PhilHealth Director Risa Hontiveros together with Akbayan Women and the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP) today distributed contraceptives such as Implanon, birth control pills, injectibles and condoms to women of Barangay Tatalon in Quezon City as part of...

MANILA, July 3 (Mabuhay) – Philippine health authorities cautioned the public against buying or consuming specific batches of two anti-infection medication products, which it said are being recalled. In Advisory No. 2015-039, the FDA warned against a batch of a specific batch of...

MANILA (Mabuhay) – A toxics watchdog has requested the Department of Health (DOH) and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to look into the need of banning the use of lead in kitchen utensils in line with the country’s effort to strengthen the food safety regulatory system....

MANILA (Mabuhay) – The Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday that it did not find any toxic substance in the milk tea that killed two persons in Manila last Thursday, according to the preliminary findings of the tests it conducted. “Preliminary results were negative for...

(Relaxnews) – Thought to be the first filler to gain approval for acne scar treatment, Bellafill has gained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to parent company Suneva Medical who made the announcement on Tuesday. Clinical trials proved it to be...

MANILA (Mabuhay) – The Department of Health’s (DOH) P1-billion proposed budget for family planning supplies is hanging in the balance after Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III questioned the lack of certification from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during Monday’s budget...

(Relaxnews) – A thin, circular eye implant could remedy near-sightedness, otherwise known as presbyopia, according to research presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The device has everyone talking because it corrected presbyopia...

(PARIS–AFP) – Promoted as an aid to good health, artificial sweeteners may in fact be boosting diabetes risk, said a study Wednesday that urged a rethink of their widespread use and endorsement. Also called non-calorific artificial sweeteners, or NAS, the additives...

(Relaxnews) – Aside from that morning cup of coffee, the average person consumes more caffeine on a daily basis than he or she realizes, as the common additive can be hiding in unexpected places, even in jelly beans. Now a research team may have laid the groundwork for a...

Los Angeles, 28 August 2013 – Philippine Consul General Ma. Hellen B. De La Vega welcomes the invitation extended by the Port of Los Angeles to hold a roundtable discussion on the proposed rules by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Foreign Supplier Verification...