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150 healthcare educators and leaders gather in Manila to advance simulation-based nursing education

Around 150 nursing educators, hospital leaders, healthcare professionals, and industry stakeholders representing more than 40 institutions gathered recently at Patio Victoria in Intramuros, Manila to examine how simulation-based learning…

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BARMM leaders to fund Mecca trip for poor Bangsamoro pilgrims

COTABATO CITY – Several members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) or the interim Bangsamoro Parliament have committed to funding at least 1,000 indigent Bangsamoro pilgrims on a religious journey to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in…

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Sri Lanka's former first lady arrested over alleged misuse of hospital funds

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Christa Pike now walking after US execution went wrong, lawyer tells BBC

A lawyer says the murderer of Colleen Slemmer is moving around her hospital room after surviving two lethal injections.

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First pediatric deep brain stimulation in PH performed on 14-year-old

MANILA, Philippines — A 14-year-old girl with a genetic movement disorder has become the first pediatric patient in the country to undergo deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) said Thursday…

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Healthcare's new challenge is 'living well', but women spend more years in ill health: Ong Ye Kung

Mr Ong, who is Minister for Health and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, was speaking about women's health in a dialogue with former first lady of the United States Jill Biden at a forum in Singapore.

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Driver dies, 2 hurt after truck crashes into tree in Quezon

LUCENA CITY — A 55-year-old truck driver died while two others were injured after his vehicle crashed into a roadside tree in Mulanay town, Quezon province, on Wednesday evening, police said. The truck was descending the road in Barangay…

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Abby Choi’s ex-father-in-law a ‘cunning old fox’ who clung to her wealth, court told

The mother of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has described her daughter’s former father-in-law as a “cunning old fox” who clung to her family’s fortune, rejecting his lawyer’s suggestion that he bought a Rolls-Royce with…

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Type 1 diabetes 'should not set the limits on a child's sports dreams'

'Exercise, know your body, monitor your glucose and learn to adjust your insulin and your diet correctly,' a Greek professor tells those who have type 1 diabetes.

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Gilas' Justin Brownlee sidelined by blood pressure, heart concerns

MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas star Justin Brownlee is dealing with health issues involving his heart that have kept him from playing for the national team and Ginebra in the PBA, coach Tim Cone revealed Thursday. In a Senate hearing…

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Kenya: UK Warns Against Travel to Parts of Kenya As Ebola Case Detected

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United Kingdom has retained its travel warnings for parts of Kenya, advising British nationals against all travel to several areas and against all but essential travel to others.

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On this day in 1967, Che Guevara was captured in a Bolivian ravine

a quiz on the asthmatic medical student who became the most recognisable face of 20th-century revolution.