Medical societies on Tuesday warned that delayed treatment of obesity is contributing to the increasing number of Filipinos developing heart, kidney and metabolic diseases.... Read full article
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, colorectal cancer is the third most common type of cancer affecting Filipino men and women nationwide.... Read full article
In an advisory, the Department of Health (DOH) said the campaign aims to increase public knowledge on the prevention, early detection, and proper treatment of colorectal cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the country.... Read full article
During a Senate hearing, DOH Undersecretary Albert Domingo said reintegration should not be viewed solely as an economic or labor concern but also as a public health and social protection issue.... Read full article
The projection was published in the 2026 World Obesity Atlas report, which warns that childhood obesity is increasing rapidly across the globe.... Read full article
“The expansion of the conflict in the Middle East is increasingly impacting health services throughout the region,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement on Tuesday.... Read full article
Of the newly reported cases during the fourth quarter of 2025, 4,038 were men while 239 were women. The report also showed that 55 women were pregnant at the time of diagnosis.... Read full article
In a statement, health groups said the Philippines is lagging behind its Southeast Asian neighbors in protecting the public, particularly the youth, from what they described as a growing “vapedemic.”... Read full article
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