Cancer, diabetes, fatty liver, unstable heart, high blood, obesity, osteoporosis, aids, skin diseases are health plagues that beset this generation. Responding to man’s need to be healthy, wellness salons and massage clinics dot our city, gyms and sets of exercise equipment are everywhere, and health supplements...
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women globally in the last 15 years. The good news? It is also one of the most preventable. Making heart-healthy choices, knowing your family health history and the risk factors for heart disease,...
[caption id="attachment_14176" align="alignright" width="350"] Dr. Noche[/caption] Pro Life Month begins today. It must be noted that with the guidance of the CBCP- Episcopal Commission on Family and Life (CBCP-ECFL), the month of February has already been adopted as Pro Life Month throughout the entire Catholic nation. The...
What's wrong with contraception? Contraception harms the individual user; harms babies; manipulates human nature; produces an anti-child mentality; leads to marriage breakdown; harms the whole community; harms the environment and is regarded as an "environmental pollutant" with the widely used hormonal contraceptives. After the active ingredient in...
Manning a clinic is something I am used to, that is-medical clinic. But Natural family planning clinic? Now, that’s something new for me, a far cry from my sub-specialty which is Pulmonary Medicine. But after I joined the Doctors’ for Life last June this year,...
Kung ang bata mosulod na sa edad sa pagka batan-on kon puberty stage, ang iyang sex hormones magsugod na ug lihok sa lawas nga makapausab sa porma niini, ug makaapekto usab kini sa iyang pamanit. Magsugod pag turok ang bugas-bugas sa panit, nawong, dughan, ug...
Why work out during the Christmas season as an excuse to put it off until the New Year? Instead, eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you shall diet, WRONG! Although most of us see the Christmas season as an excuse to put exercise and proper...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been advocating several health programs around the globe. Its objective of public awareness is its primary concern. Educational drives have been made thru several agencies like both government and health officials, non-government organizations and individuals around the world, come...
Almost every Filipino knows the late comedian Dolphy, but not everyone knows that he died of COPD. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, also known as COPD, is a lung disease characterized by difficulty of breathing. It is caused by exposure to irritating substances that have caused...
Few weeks ago, I was personally invited by a good friend of mine from the religious congregation named Teresian Daughters of Mary, or many of us are oriented by the name TDM. We went to a remote place in the outskirts of Davao City to...