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In a momentous occasion, the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) unveiled its Heart and Lung building, marking a significant leap forward in the region’s healthcare landscape. Nestled in the heart of Western Visayas, this state-of-the-art facility stands as a beacon of excellence, offering comprehensive cardiovascular and pulmonary care services to patients across the region.

The vape and e-cigarette industry’s expansion into the Philippines, with aspirations to establish the country as a manufacturing hub for these products, has sparked concern among medical professionals. This trajectory, they warn, carries the ominous potential of fostering an epidemic of EVALI, or e-cigarette or vape-associated lung injury, particularly among the nation’s youth.

The Songkhla Provincial Public Health Office confirmed the first monkeypox (mpox) case in the region. A 31-year-old Thai man from Songkhla was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday, and the diagnosis was made the following day. The hospital followed the prevention guidelines by isolating the patient. The health office initiated contact tracing, identifying one low-risk and one high-risk contact, while others were advised to self-monitor.

As we celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) today on 31 May 2023, the focus is shifting towards an unusual, yet urgent theme – “We need food, not tobacco”. 

People with COPD are not able to fully exhale what they have inhaled. Learn more about COPD with Dr Elizabeth Yu, pulmonologist @UCSF.

Bronchiectasis is a serious condition affecting the lungs. This condition mainly affects people above 75 years old, though it is…

Pneumonia is the leading cause of death caused by infectious diseases in the world and accounts for 15% of deaths…

Lung cancer accounts for 14.1% of newly diagnosed cancers and 20% of cancer deaths worldwide. 59% of the world’s lung…

Lung cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related disability and death in the world. It begins in…