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Air Pollution in the Philippines: 43,000 Deaths a Year

APMARGIN — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:05:51 +0000

In April 2026, the Navotas landfill fire pushed Metro Manila's air into acutely unhealthy territory across multiple cities. But that was an acute episode on top of a chronic crisis. Air pollution killed an estimated 43,000 Filipinos in 2024 alone, making it the country's third highest risk factor for adverse health outcomes. Philippine PM2.5 levels rose 28 percent in 2025. Almost nobody is talking about it.

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Prostate Cancer Is Rising in Filipino Men

APMARGIN — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:45:08 +0000

The GLOBOCAN 2024 data published by IARC in July 2026 confirms prostate cancer has climbed to the second most common cancer in Filipino men, with 9,195 new cases in 2024. The Philippines is one of only nine countries globally where prostate cancer mortality is still increasing. A PSA blood test changes the outcome entirely.

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Why Filipinos Are Among the World’s Most Sleep-Deprived

APMARGIN — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:36:23 +0000

The Philippines is the most sleep-deprived country in Southeast Asia and fourth in the world. More than half of all Filipinos are not meeting the seven-hour minimum that medical science consistently links to healthy cardiovascular, metabolic, and cognitive function. The health toll is being counted in rising hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease rates.

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Silent Diabetes: Many Filipinos Undiagnosed

APMARGIN — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:01:05 +0000

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 […]

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Extreme Heat Is More Dangerous Than You Think: How High Temperatures Affect Your Body

APMARGIN — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:15:56 +0000

Heat does not announce itself the way other disasters do. Yet globally it now kills more people every year than almost any other climate hazard, and the Philippines has spent 2026 recording some of its most dangerous heat index readings on record.

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Child Stunting in the Philippines Is Rising Again. Here Is Why.

APMARGIN — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:52:07 +0000

For a decade, child stunting in the Philippines was declining. The 2025 FNRI survey reversed that trend for the first time since 2015. One in four Filipino children under five is now stunted, and the economic cost of inaction is 496 billion pesos a year.

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How Eastern Visayas Is Lowering Its Adolescent Pregnancy Rate

APMARGIN — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:13:20 +0000

Adolescent pregnancy carries health, educational, and economic consequences that follow young Filipinas for the rest of their lives. In Eastern Visayas, a program built around youth leadership and stronger local governance is showing measurable progress, offering a model other regions may be able to follow

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The Philippines Is Doubling Its TB Budget. Here Is Why That Matters

APMARGIN — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:23:26 +0000

Tuberculosis kills an estimated 98 Filipinos every day. DOH and WHO are now targeting 12 million screenings in 2026 backed by a budget nearly double last year's, funded by AI assisted portable X-rays and a shortened drug resistant treatment regimen.

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Why a Color-Coded Food Label Could Change How Filipinos Eat

APMARGIN — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:52:34 +0000

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.

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Fatty Liver in Normal-Weight Filipinos

APMARGIN — Mon, 25 May 2026 00:06:16 +0000

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.

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