CEBU CITY, Philippines — With large crowds expected in public places amid the holiday season going to the Sinulog Festival celebration in January 2023, a local health official in Central Visayas is encouraging the public to wear…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A dead person was found floating beside a floating cottage near the shoreline of Sitio Sambagan, Barangay Catarman in Cordova on Sunday morning, Nov. 6, 2022. Police Major Michael Gingoyon, chief of Cordova…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) was granted a Level 2 accreditation by the Department of Health-Central Visayas Center for Health and Development (DOH-CVCHD) in recognition of its improved service capabilities. In a…
During Rodrigo Duterte’s last month in office, we had a bit of good news with our Supreme Court ruling in the case of Ona vs. the Philippine Tobacco Institute, Inc. that tobacco products are health products and…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu’s lady golfers are keeping their hopes up as they placed third and fourth in the penultimate day of the National Stroke Play Championship held at the Riviera Golf and Country Club in…
I had three mild strokes and I had a major one in 2015. My body was half dead and my jaw was dislocated. I was only 20 years old when that happened. It runs in our family.…
CLEVELAND— Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert remains hospitalized and is “resting comfortably” after suffering a stroke. The 57-year-old was taken to a Detroit-area hospital Sunday (Monday, Philippine time) by a friend after not feeling well, and he had…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has warned the public of being careful in eating or avoid eating street food during the summer since these kinds of food are easily spoiled with the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Meat from pigs suffering from heat stroke are safe to eat. Dr. Alice Utlang, Cebu City Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) head, gave this assurance as she warned of the the effect of…
AS TEMPERATURES RISE If you have nothing important to do outside, better stay indoors. Avoid too much sun exposure and drink lots of fluids. These are some of the ways health officials advised the public to cope…
STROKE is a sudden severe illness that attacks the brain. There are two basic types. Ischemic strokes, which account for about 80 percent of total strokes, happen when blood flow to a part of the brain is…
A CLINICAL study of 3.9 million adults in 189 countries, published in the medical journal, Lancet, revealed that our risk for illness (like hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, stroke, Alzheimer’s and cancer) and premature death are impacted by…
