The other day, the world observed National Suicide Prevention Day.
Vaccines provide better immunity than natural infections.
PARIS—Brace yourself for a leaner Christmas table ahead, as the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday linked bacon, ham, cold cuts and other processed meat like corned beef, luncheon meat, beef jerky and sausages (longganisa) to colon and stomach cancers.
If you want to live longer and have a healthier heart, cut back on your salt intake. This means ditching your favorite fast-food meal, checking salt levels on food labels, and removing salt dispensers and bottled sauces from your dining table.
With the continued spread of COVID-19 that has sickened more than two million Filipinos, many fear that their dry coughs...
Including plenty of fiber and whole grains in the diet can help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease.
October marks not only breast cancer awareness month, but the equally important mental health month as well. In a recent study on the happiest countries, despite it being “more fun in the Philippines,” surprisingly (at least to me), the Philippines ranked 103 out of 155 countries in the 2012 World Happiness Report published by Columbia University.
Paris, France — Fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday and although humans are living longer than ever before, one in five deaths last year were linked to poor diet, researchers said Friday.
‘Paglaom’: How theater has become an instrument of healing and remembering in post-‘Yolanda’ Visayas
I was in Tokyo, Japan, last year representing the Philippines at the Asian Performing Arts Festival when Supertyphoon “Yolanda” struck.
As part of its observance of the World No Tobacco Day 2015 on May 31, the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reiterated its call to the public to stop smoking, emphasizing that more than 200 Filipinos and about 6 million people worldwide die from smoking-related diseases every day.
