Health mag turns 1

Health & Lifestyle magazine, a monthly full-color magazine catering to doctors and healthcare professionals, is celebrating its first anniversary with this month’s issue.

According to Dr. Rafael Castillo, the magazine’s editor, it took a dash of courage and a megadose of faith when they decided to publish a monthly health magazine a year ago.

"We did encounter the hazards and occasionally tripped over the pitfalls. But by God’s grace and the support of the readers, doctors and other healthcare professionals, and the advertisers mainly coming from the pharmaceutical industry, we survived our first year," he says.

Sharon Cuneta graces the anniversary issue cover. Heart specialist Dr. Willie Ong gives some tips on how to cut medical bills by half, while Dr. Rosa Allyn Sy, president of the Philippine Diabetes Association, writes on the looming epidemic which diabetes is.

Health & Lifestyle is available at National Bookstores and selected magazine stands. Healthcare professionals who wish to subscribe may call 813-5433, 813-5436, 892-0723 or 892-0724.