Manila Health News

Philippines�The Philippine government will receive a total of nine million doses of vaccines against the Influenza A (H1N1) virus from the World Health Organization (WHO) in the coming months. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and WHO Director General Margaret Chan...

For workers in round-the-clock operating companies, they are advised to take care of their health especially during night shift. It is believed that the hours between 10 pm to 3 am are the best times for sleep. For night owls,...

Philippine share prices closed 0.54 percent lower Monday as investors took profits from blue-chips involved in the recent takeover of top power retailer Meralco, dealers said. The composite index gave up 15.76 points to 2,915.71, while the all shares index...

In the tradition of Rand Corp. and other think-tanks, this special report is the most detailed, comprehensive and up-to-date study on the effects of cigarette smoke. Painstaking research from various websites, medical articles and health journals has produced the definitive...

Back pains strike anywhere. Some celebrities who have experienced backaches include To Whom the Bells Toll and Farewell to Arms author Ernest Hemingway (who often wrote while standing up), gold legend Lee Trevino and Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor. Back pains...

There has been a gradual paradigm shift in the way we respond to diseases. Modern technology has made great strides in changing our medical perspective. Cancer has ceased to be as invincible as it is used to be perceived. The...

By Kristine Servando www.abs-cbnnews.com www.newsbreak.com.ph The Philippines has seen an "alarming" increase in HIV cases in the past year, especially among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and men who have sex with men (MSM), according to data from the Dept. of...