Health Industry

Credit to Author: MYLENE C. ORILLO| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:33:24 +0000

Only a small percentage of employees are covered by health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and the health coverage is only applicable as long as they are employed. After retirement, they get…READ

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Credit to Author: MAYLENE STEPHANIE S. VIRAY| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:32:06 +0000

Now widespread among millennials, BPO workers, OFWs IN the country’s labor force, cases of diabetes are expected to grow among millennials, business process outsourcing (BPO) workers and overseas Filipino workers…READ

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Credit to Author: PHILIPPINES NEWS AGENCY| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:29:29 +0000

Trauma remains one of the leading causes of death in the country despite the increased availability of life-saving equipment and ambulances in most hospitals, an expert said on Tuesday. In…READ

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Credit to Author: NEIL ALCOBER, TMT| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:30:49 +0000

Researchers from the University of the Philippines–Manila (UP Manila) and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) are developing better newborn hearing screening technologies, which will pave way for early…READ

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