MANILA – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said 20 additional medicines for cancer, hypertension and mental illness are now exempted from value-added tax (VAT). In...
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday opened the first Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service (BUCAS) center in the Philippines in Sto. Tomas,...
MANILA – A bill filed in the House of Representatives would entitle every Filipino to a free annual medical checkup and ensure access to preventive healthcare....
Globally, 4 out of 5 people who need hearing aids don’t wear them, leaving an estimated 344 million people missing out on the sounds of life,...
There’s no calming the buzz around energy drinks. And it’s not just because of their notoriously high caffeine content. In the first few weeks of 2024,...
Being overweight is linked to many health issues, including cancer. Studies have shown that obesity is associated with at least 13 types of cancer. And in...
By September 2020, just six months after COVID-19 triggered shutdowns across the U.S., it was clear that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had mutated from...
MANILA – The National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants-Institute of Herbal Medicine (NIRPROMP–IHM) has presented medicines made from plants in the recent Philippine Pharma and...
I’ll often lie awake until three or four in the morning, before drifting off for just a few hours. Then comes the dreaded alarm clock. My...
Lisa Fotios/Pexels We all want to eat healthily, especially as we reset our health goals at the start of a new year. But sometimes these...