Twelve-year-old Mon Christian Monsanto knows this drill all too well. After he lies down on the hospital bed, a needle is inserted into the veins of his lower arm or hand to draw blood. This process is done to replace his red blood cells with fresh and healthy ones. Then he waits for a couple of hours until the nurse informs him that the procedure is over.
Being diagnosed with diabetes doesn’t mean you have to give up on your favorite foods and eat a complicated, unappetizing diet. You just need to make smart food choices and eat in moderation. The foods that are healthy for people with diabetes are also good choices for the rest of the family.
A collaborative community-based campaign and a mobile phone-based referral system won the Gold Award for Best Practices and Innovative Ideas, respectively, in the “Best Practices and Innovative Ideas in the Fight against Leprosy” contest.
According to Health Secretary Enrique Ona, around 30-40 percent of sick Filipinos die without ever seeing a health professional.
One bad habit Filipinos need to quit now is smoking. Aware of this, leading research-based healthcare company Novartis Healthcare Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) and major medical societies recently observed World Hypertension Day (WHD) by appealing to Filipinos to quit smoking for their and their loved one’s sake.
Half of the over 37 million people worldwide with type 2 diabetes have no idea they have the disease. That’s because type 2 diabetes often has no noticeable symptoms. Its telltale signs usually appear when the disease is already fairly advanced: frequent urination, excessive thirst, increased hunger, weight loss, tiredness, a tingling sensation or numbness in the hands or feet, blurred vision, frequent infections and slow-healing wounds.
Dr. Vinson Pineda is in the business of making people beautiful. “When people look in the mirror and think they look awesome, I believe I have done my job,” said the 77-year-old expert who is hailed as the father of dermatology practice in the country.
It’s noteworthy that the Department of Health (DOH) has trained its eyes on the health issues of call center workers. It is well known that these workers are at risk of developing all sorts of illnesses ranging from ulcers to cardiovascular disease and even HIV/AIDS.
A cluster of differentiation 4 or CD4 machine is a critical equipment that allows doctors to know when to start their patients who are living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on life-saving antiretroviral therapy.
Every 10 seconds, one person dies due to diabetes-related complications. Diabetes is now the biggest single cause of amputation, stroke, blindness and end-stage kidney failure. More than half of all deaths from diabetes result from cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke.
One question biologists have been tackling is known as “nature vs nurture,” or figuring out how much of one’s behavior is inherited and how much is learned or influenced by the surrounding environment.
I have received a couple of queries regarding capsules or drink solutions which are supposed to boost the number of stem cells in the body and these could assist in cellular renewal or rejuvenation. I understand these are being marketed locally by direct sellers who are part of multilevel networking companies.
