Health Articles

Cleft lip and palate is one of the more common disorders seen in the Philippines.  In fact, in 1 out of 1,000 Filipino live births, a cleft lip or palate patient is born. A cleft is a gap or a deficiency in the lip ...

A child is born with smooth, flawless skin and all is right in the world.  However, soon enough, a mysterious spot or small patch, be it red or light blue-grey, presents itself in the landscape of innocent infant sk...

Glaucoma is a chronic, progressive eye disease affecting the optic nerve (connection of the eye to the brain). Left undetected and untreated, it plods a slow course towards permanent, irreversible blindness.  Accord...

Among cancers that affect both men and women, colon cancer (cancer of the large intestine) ranks as the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the Philippines. Anyone at any age can get colon cancer, but more than 90 pe...