CHICAGO — Doctors may have found a way to help young breast cancer patients avoid infertility caused by chemotherapy. Giving a drug to shut down the...
ILOILO CITY -– The city and province of Iloilo were included as sites in last year’s survey of diabetes cases and the result showed an alarming...
NEW YORK — Health officials on Wednesday backtracked on an earlier report that a mysterious Middle East virus had apparently spread from one person to another...
OTTAWA — One polarizing question will hover over the prime minister Wednesday when he opens his international conference on helping dying kids and mothers in poor...
MANILA — Medical marijuana advocates find hope in a new bill filed in the Congress seeking the legalization and regulation of marijuana’s medical use. House Bill...
MANILA — After allegations that taping babies’ mouths was a regular practice being done in a hospital in Cebu, the Department of Health (DOH) clarified that...
WASHINGTON — Fake appointments, unofficial logs kept on the sly and appointments made without telling the patient are among tricks used to disguise delays in seeing...
SAN CRISTOBAL, Dominican Republic — They suffer searing headaches, a burning fever and so much pain in their joints they can barely walk or use their...
LONDON — Doctors in Italy have designed a miniature dialysis machine for babies, used for the first time last year to save a newborn girl, according...
MANILA — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on Monday warned hospitals to give the benefits that every patient deserves or face government sanctions. In a...