Health

“Although Alzheimer’s disease is so common, it’s quite hard to make a diagnose.” – Dr. Willie T. Ong in his national column, “Mind Your...

FOUR months after my grandmother, Modesta Tacio, turned 66, she started acting strange. She kept forgetting simple things: where she put her keys, if she had eaten lunch already, or if she had paid the electric and water bills. “Don’t worry.

The right to water is a basic human right. “A person can survive only three to five days without water, in some cases...

Infection of hepatitis B affects one-third of the world’s population. In the Philippines, one out of ten harbors the disease. This makes...

There’s another reason to eat less fat, at least for men: it might reduce the risk of developing life-threatening prostate cancer, American researchers say. Eating...

Circumcision is probably the world’s most widely performed procedure.  According to some studies, approximately one-third of males worldwide are circumcised, most often for reasons...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the microorganism that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), is deadly. This must be the reason why other sexually...

Ever heard of the “fountain of youth”? It is a legendary spring that reputedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted across the world for thousands of years

While three journalists from Davao City (ABS-CBN’s Ruben Gonzaga, Department of Agriculture’s Noel Provido, and myself) were receiving awards at the recent Binhi Awards...

Nemesia V. Canoy used to wake up early in the morning to go to the rice field which her family owns. It was...