The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, June 25, expressed full support for the Governance Commission for GOCCs’ (GCG) approval of the long-anticipated reorganization of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). In a statement, DOH Secretary Teodoro J. Herbosa said the move...
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...
A mentally-ill man who threatened to kill himself was rescued by the Mandaluyong City Police near a creek in Barangay Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City on Wednesday, June 18. Based on the police report, a concerned citizen alerted Sector 3 of the Mandaluyong City Police Station regarding a man seen...
Cargill is expanding its footprint in Mindanao through a new feed production partnership with Biotech, delivering faster, more reliable, and high-quality feed solutions to customers in the region. In a statement, Sonny Catacutan, Senior Managing Director for Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health...
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...
A group of tobacco harm reduction experts called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to acknowledge innovative products such as vapes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches, saying the organization’s prohibitionist approach contradicts its mission to reduce tobacco-related deaths. In an...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said he is disappointed over the House of Representatives’ withdrawal of its adoption of Senate Bill No. 2838, or the Magna Carta for Barangay Health Workers (BHW). The Senate passed the BHW bill on third and final reading in February, and the...
