Waterfront wraps-up ‘Pink It Forward’ virtual webinar

Marc Cosep 10/28/2020

The Breast Cancer Awareness Month, commemorated in countries across the world every October, helps to increase attention and support for the awareness, and early detection of the disease. Every October, the world shines bright in pink as…

Some facts you need to know about breast cancer today and always

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 10/27/2020

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are about 2.1 million women affected by breast cancer each year. In 2018 alone, 627,000 women lost their battle to the disease which makes it the most common cancer…

RAFI RESTART Webinar Series Episode 9 centers on cancer treatment and care amidst COVID-19

PR 10/27/2020

The pandemic has brought the world to a standstill especially the healthcare systems. Nonetheless, this should not delay patients, mainly the immunocompromised like cancer patients from seeking medical care. In celebration of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month,…

Teachers in Tisa create FB page for co-worker suffering from breast cancer

Immae Lachica 09/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Every peso counts. This is the online plea of the friends and family of public school teacher Marife Cedron,42, who is suffering from stage four breast cancer. Cedron has been suffering from breast cancer…

Netizens answer daughter’s plea for help for her sick mother

Immae Lachica 06/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A daughter’s online plea for help for her mother, who has been suffering from stage three breast cancer for a year and a half, has been heard and has touched the hearts of…

Study shows hormone pills don’t shorten older women’s lives

AP 10/08/2017

Taking hormone pills for several years after menopause didn’t shorten older women’s lifespans, according to the longest follow-up yet of landmark research that transformed thinking on risks and benefits of a once popular treatment. That research was…

In the pink

10/31/2016

TODAY we cap off Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. The point is to aspire to be healthy whatever our age and life stage is. While no one knows the…

Affordable Mammography Tests at Hi-Precision Diagnostics

Maurice Jitty Villaester 10/24/2016

IN the Philippines, a lot of women from various age brackets and lifestyles were unknowingly diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2013, Philippines topped the list in the highest cancer rate in Asia. Because of this, women should…

Cebuana gets help for cancer treatment

10/20/2016

After her doctor told her she has breast cancer, Jocelyn Palanca fainted. When she regained consciousness, her tears flowed down her cheek. Instead of being bothered by her depressing thoughts, she and her husband immediately prepared all…

Waterfront Cebu pays tribute to women doctors

PR 10/17/2016

IN celebration of the Pink October, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino invited some of Cebu’s women doctors to the very first Pink Affair last October 6, 2016 at the Treff Bar. A night dedicated to the…

Pink Run organizers eye yearly affair

Glendale G. Rosal 10/16/2016

ORGANIZERS of the 10th Pink Run of the Society of General Surgeons-Cebu and Eastern Visayas Chapter (PSGS-CEV) were delighted with the success of their running event yesterday. Dr. Peter Mancao, a member of the organizing team, said…

Breast cancer survivors walk the ramp to spread awareness

10/06/2016

Georgia Solante had the sides of her head shaved when she walked down the staircase of the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino grand ballroom. Clad in a pink one-piece pantsuit, she looked like the strong and…

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