Health

Sports scientist asks Congress to make daily exercise mandatory MANILA, Philippines – An expert in molecular biology and sports science called Wednesday on lawmakers to enact legislation that would encourage daily physical exercises, including in workplaces, as a solution to the worsening problem of lifestyle diseases like hypertension and diabetes.

KUALA LUMPUR—One in three cases of tuberculosis in Asia-Pacific go undiagnosed, the WHO said Tuesday, as it approved a new machine that can identify multi-drug-resistant strains in just 90 minutes.

BERLIN, Germany—Health issues facing so-called “megacities” like Tokyo, Mumbai, or New York are poised to become a huge challenge for global policy as the cities grow, experts at the World Health Summit said.

MANILA, Philippines – Going to entertainment clubs and bars could be hazardous to health, a new study by the Department of Health (DOH) warned.

MANILA, Philippines – Weight loss and weight maintenance are really two sides of the same coin in reality, the habits that help you drop pounds are the same ones that will help you maintain your weight loss.   After all, losing weight isn’t really considered a success unless you manage to keep it off.

MANILA, Philippines—A professor who lived near Cochin in India was diagnosed with six blocks in his heart arteries some years ago. He was ordered by his doctors to undergo a bypass surgery. Instead, his friends and family checked him into a Nature Cure Yogashram in Kerala.

SYDNEY, Australia — As other countries in the Asia Pacific count their gains in the war against the tobacco lobby, the Philippines remains a haven for the cigarette industry and its millions of loyal patrons.

MANILA, Philippines – The International Labor Organization (ILO) yesterday warned governments that millions of unemployed workers in 35 countries, including the Philippines, are at greater risk of suffering from psychological disorder resulting from difficulty in finding immediate employment.

Diabetes is a serious disease. If you have it, following the treatment plan you and your doctor have agreed on takes round-the-clock commitment. It may not always be easy, but your efforts are worthwhile. That’s because thoughtful or thorough diabetes care can reduce your risk of serious even life-threatening  complications.

Twenty expert doctors, led by anticancer advocate Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, have issued a warning regarding the possible dangers of prolonged cell phone use. The group says that preliminary evidence from the Interphone study and other studies shows a possible link between cell phone use and brain tumor occurrence.

MANILA – Doctors in the Philippines have been banned from smoking by the country’s medical association to make sure they set a good example to their patients, the group said Saturday.

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines will meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This was the statement made by Health Secretary Enrique Ona at the opening of the Women Deliver Philippines Conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel last week.

Obesity is now on the rise among Filipino adults ages 20 and up, and threatens to increase the number of people having degenerative diseases, a DoST study showed.

MANILA CITY, METRO MANILA – Infant and neonatal mortality reduction remains a major challenge for the government’s Millennium Development Goals, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

ABOUT 87 percent of adult Filipinos expect the government to provide healthcare for all, including those who cannot afford to pay for it, according to a Social Weather Station (SWS) survey. It also found that 60 percent of the respondents felt satisfied with the government in providing quality health services for all. In addition, 25…

PAYOUTS for members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth)—those reimbursements for expenses for hospitalization and medicines—were lower last year and in 2008, but the salaries of PhilHealth employees almost doubled, according to local research group Ibon Foundation Inc. 

MANILA, Philippines—A United States-based Filipino doctor who specializes in caring for premature babies or neonates yesterday warned against the use of pesticides and insecticides at home to combat mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria.

Differences between the sexes affected by environment during first six months of life EVANSTON, Ill. — It seems the old nature versus nurture debate can’t be won. But a new Northwestern University study of men in the Philippines makes a strong case for nurture’s role in male to female differences — suggesting that rapid weight…

DoH hospital funds cut by as much as 50% MANILA, Philippines — A group of medical workers on Monday voiced its concern over the slash in the operational budget of almost all public hospitals in the country.

FILIPINO workers of transnational corporations (TNCs) share the fate of fellow TNC workers in five other countries, a study by insurance firm MetLife Inc. subsidiary revealed. “General access to affordable health care, the prevalence of chronic disease, and a growing aging labor force are all factors that today’s multinational employers must consider as they develop…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) said the country needs to institutionalize intervention programs on mental health, especially when 60 percent of suicides in the world occur in Asia. In the Philippines, mental illness remains the third most common form of disability, based on a survey conducted by the National Statistics Office in…

DAVAO CITY—The Mindanao Fruit Industry Council (MinFruit) here has asked Malacañang to devise a policy that would approximate the generic drugs law in procuring agricultural chemical inputs to bring their prices sharply down and make agricultural products more affordable for consumers.

MANILA, Philippines—A group of medical practitioners, finding the P32 billion proposed national budget for health too small, has put forward an alternative P90-billion spending plan for the Department of Health (DOH).

OUR DAYS are numbered. And no one is spared from the certainty of his or her own mortality. The thing is, some societies just get to stay that much longer here on earth than others. The typical Filipino can expect to live to about 70 years. Does that seem long enough for you?

MANILA, Philippines—For the past five years, only 34 percent of Filipino mother exclusively breastfeed their babies for six months, Unicef country representative Vanessa Toobin said.

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Loren Legarda has called for an increase in the compensation of barangay health workers from the current honorarium of P1,000 to a pay of P14,641 per month in recognition of the importance of the work they do.

MANILA, Philippines – If your husband comes home with murder in his eyes, there’s a pretty fair chance that the stress of having to plod through Manila’s traffic jams is finally overwhelming him.

MELBOURNE, Australia—Civil society representatives from more than 70 countries wrapped up a UN forum Wednesday with an urgent call to action to improve the health of millions of people worldwide and step up efforts to achieve the globally agreed anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

CEBU, Philippines – A top ranking health official yesterday expressed concern on iron deficiency anemia.

CEBU, Philippines – An official of the Philippine Cancer Society yesterday expressed alarm over the increasing lung cancer deaths among women, saying more and more women are drying from the disease.