When Samboy Lim collapsed during a basketball game in 2014, nobody knew CPR. He survived with permanent brain damage. Seventy percent of cardiac arrests in the Philippines happen at home or in public, in the presence of someone who could act but doesn't know how. This July, the Philippine Heart Association is running its biggest CPR campaign yet.
Global gout cases have more than doubled since 1990. Filipino men carry the highest prevalence of the gout-risk ABCG2 gene variant of any ethnic group studied — 21 percent, compared to 1 percent in Caucasians. This is not simply a diet disease. It has a genetic foundation, and it is being almost entirely ignored in Philippine public health communication.
Chronic kidney disease is typically associated with diabetes and hypertension in older adults. But a distinct form of CKD, driven by occupational heat stress and dehydration, is striking young, otherwise healthy outdoor workers in tropical countries worldwide. With millions of Filipinos working in high-heat conditions and temperatures rising, the Philippines may be facing this
The Philippines Has a Silent Diabetes Epidemic. Half of Those Who Have It Don’t Know. | APMARGIN Chronic Disease The Philippines Has a Silent Diabetes Epidemic. Half of Those Who Have It Don’t Know. Type 2 diabetes does not always announce itself. For many people, the first sign is not a symptom at all. It […]
GLP-1 receptor agonists are the most talked-about medications in global medicine. They are now officially available in the Philippines. The harder question is not whether they work, but whether they will reach the Filipinos who need them most.
A simple colored label on the front of a food package could shape what millions of Filipino families buy. Government agencies researchers and health groups gathered in Quezon City to discuss a front of pack nutrition labelling system designed to make sugar sodium and fat content impossible to miss.
Fatty liver disease is not only a problem for people who are overweight. A growing body of research shows that normal-weight Filipinos can develop the condition silently, with no obvious symptoms and no warning on the scale.
Type 2 diabetes is increasingly diagnosed in adults under 40 across Southeast Asia. Research shows earlier onset leads to longer exposure to complications and higher lifetime cardiovascular risk.
Processed meat has been classified as carcinogenic to humans based on large epidemiological studies. This article explains what that classification means, how strong the risk is, and how to interpret it properly.
Intermittent fasting is widely promoted for weight loss and metabolic health. Large randomized trials show it can work, but it is not necessarily superior to standard calorie restriction when total calories are the same.
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