Health

Ashfall can damage your car too: Here's what you should do

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While ashfall can cause health problems, your car can also suffer lasting damage if exposed to volcanic ash. So it is important to take the right steps after an ashfall to help prevent expensive repairs on your…

Ate Gay reveals doctors detected new lump on his neck

Just over a week after sharing that his cancerous lumps had already disappeared, Ate Gay revealed that a new lump was discovered on his neck and that he is undergoing treatment anew for it. Ate Gay, or Gil Aducal Morales in real life…

Justice asks police: Why allow Marcoleta visits if he needs isolation?

MANILA, Philippines — A Sandiganbayan Third Division senior member on Friday questioned the police allowing Sen. Rodante Marcoleta visitors despite the assessment of their doctors that he needed isolation for his mild pneumonia. Marcoleta…

Quake-hit Venezuela faces looming health threats as survivors crowd shelters

Disease outbreaks, poor sanitation, lack of access to clean water, and disruptions to basic medical care could pose the greatest health risks to the tens of thousands of survivors of Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes, the Americas branch of…

Deadly H5 bird flu found in local Australian seabird for first time

Dead greater crested tern – a common coastal bird – tests positive for disease after being discovered at Robe on SA’s Limestone Coast Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…

THE national discourse on the budget has been dominated by what is in the document for the business community…

THE national discourse on the budget has been dominated by what is in the document for the business community, exporters and salaried employees. And the theme is to celebrate the 10 to 15 per cent tax relief given to salaried employees…

Govt pins hopes on Field Marshal Munir to tackle population growth

ISLAMABAD: After failing to control the population growth for over three years, the federal government has now pinned hopes on Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir to play a role in curbing the population growth rate. This was disclosed by…

TV actor Dipika Kakar says she had side effects during cancer immunotherapy: What survivors must know

Marcoleta now fit to travel, PNP doctor tells Sandiganbayan

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Rodante Marcoleta is now fit to travel, a Philippine National Police (PNP) physician told the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Friday. The antigraft court’s Third Division issued a warrant of arrest against…

Pioneering treatment saves identical twins from rare pregnancy condition

Identical twins Nancy and Margo benefitted from the procedure while in the womb as part of a world-first medical trial.

Chinese clinic extracts 12 teeth from man after he complains of ache in one tooth

A Chinese clinic has been punished by authorities after it extracted the 12 remaining teeth from a 63-year-old man with high blood pressure and heart disease, and withdrew all the money from his accounts. The man, surnamed Li, from Baoji…

Asian doctors seek wider, more proactive TB testing

BANGKOK, Thailand — Doctors from Indonesia and Pakistan have called on nations to expand their testing capabilities for tuberculosis (TB) and make efforts to diagnose the disease more proactively, particularly for low and middle-income…