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Maintaining a regular periodic check on your health helps. And while vaccines do not offer foolproof protection from any disease, they better the ability of a relatively healthy body to combat diseases.
The House of Hope Foundation for Kids with Cancer in Davao City is able to accommodate only about 40 percent of their anticipated pediatric patients, but they are working to change that. The foundation aims to construct additional facilities to increase their capacity over the next five to 10 years. Meanwhile, they are collaborating with other hospitals and medical practitioners to provide the best care possible for their patients.
Breast cancer patients have hope, with new innovative treatments available to improve survival rates and quality of life. This story, part of a two-part series, follows the journey of breast cancer patients in the Philippines as they seek treatment and face challenges.
Ella L. Florida of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, felt a lump on her breast last year. She thought nothing about it but still felt the need to seek a doctor's advice. Her doctor prescribed she undergo a mammogram since it was only through this test that they could tell if hers was malignant and needed surgery procedure the soonest time possible or if it was just a benign tumor. Her mammogram results yielded negative for cancer, meaning that her tumor was just benign. But since the size of the lump was already alarming at 13cm in diameter, and still growing, her doctors advised her to undergo s...
Thai supermarket chain Big C Supercenter has delayed its plan to list in both Hong Kong and Thailand until 2024, as the group believe that the economic environment will be better next year.