DOH issues stem cell guidelines
By Philip C. Tubeza
The Department of Health on Wednesday released the implementing rules and regulations that will cover stem cell and cell-based therapy to prevent abuses and dubious practices.
The Department of Health on Wednesday released the implementing rules and regulations that will cover stem cell and cell-based therapy to prevent abuses and dubious practices.
Used-car importers in Cagayan Valley have asked Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon to allow the release of more than 200 second-hand cars and vans that arrived in Port Irene, Cagayan, on Monday, allegedly in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling upholding a 2001 executive order banning the importation of used vehicles into the country.
Cancer experts and the government on Wednesday warned the public against herbal supplements that are advertised as cures for cancer, saying these were “voodoo medicine.”
Health advocates on Friday expressed concern over the decision of British American Tobacco (BAT) to invest $200 million in the Philippines.
The importation ban on six South Korean noodle products will remain in place until government tests show that they are safe for public consumption, Department of Health (DOH) officials said Wednesday.
Noting how Filipino heart attack or stroke victims are getting younger and younger, cardiologists and heart specialists on Tuesday urged the Senate to pass Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s version of the “sin tax” bill in order to save an estimated 75,000 lives annually.
Pascual Consumer Healthcare Corp. has recalled some stocks of its chocolate-flavored calcium supplement, CalChews, from the market after traces of microbes were found in certain stocks.
The Philippines has become one of the centers for clinical trials for new medicines in the Asia-Pacific region, providing indigent patients with access to cutting-edge medical treatment, according to members of the Philippine Society of Medical Oncology (PSMO).
Sex need not be forbidden for someone who has suffered a stroke.
Health Secretary Enrique Ona on Friday warned the public against stem cell therapies, which are becoming popular here and abroad.
Is Juan Tamad (term for the lazy Filipino) still around? A little more than half of the 2.8 million unemployed Filipinos in the country last year were not looking for work at the time the survey was made, according to the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES).
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it has bid out and awarded 59 percent of the P63-billion worth of infrastructure projects programmed for 2012.
