health

Amid snafu, QCPD members given Dengvaxia shots, their families express worries

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Amid the snafu, more than 1, 000 members of the Quezon City Police District…

US pharmacy chain CVS announces $69 billion purchase of insurer Aetna

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- US drugstore chain CVS Health announced Sunday it would buy medical insurer Aetna for…

In US, 57 percent of kids on track for obesity by 35: study

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- More than 57 percent of children in the United States will be obese by age 35 if…

Diabetes, obesity behind 800,000 cancers worldwide: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Nearly six percent of new cancers diagnosed worldwide in 2012 -- some 800,000 cases -- were…

DOH, nagbabala kaugnay sa pag-inom ng antibiotics nang walang prescription ng doktor

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) -- Nagbigay ng babala ang Department of Health (DOH) sa publiko kaugnay ng pagsasagawa ng self–medication…

Burn victim saved by skin grafts from identical twin

by Brigitte Castelnau Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A man doomed to die after suffering burns across 95 percent…

Mexico’s ‘heaviest man’ has surgery to halve his weight

GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Mexico (Reuters) -- A Mexican man who weighed more than half a ton had surgery in Guadalajara on…

Medical watch uses AI to monitor health

BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) -- A new smartwatch health monitor uses artificial intelligence (AI) to constantly analyze the health of its…

US approves first pill with digital tracking device

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US regulators have approved the first pill that contains a digital tracking sensor to alert…

Eating variety of nuts linked to lower heart disease risk

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- People who regularly snack on a variety of nuts may face a lower risk of…

President Duterte mulls more investment from India on cheaper medicines

  President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, November 13, said he is mulling more investments from India, particularly in the manufacture…

Senator Angara pushes tax reform bill, says this will provide funds for free medicines for poor families

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) -- Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara is pushing for the passage of the Tax Reform…

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