Health & Wellness

Non-governmental organization Unilab Foundation, through its youth-engagement program Ideas Positive, is again inviting young people between 18 and 30 years old to form a team of five members and a mentor, and submit innovative ideas in solving health issues in their communities. 

Helsinki—A recent Finnish study showed that 10 minutes of vigorous exercise daily is enough to prevent a child from becoming overweight, Finnish national broadcaster Yle reported last Wednesday. 

By Riza Lozada For a long time now, the Unilab Foundation, a non-governmental organization that acts independently from United Laboratories, has made the implementation innovative health-intervention projects in poor communities its main advocacy.

Story and photo by Leilani S. Junio  Philippines News Agency The Department of Health (DOH) last Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement to enhance the basic interventions needed to address existing gaps in the Philippines’s mental healthcare services.

Canberra—Breastfeeding should be encouraged over feeding newborns with baby formula, as an overreliance on formula could put the health of children and their mothers “at risk” in the future, researchers from Australian National University (ANU) said last Thursday. 

Germany-based software firm SAP introduced last week the SAP Health Engagement technological solution, which directly connects patients to physicians and health-program managers. 

Washington, D.C.—A bacterium being trialed to control the spread of dengue has now been shown to prevent the transmission of the Zika virus, researchers said recently.

For over 50 years, Philusa Corp. has been bringing high-quality, yet affordable pharmaceutical and consumer products that Filipinos use every day at every stage of their lives. 

The Department of Health (DOH), together with some health experts, defended the efficacy of the new dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, saying it will prevent the transmission of the disease. 

Pharex Health Corp., the most prescribed brand of medicines, has expressed anew its continued support for Mercury Drug’s Operation BigayLunas program, which the country’s leading drugstore has been conducting every year as part of its anniversary celebration.