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World Cancer Congress

Under Pressure With 21 percent of Filipinos suffering from hypertension, the pressure is on the medical community to tame a growing epidemic. [More]

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The price of pressure

How much does lifelong management of hypertension cost? Grace Roxas comes up with an estimate. [More]

Meteor strikes

Rosuvastatin proves able to delay atherosclerotic progression, according to the results of the METEOR trial. [More]

A class of its own

Will oral renin inhibitors change the way hypertension is treated?. [More]

ALL-OUT WAR

Third Hep B Summit steps up the fight against hepatitis. [More]

Vaccination at birth

An ounce of hepatitis-B vaccine is worth a pound of cure. [More]

No-nonsense strategy v. HBV

Testing should zero in on viral DNA to determine risk for cirrhosis or cancer. [More]

Better than true love--hep B is forever

The disease latches on to its victim for life. [More]

The ways to do battle

During the workshops, participants zeroed in on 3 major population groups that need to be protected from hepatitis-B virus to stem the tide of infection. [More]

"We have to fight back"

Keynote speech of Vice President Noli de Castro. [More]