Tobacco control advocates welcome appointment of Herbosa as Health Secretary manilastandard.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from manilastandard.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New DOH chief urged to keep e-cigarettes in check philstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Do you know that the second most common type of cancer in the Philippines after breast cancer is lung cancer? Lung cancer may spread or metastasize to lymph nodes or to other organs in the body, such as the brain. However, cancers from other organs may also spread to the…
Over 112,000 Filipinos die from tobacco-related diseases each year, of which about 23 percent are male and 10 percent are female (17.5 percent overall). Meanwhile, over 20 percent of non-communicable disease-related deaths (ex: ischemic heart disease, stroke, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, lung cancer, etc.) in the Philippines, are…
TOBACCO control advocates yesterday said they are hopeful newly-appointed Health Secretary Dr. Teodoro Herbosa will boost programs meant to curb smoking an.