The Philippine Beat

Did you know that... * Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among Filipinas? * 7 Filipino women die DAILY of cer...

Knowing how busy Cabinet secretaries are, I accepted an invitation to be one of the bloggers to meet and greet Department of Health (DOH) Se...

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Back in February 2015, I attended a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) event where they announced that they were launching a Search for the Winners Again...

The battle to win against asthma will never end. In the Philippines, over 10 million cases have been documented of people with asthma and it...

It is such a tragedy for any couple about to welcome their baby into their lives to lose that baby so soon after it is born because of prema...

Hepatitis B is a silent killer. Many Filipinos may be carriers of this virus without manifesting any symptoms. In the Philippines, Hepatitis...

I've had dengue. Two of my kids have had dengue. And one of them (and me) had to have blood plasma transfusions. I can still remember th...

I'm NGILO-phobic. ('Ngilo' is Filipino for tooth sensitivity) Anyone who has drank cold water, eaten ice cream or chomped dow...

I come from a family with a history of asthma. I myself had childhood asthma though not too severe and during a couple of pregnancies, it ca...

If you think that brushing one's teeth is simply for beauty and fresh breath, here's one more piece of info you'll surely appr...

A few weeks back, I got samples of a new breath freshener in town. Made by Unilab, it's called Swish Breath Spray and comes in two vari...

My family is slowly but surely moving out of a chemical-filled lifestyle into one that incorporates organic and natural products and this in...

Diabetes is one of the top causes of death worldwide. A study done by the World Health Organization in August 2011 showed that in the Philip...

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Do you find your days so busy that you hardly notice what you are putting into your mouth? Busyness and stress make a deadly combination f...

Last January, I wrote a post about why the issue of osteoporosis is close to my heart. I'm osteopenic -- and all these years I have bee...

Have you ever had an idea that would improve the quality of life and health of communities but you didn't know how to make it a realit...

Been there, done that! I've led a very busy and fast-paced life as an IT auditor, IT consultant and banking executive for close to 20 ...