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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Amid the snafu, more than 1, 000 members of the Quezon City Police District and their families have expressed worries they would experience the adverse effects of the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. Quezon City Police District Director Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar gave them the assurance though that the government will give them the support that they need at all times. He added they have already coordinated with the Philippine Children’s […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — US drugstore chain CVS Health announced Sunday it would buy medical insurer Aetna for about $69 billion in a move that would create a new giant in the healthcare sector. “The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2018,” CVS said in a statement, adding: “It is subject to approval by CVS Health and Aetna shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.” © Agence France-Presse
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — More than 57 percent of children in the United States will be obese by age 35 if current trends in weight gain and poor eating habits continue, researchers warned Wednesday. The risk of obesity is high even among children whose present weight is normal, said the report in the New England Journal of Medicine. “Only those children with a current healthy weight have less than a 50 percent chance of becoming obese […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Nearly six percent of new cancers diagnosed worldwide in 2012 — some 800,000 cases — were caused by diabetes and excess weight, according to a study published Tuesday. Among the 12 types of cancer examined, the percentage of cases chalked up to these factors was as high as a third, researchers reported in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, a leading medical journal. Cancers stemming from diabetes and obesity combined was almost […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagbigay ng babala ang Department of Health (DOH) sa publiko kaugnay ng pagsasagawa ng self–medication at pag-inom ng mga antibiotics nang walang prescription mula sa doktor. Alinsunod ito sa pinirmahang kasunduan ng Pilipinas sa Anti-Microbal Resistance (AMR) sa katatapos na 31st ASEAN Summit sa bansa. Ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque, inilunsad nila ang national antibiotic guidelines para magbigay ng karagdagang kaalaman sa paggamit o pag-inom ng mga antibiotic. Babala […]
by Brigitte Castelnau Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A man doomed to die after suffering burns across 95 percent of his body was saved by skin transplants from his identical twin in a world-first operation, French doctors said Thursday. Consumed by flames while handling chemicals on the job, 33-year-old Franck Dufourmantelle received life-saving grafts from his brother Eric’s skull, back and thighs. “I had a fresco-like tattoo on my arm,” he recalled in a […]
GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Mexico (Reuters) — A Mexican man who weighed more than half a ton had surgery in Guadalajara on Wednesday (November 22) in a bid to halve his weight. Juan Pedro Franco, 33, has been dubbed the world’s heaviest man. Earlier this year he reportedly weighed as much as 595 kilos (1,311 pounds). But after a three-month diet Franco has reportedly shed 175 kilos in a special clinic to allow him to have the […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) — A new smartwatch health monitor uses artificial intelligence (AI) to constantly analyze the health of its wearer and promises an early warning system for medical emergencies. Called the MAP Health Watch, the device has five sensors continually measuring six vital parameters: ECG, pulse, skin temperature, heart rate, and blood oxygen level. “There are clinical grade, highly accurate sensors involved in this watch, five of them determining vital signals and calculating other […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US regulators have approved the first pill that contains a digital tracking sensor to alert doctors and caregivers as to whether a patient is taking a medication as scheduled. The pill, called Abilify MyCite (aripiprazole tablets with sensor), is designed for patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. A patient ingests the pill, and a sensor inside the pill activates when it […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — People who regularly snack on a variety of nuts may face a lower risk of heart disease than people who don’t, said the largest study of its kind, which was released this week. Eating five weekly servings of walnuts, peanuts or other kinds of tree nuts was linked to a 14 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and a 20 percent lower risk of fatal complications due to hardened arteries, […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, November 13, said he is mulling more investments from India, particularly in the manufacture of cheaper medicine. President Duterte held a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. “We want to discuss trade relations further and especially, the most important one is that… and I’m happy that you’re here because if we can’t find the […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara is pushing for the passage of the Tax Reform bill that he said would give free medicines to poor Filipinos, and that would include poor families in the free medical programs of government hospitals. Senator Angara said that more poor families would benefit if the Senate passed Senate Bill 1592 or the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) into law. In Senate Bill […]
