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We can face the reality of our own mortality because we trust in God.

May 8, 2019 - 12:00am

Word of the day

Mortality rate was 10-fold higher in opioid use disorder patients

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | February 24, 2019 - 12:00am

Individuals with opioid use disorder had a 10-fold higher mortality rate than the general population in a general health care setting, according to a study of 2,576 patients.

Opinion

The wonder of theater royalty

By Philip Cu-Unjieng | April 8, 2018 - 12:00am

If I look back and try to understand how my love for theater developed, I am certain that one critical jump-off point would...

Allure

Hemorrhage leading cause of maternal mortality

By Kristine B. Quintas/NSA | February 3, 2016 - 9:00am

Severe blood loss during labor is the leading cause of death among pregnant women, the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecologic Society-Cebu Chapter disclosed yesterday.

Cebu News

Smoking linked to many ‘new’ causes of death

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | October 31, 2015 - 10:00am

Smoking causes death from many diseases that until now have not been linked officially to tobacco use, including digestive disorders, liver cirrhosis, infections, renal failure, and breast and prostate cancers, according...

Opinion

DOH: Difficult to lower maternal mortality rates

August 7, 2015 - 10:00am

The Department of Health admitted that Central Visayas is unlikely to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) of reducing its maternal mortality to 52 from 162 per 100,000 mothers by the end of the year.

Cebu News

Healthy diet after diabetes diagnosis improves survival

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | March 8, 2015 - 12:00am

Women who embraced a healthy diet after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes had significantly lower rates of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality than did those with a bad diet, in a large observational study...

Opinion

Hypertension control tied to decline in stroke mortality

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | January 11, 2015 - 12:00am

Antihypertensive therapy is likely the main reason for the dramatic drop in stroke fatalities in the past 50 years, a study has shown.

Opinion

Report: Child mortality rate in the Philippines dropped since 1990

By Patricia Lourdes Viray | September 18, 2014 - 4:22pm

The child mortality rate in the Philippines decreased since the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target of reducing child...

Health And Family

Calcium supplements raise CVD mortality in men

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | July 27, 2014 - 12:00am

Taking calcium supplements appears to raise the risk of death from cardiovascular disease among men but not women, a study has shown.

Opinion