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Tawa-tawa, papaya mabisa bang panggamot sa dengue?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 03:00 PM

Sinasabing mabisang panggamot sa sakit na dengue ang tsaa mula sa tawa-tawa at katas ng dahon ng papaya. Read more »

FDA stops Shopee, Lazada from selling medicine online

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 03:38 PM

The two online markets were asked to "immediately cease and desist from further online selling and offering for sale drug products" until it obtains a license from the FDA, the agency said in a statement. Read more »

Pascual Lab banks on 'innovative campaign' to reach millennials

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 10:26 PM

There is "endless potential" in herbal medicines, a pharmaceutical company boss said Monday, citing Filipinos' penchant for folk medicine. Read more »

Malaria back with a vengeance in crisis-hit Venezuela

Andrea Tosta, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 11:43 AM

Scientists contributed in 1961 to helping Venezuela become the first country to eradicate malaria. However, there was a resurgence seven years ago, worsening to become an epidemic in 2016, according to the Red de Epidemiologia NGO. Read more »

How functional medicine may finally set you free from maintenance meds

Bam Abellon
Updated as of May 19 09:21 PM

Our bodies are amazingly resilient, and has the ability to heal itself. When it stops doing so, Functional medicine, which the LifeScience Center studies, steps in—preferably without the help of pharmaceuticals. Read more »

Doctor becomes lawyer to pursue dream of pushing health reforms in PH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 07:45 PM

Like many medical students, interning at the Philippine General Hospital was a wake-up call for Lee Edson Yarcia. The hospital was always running short on supplies and beds as it accommodated as many patients as possible.  Read more »

Senate to probe unauthorized practice of foreign doctors in PH: Gordon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 05:49 PM

Gordon received reports that Pakistani and Nepalese doctors have allegedly been serving as medical consultants in several government hospitals in rural areas. Read more »

Pinay fined in Singapore for illegally peddling contraceptives, medicines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 10:45 PM

A Filipina store owner in Singapore has been fined $30,000 for illegally peddling contraceptives, painkillers, and antibiotics. Read more »

Duterte signs into law Trillanes-sponsored bill regulating occupational therapy

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 08:31 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that seeks to regulate the practice of occupational therapy in the Philippines, according to a copy of the measure released by the Palace on Tuesday. Read more »

Pagkaramdam ng pagkalaglag sa pagtulog ipinaliwanag

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 01:30 PM

Walang kinalaman sa mga multo ang pakiramdam na ikaw ay malalaglag kapag papatulog na kundi ito ay biglaang pag-urong ng kalamnan, ayon sa isang eksperto. Read more »

Designer babies: Moratorium on genome editing needed, say experts

Paul Ricard and Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 14 08:24 AM

Experts from 7 countries called Wednesday for a moratorium on the kind of genetic manipulation -- known as germline editing -- used last year to permanently modify the genome of twin girls in Shenzhen, China. Read more »

One more time, with big data: Measles vaccine doesn’t cause autism

Jan Hoffman, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 06 11:55 AM

The new research confirms what has long been widely accepted in the scientific community, and it echoes findings of a 2002 study by members of the same team of scientists about the vaccine, known as MMR because it protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Read more »

HIV reported cured in a second patient, a milestone in the global AIDS epidemic

Apoorva Mandavilli, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 05 05:05 PM

For just the second time since the global epidemic began, a patient appears to have been cured of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Read more »

Expired medicines may remain effective, safe to use in a pinch: study

Carolyn Crist, Reuters
Posted at Feb 21 11:08 PM

That is good news for people working in remote areas of the world where sometimes an expired medication is the only one available and the alternative is having no way to treat a serious illness. Read more »

'Mga nag-aambag sa PhilHealth may dagdag-benepisyo sa UHC'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 09:55 PM

Ito ay sa gitna ng pangamba ng ilang miyembro na nagbabayad ng kontribusyon sa pagkakataong lahat ay enrolled na sa PhilHealth dahil sa batas.    Read more »

Protecting children thru MMR vaccination

Teodoro B. Padilla -- Medicine Matters
Posted at Feb 07 04:12 PM

The risk of death due to measles is greater for infants and adults than for children and adolescents. Read more »

Counterfeit anti-rabies vaccine used in hospital made in PH - FDA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 01:48 PM

MANILA - The counterfeit and unregistered anti-rabies vaccine used by a local hospital was manufactured inside the Philippines, an initial investigation by the Food and Drug Administration found.   Read more »

Gawing VAT-free ang mga gamot kontra kanser, isinusulong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 02:47 AM

Pagkatapos ng VAT exemption para sa mga gamot pang-hypertension at diabetes, isinusulong naman ngayong alisan na rin ng VAT ang mga gamot para sa cancer. Read more »

DOH makikipagpulong sa mga pasyente upang alamin ang mga gamot na 'di dapat buwisan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 10:46 AM

Nakatakdang kausapin ng Department of Health ang ilang mga pasyente at pharmaceuticals upang malaman anong mga gamot ang dapat 'di mapatawan ng buwis, sabi ng isang opisyal ng ahensiya Biyernes. Read more »

Vaccine scare makes Filipinos more vulnerable to spread of seasonal flu: expert

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 05:33 PM

The 'fear' of being immunized has made Filipinos more vulnerable to the spread of seasonal flu, an infectious disease expert said Tuesday, days after the government confirmed that influenza cases are common this time of the year. Read more »