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Poor job prospects for nursing, medicine graduates in Philippines — study

Researchers from Ateneo de Manila University, University of the Philippines Manila, and the Benguet Provincial Government Unit warn that Filipinos graduating with a degree...

92 Mercury Drug stores to accept DSWD guarantees

Starting June 2, a total of 92 Mercury Drug outlets across various regions will begin accepting Guarantee Letters (GLs) issued by the Department of...

US baby with rare illness treated with tailor-made gene edit

Washington, United States—A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalized gene-editing technique that raises hopes...

The scientist rewriting DNA, and the future of medicine

A revolution is underway in gene editing—and at its forefront is David Liu, an American molecular biologist whose pioneering work is rewriting the building...

US approves new antibiotic for urinary tract infections

Washington, United States—US health regulators have approved a new antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections, a problem affecting more than 100 million people around the...

Saving frogs could help save people’s lives

Research studies have shown that frogs, whose toxins are used for medicine, are threatened by climate change, the long-term shifts in temperatures and weather...

Life-saving statins are a hard pill to swallow in the Philippines

In the Philippines, where cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been a leading cause of death for over three decades, the information disorder proves to be...

Go hails DOH decision on purchase booklet requirement

Senate Committee on Health Chairperson Christopher Bong Go commended the Department of Health’s Administrative Order (AO) No. 2024-0017, which removes the purchase booklet as...

Stroke cases surge as DOH ramps up monitoring of noncommunicable diseases

The Department of Health (DOH) through Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo said they are monitoring Filipinos afflicted with noncommunicable diseases amid a reported surge of...

No more meds purchase booklet for seniors—DOH

Senior citizens no longer need to present a purchase booklet in availing of their discount on medicines, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa announced on Monday. Previously,...

Nobel scientist uncovered tiny genetic switches with big potential

Harvard geneticist Gary Ruvkun vividly remembers the late-night phone call with his longtime friend and now 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine co-laureate Victor Ambros,...

Cancer, cardiovascular drugs tipped for Nobel as prize week opens

Cancer research or drugs treating cardiovascular illnesses could win a Nobel Prize on Monday when a week of laureate announcements kicks off, bringing a...

Gilead licenses HIV-prevention drug to generic drugmakers

US pharmaceutical giant Gilead said Wednesday it had signed licensing deals with six generic drugmakers to produce and sell its HIV prevention medicine in...

From new treatments to AI: advances in the fight against cancer

Barcelona, Spain—From combining treatments in unprecedented ways to deploying artificial intelligence for personalized medicine, a raft of new advances in the fight against cancer have...
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