To promote holistic learner development, enhance physical fitness, and help reverse pandemic-driven learning loss, the Department of Education (DepEd) has ordered the institutionalization of School Sports Clubs (SSCs) in all public elementary and secondary schools nationwide. In a statement issued...
Current food trends and nutritional misinformation are pushing many people down the unhealthy route, often without them realizing they are already on the road to pre-diabetes, or the early stages of diabetes. To address this growing health concern, the Mu Sigma Phi Sorority proudly launches Project...
Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health) and Glorious Dexa Mandaya Philippines, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s Dexa Group, have forged a strategic alliance aimed at strengthening the delivery of affordable, high-quality medicines for Filipinos. In a statement, Ayala said the partnership will...
As both a skin care medical practitioner and someone deeply fascinated by the intersection of language, culture, and human health, I’ve spent almost two decades watching patients struggle with a problem that shouldn’t exist in 2025: Clothing that harms the skin it’s meant to protect. That’s...
One of the most talked about topics from the recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was the expanded rollout of no-balance billing in Department of Health (DOH) hospitals as part of universal healthcare. There was a lot of discussion on mainstream and social...
A game-changer has arrived in the Philippines—the revolutionary CyberKnife S7, the first and only one of its kind in the country. Now available to offer Filipino patients an innovative approach to cancer treatment, the CyberKnife S7 delivers unmatched precision, fewer sessions, and a non-invasive...
Taiwan Excellence’s global contest for smart health and fitness solutions partners with the Growth Circle International (GCI) and Anytime Fitness for the nationwide call for entry proposals. The initiative, titled ‘Go Healthy with Taiwan,’ calls for proposals to improve wellness needs in...
In a significant step toward digital health transformation, the Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with UNICEF and with funding support from the Government of Japan, officially launched DigiVacc—a digital immunization platform designed to modernize how vaccination records are managed,...
Nerve damage, medically known as Peripheral Neuropathy, occurs when the nerves and its protective covering become damaged or injured. Various causes lead to nerve damage, but the most commonly known are accidents or physical trauma, aging, diabetes, cancer and other chronic illnesses, autoimmune...
Three top officials of the Department of Health (DOH), including the agency’s well-known Covid-19 pandemic spokesperson, are no longer part of its Executive Committee (Execom), based on updates made to the department’s official website. Removed from the current Execom list are Undersecretaries...
Diseases, whether communicable or non-communicable, continue to be public health concerns. Cancer, a non-communicable disease, is listed among the leading causes of mortality in the country. To address this concern, then President Rodrigo Duterte approved Republic Act No. 11215, the National...
Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health) has added the FEU-NRMF Medical Center into its Healthway Medical Network (HMN) and commits to enhance operational efficiencies and introducing patient-centric innovations in the 5th District of Quezon City. “The Healthway FEU-NRMF Medical Center...
