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Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa on Saturday reiterated their call to ban vape products and increase taxes on tobacco ...
The executive secretary to Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says Marcos will retain Defense Secretary Gilberto ...
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‘Milk not a cure for TB’
Drinking milk is not a cure for tuberculosis, two medical groups reminded the public yesterday as it fights misinformation ...
The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) on Friday reminded the public that tuberculosis (TB) is a serious bacterial ...
In May, 2025, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for WHO to address the health ...
Elisterio, who is also a member of the Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP) and Antique Medical Society (AMS), reported that in 2023, about 10.8 million people worldwide got ill due to TB. At ...
Leachon, a former president of the Philippine College of Physicians, said “if the president allows the budget to pass into law, he becomes complicit” in what Congress did. The uproar began ...
“Ozempic is a prescription drug … It is for patients with type 2 diabetes,” said Dr. Maricar Limpin of the Philippine College of Physicians. She acknowledged that while it has weight loss benefits, it ...
EXERCISE and a proper diet can help prevent fatty liver disease, Dr. Wendell Espinosa, president of the Hepatology Association of the Philippines and fellow of the Philippine College of Physicians, ...
People exposed to air pollution for long periods of time are more likely to develop lung cancer, an expert from the Philippine College of Chest Physicians said Tuesday. Citing 2019 data from the World ...
The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) has sounded the alarm on the selling of fake medical certificates online. According to Jun Veneracion’s “24 Oras” report on Wednesday, different kinds of ...
Philippine College of Physicians past president Dr. Maricar Limpin says easing the face mask requirement sends a wrong message to the public that they 'should not be afraid of COVID-19 anymore' MA ...