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Scientists behind cancer immunotherapies win Nobel medicine prize

Simon Johnson and Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Oct 02 12:19 AM

STOCKHOLM/LONDON - American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine on Monday for game-changing discoveries about how to harness and manipulate the immune system to fight cancer. Read more »

Kris Aquino to fly to Singapore for medical treatment

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 01:22 PM

MANILA - Days after photos of her looking gaunt alarmed fans, Kris Aquino announced she will be flying to Singapore to seek medical treatment. Read more »

Pinoy workers hold vigil to keep bankrupt LA hospitals from closing

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Sep 29 04:27 AM

LOS ANGELES - Dozens of employees, including Filipino workers, gathered outside at the Saint Vincent Medical Center, one of six California hospitals operated by nonprofit Verity Health System of California, Inc. that declared bankruptcy last month. Read more »

Older people with more friends do better at preventive health

Lisa Rapaport, Reuters
Posted at Sep 29 12:28 AM

Older adults with bigger social networks of family members and close friends may be better at staying on top of recommended preventive health screenings and checkups than their more isolated peers, a UK study suggests. Read more »

Adults need a regular bedtime, too

Carolyn Crist, Reuters
Posted at Sep 29 12:25 AM

Adults who have a regular bedtime are likely to weigh less than those who don’t, to have lower blood sugar and to face a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to a US study. Read more »

World's first human case of rat disease found in Hong Kong

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 28 01:06 PM

The disease was found in a 56-year-old man who persistently produced abnormal liver function tests following a liver transplant. Read more »

Duterte a 'health buff,' says partner Honeylet

Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 06:11 PM

"He's a health buff." Read more »

Libreng screening, check-up, kasama sa pinalawig na benepisyo ng PhilHealth

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 11:01 PM

Tinatayang higit 30 milyong miyembro ng PhilHealth ang makakatanggap ng dagdag-benepisyo sa pagpapatupad ng programa nitong expanded primary care benefit. Read more »

Four paralyzed people in US walk, stand or sit with new treatment

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 08:40 AM

Two patients in an experimental US rehabilitation program for paralyzed people have been able to walk again thanks to electrical stimulation of their spinal cords, and 2 others have been able to stand or sit, according to newly published results. Read more »

7 kilong 'mishandled meat' nasabat sa palengke sa Novaliches

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 01:27 PM

MANILA - Pitong kilo ng mishandled meat ang nasabat ng mga awtoridad mula sa Susano Market sa Novaliches Martes ng umaga.   Read more »

Implant helps paralyzed man walk again

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 01:58 AM

Five years after he was paralyzed in a snowmobile accident, a man in the US has learned to walk again aided by an electrical implant, in a potential breakthrough for spinal injury sufferers. Read more »

Towards a rabies-free community

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 06:56 PM

Members of the Humane Society International's Street Dog Defender conduct a door-to-door mass vaccination of dogs in Payatas, Quezon City on Monday to mark World Rabies Day. Read more »

Duterte to step down if 'dying or gravely ill' - Palace

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 04:07 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Monday maintained that President Rodrigo Duterte will step down if he is gravely ill, amid renewed interest on the President’s health in the wake of his admission that he recently underwent gastrointestinal procedures. Read more »

Cebu evacuees warned against contaminated water

Aiza Layague, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 11:44 PM

The Department of Health in Central Visayas warned the evacuees in Barangay Tinaan, Naga City in Cebu to refrain from drinking water from sources inside the evacuation centers due to the fecal coliform and E.coli found on the water samples. Read more »

Duterte ‘still healthy’ after dealing with gastrointestinal ailment, procedures

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 08:18 AM

Duterte said his doctor diagnosed him with Barrett’s esophagus. Read more »

Start eating healthy at 40

Angelo G. Garcia
Updated as of Sep 21 08:39 PM

According to award-winning cookbook author Grace “Grace O” Ouano, people should learn how to eat healthy when they reach the age of 40.  Read more »

'I did nothing unethical, illegal': Ubial slams Garin lawsuit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 02:10 PM

Former Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial on Friday slammed her predecessor Janette Garin for alleging before a court that her supposed move to relax the protocol on Dengvaxia vaccines led to more deaths related to the drug. Read more »

Vietnam's President Quang dies after illness

Khanh Vu and James Pearson, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 21 07:29 PM

HANOI - Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang, one of the country's top three leaders but with mostly ceremonial duties, died on Friday after an illness, state television and radio announced.   Read more »

Health chief says 'not enough' budget to pay regular medical workers

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 12:50 PM

Some 14,207 personnel, consisting of doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and other medical personnel deployed to the rural areas, will lose their job with the P8-billion cut for the DOH's human resources for health deployment program, he said. Read more »

Despite some progress, Alzheimer's fight falling flat

Etienne Balmer, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 09:40 PM

Follow up research has so far failed to produce a new medical treatment for Alzheimer's. Read more »