Covering the most noteworthy news stories in the health and wellness industry for the Filipino community.
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez and Oona Zenda Illustration by Oona Zenda As immigration authorities carry out what President Donald Trump has promised will be the largest mass…
We are surrounded by hundreds of products that are deleterious to our health, including foods, beverages, aerosols, and chemicals for our kitchen and bathrooms, which are toxic to our bodies, our land,…
Stem cell Rx The building block of every cell, tissue, and organ in the body is the stem cell. Stem cells are undifferentiated, with no “specific assigned task as yet.”…
Rosa María Carranza encourages a toddler to navigate uneven ground at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland, California, on Dec. 5. Carranza will lose Medicare when a federal policy restricting health…
Photo from (DigitalVision/Getty Images) John Galvin knows he needs a colonoscopy. But he’s waiting to schedule the procedure until December, when he turns 65 and qualifies for Medicare. He was…
Dora Nabatanzi, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute, prepares chemicals needed to sequence the genomes of measles viruses.(Amy Maxmen/KFF Health News) This week, the Centers for Diseases Control and…
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), where the tongue falls backwards to block the airway passage during sleep, resulting in breath-holding for 30 seconds or so, and for up to 1 to…
Eons before Spanish Navigator/Explorer Ponce de Leon travelled around the world searching for the Fountain of Youth, people in their native domain, surprisingly, even the cavemen, had already been using…
By Dr. Noel Fajardo March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and Nevada has a serious problem we cannot ignore. In our state, 34% of residents are not up to date…
By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Cara Anthony, and Emily Siner, Nashville Public Radio When Mike McKee thinks about saving money for the future, he has a few priorities….
The Philippines is facing a growing health crisis that will have a national impact, with studies projecting 41 percent of Filipino adults (29.5 million) to be overweight and obese within…
Recent findings indicate that metformin, a staple medication for type 2 diabetes, significantly reduces the risk of long COVID by 40% to 60% when taken during acute infection. New research also…
In this issue, we shall devote our column to exalting the “medicinal values or therapeutic effects” of regular, ordinary food that people all over the world eat as a part…
Jean Franklin and her husband, Chaz, talk at their home in Colusa, California. In January, Chaz’s health insurance premium payment increased sevenfold after enhanced federal tax credits expired. (Christine Mai-Duc/KFF…
Nurse Brandy Frye (right) works a night shift at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital in British Columbia on Feb. 16. Frye, who says she left the United States because of President…
The very popular wonder drug for the treatment of obesity and diabetes, T2, GLP-1 receptor agonist (Ozempic, Wegovy, Monjaro, etc.), with sustained use, is associated with a higher risk for depression…
By: Darius Tahir Republicans think patients should be shopping for better health care prices. The party has long pushed to give patients money and let consumers do the work of…
Myths about eating, food items, fake news, and other mis- and disinformation abound in social media. What a waste of a wonderful and valuable technological advance in communication! In this column today,…
By Renuka Rayasam When Noah Hulsman, who owns a skate shop in Louisville, Kentucky, learned he no longer qualified for federal subsidies to help him pay for his “gold” Affordable…
“The FDA said that 14 people in the U.S. have now been hospitalized in the Salmonella outbreak tied to recalled moringa leaf powder; in total, 65 “illnesses across 28 states have been reported.” Moringa…
Heavy and long-term use of marijuana has the potential to cause lung cancer. CBDs (cannabinoids) are chemical compounds found within the cannabis sativa plant. Marijuana high-potency products (oils, edibles, concentrates)…
Our readers inspire us to continue our research into clinical subjects that aim to guide the public toward achieving a healthy lifestyle and longevity in their natural course. Here are some of the…
The new United States Dietary Guidelines, anticipated worldwide, were announced by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on January 7, 2026. Basically, it emphasized consumption of “real food,” more protein, healthy fats,…
New studies revealed the potential health benefits of coffee, more specifically, on its positive effects on lowering the risk for chronic disease and on longevity. One study “suggests that consuming…
The devastating statistics about deaths from colon cancer have put the spotlight on a dreaded disease, which, today, could be detected early with a relatively simple diagnostic regimen, which includes…
The holidays may be behind us, but their physical effects, among others, will linger a while. Medically speaking, it is actually a time for “damage control” for those of us…
Out of the 195 countries around the world, 160 celebrate Christmas, invariably, honoring the birth of the Prince of Peace, Santo Niño, which took place between 6 and 4 BC,…
Do cellphone radiation shields work? Billions of people in at least 160 nations around the world will be calling and texting Christmas greetings, and cellphones will be extraordinarily busy during…
Health officials say impaired decision-making and poor judgment can appear before memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease, underscoring the need to distinguish isolated mistakes from persistent patterns that affect daily life….
As far as health is concerned, the majority, if not all, of us want the best health minus the sacrifices needed to achieve it effectively and safely. We want to be…
