, while...
Mayor Abby Binay Over 95,000 individuals, including those from EMBO barangays transferred to Taguig City’s jurisdiction and non-Makati residents, have benefited from Makati City's expanded healthcare services through its health centers, Ospital ng Makati (OsMak), and the mobile multi-service...
We’ve been conditioned to think of healthcare as something we turn to only when we’re sick. A nagging cough sends us to the doctor, a routine check-up flags an issue, and we scramble to “fix” the problem. But what if we flipped the script? What if instead of waiting for disease, we...
Stress is our normal response to circumstances that are challenging physically, mentally, and emotionally. But what happens when we get a sudden feeling of fear and worry in the absence of a threat and under normal situations? The pulse quickens and may escalate to a pounding or racing...
CLINICAL MATTERS The Department of Health recently reported that 7,598 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) were diagnosed between Jan. 1 and Feb. 22, 2025. This is about three times the number of cases from the same period last year and is most likely an underestimation of the...
(Unsplash) Determined to save lives, administration senatorial candidate Benhur Abalos intends to establish Super Health Centers nationwide in a bid to decongest major hospitals so they can more people with serious cases. “This is...
Filipino consumers are facing a health problem, one that starts with the choices they make at the supermarkets where ultra-processed foods are not prominently identified as being high in sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats. The dietary pattern that results from unhealthy ultra-processed food choices...
Mayor Abby Binay Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay underscored on Saturday, March 15, the need for the Department of Health (DOH) to allocate additional funding for the operation of health centers in the country. Binay made the statement during her sortie in Tacloban, saying that...
Originally a club of officers’ spouses, the club transformed last July into a full-fledged PNP OLC Foundation Inc. in keeping with the changing needs of the times, which has brought about rising numbers of policemen and women stricken with cancer and CKDs (chronic kidney diseases). ...
