6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (240+ words) IKEA can take legal action to stop a Belgian far-right party from using its famous brand and distinctive instruction-manual style in political campaigns, the European Union’s highest court ruled Tuesday. The case stems from a 2022 campaign by Vlaams Belang, an…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (614+ words) BY EDISON JOSEPH GONZALES A coconut has long been many things in the Philippines – food, drink, fuel and a raw material for crafts. For Dr. Acel Pauline Ampong-Chicano and her husband, Denver Chicano, it became the basis of a wound-care…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (831+ words) BY EDISON JOSEPH GONZALES A wound that refuses to heal can offer clues about the person behind it, according to Dr. Acel Pauline Ampong-Chicano, a surgeon and wound specialist who has spent years treating chronic wounds. Ampong-Chicano discussed her approach…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (507+ words) BY EDISON JOSEPH GONZALES Cristalle Belo-Pitt – daughter of celebrity dermatologist and beauty tycoon Dr. Vicki Belo – spent years trying to understand her health. She battled chronic fatigue, struggled with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), and faced fertility hurdles that meant her…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (258+ words) Enterprising drug dealers have been operating in plain sight on social media, using coded words, images and emojis to advertise illegal drugs while trying to evade detection, according to the chair of the House committee on dangerous drugs. “Technically, all…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (340+ words) Public health advocates Healthy Philippines Alliance (HPA) and HealthJustice have urged lawmakers to impose a tax of at least P80 on vapor products, arguing that a higher tax rate was needed to curb youth access to such items and reduce long-term…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (266+ words) BY EDISON JOSEPH GONZALES The country cannot simply do away with government aid for households facing economic shocks, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said, arguing that assistance remains necessary in a country exposed to natural calamities and with relatively weak…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (610+ words) BY EDISON JOSEPH GONZALES Out-of-pocket health spending in the Philippines has fallen to 41 percent from 55 percent in 2020, while the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) share has increased to 19 percent from 10 percent, Department of Health (DOH) Acting Secretary Dr. Edwin…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (423+ words) BY EDISON JOSEPH GONZALES Cutting the average hospital stay from seven days to 3.5 days could effectively double the number of patients a public hospital can accommodate, according to Department of Health (DOH) Acting Secretary Dr. Edwin Mercado. The proposal reflects…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (423+ words) BY EDISON JOSEPH GONZALES The Department of Health (DOH) is aiming to have about 80 percent of Filipinos assigned to a primary care provider under Yakap as the agency’s new leadership seeks to shift the health system toward prevention and earlier…...