Newborn screening not mandatory
By
Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
| October 25, 2013 - 12:00am
More than 15 years since the Department of Health started a nationwide campaign, there are still hospitals and birthing institutions that have not made the newborn screening mandatory.
Cebu News
Colonoscopy’s value every 10 years confirmed in average-risk adults
By
YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE
| By
Charles C. Chante MD
| September 29, 2013 - 12:00am
Screening colonoscopy showed its efficacy for preventing incident cases of colorectal cancer in prospectively collected data during follow-up of up to 24 years in about 170,000 average-risk American...
Opinion
Pap Test? Last part
By
JC
| July 20, 2013 - 12:00am
Dapat magsimula ang cervical cancer screening sa loob ng tatlong taon matapos magsimulang makipagtalik ang isang babae, pero hindi hihigit ang edad sa 21 taong gulang.
Para Malibang
Vinegar cancer test saves lives, India study finds
By
Muneeza Naqvi and Marilynn Marchione
| June 3, 2013 - 6:15am
A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by one-third in a remarkable study of 150,000 women in the slums of India, where the disease is the top cancer killer of women.
World
No more shoes removal at airport entrance
By
Ria Mae Y. Booc
| May 23, 2013 - 12:00am
The Non-Removal of Shoes policy was officially implemented at the Mactan Cebu International Airport Tuesday following implementation of the same policy at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and in the entire...
Cebu News
Study finds mammograms lead to unneeded treatment
November 22, 2012 - 12:00pm
Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U.S. study finds. At the...
Health And Family
PSA screening is unjustifiable in healthy men
By
YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE
| By
Charles C. Chante MD
| September 2, 2012 - 12:00am
Evidence does not conclusively support widespread prostate cancer screening of healthy men for reduction of deaths in the long term, according to a systematic review of the literature.
Opinion
Quezon City council screens all personnel
By
Rhodina Villanueva
| August 1, 2012 - 12:00am
The Quezon City Council will again undergo a mandatory screening process for all its personnel starting yesterday.
Metro
More prostate cancer test advice for some men
July 17, 2012 - 9:39am
There's more advice on the contentious issue of prostate cancer screening: A leading group of cancer specialists says the decision hinges in part on a man's life expectancy.
High alert at airports for mystery virus: Philippines braces for deadly disease
By
Jessica Ann R. Pareja
| July 9, 2012 - 12:00am
The Bureau of Quarantine at the Mactan Cebu International Airport is on high alert against a mysterious respiratory disease that has killed 56 children in Southern Cambodia.
Cebu News
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