Getting immediate access to health professionals has always been a problem for many Filipinos, even prior to the pandemic. Due to a huge number of patients, long wait times at the hospitals before one can be seen by a health professional is not uncommon. When the pandemic hit, the thought undue and prolonged exposure while …
It’s Bad when it’s a “Fad”
Let's be honest, there's a reason why fad diets are referred to as "Fad Diets." They can be the hottest thing in the planet, with multiple testimonials on how "effective" it is, but truth of the matter is that it's simply fad, with no assurance that you will achieve your health goals effectively, safely and …
Investing in affordable health care is easy with PhilCare’s ER Vantage
I was 33 years old when I realized how unprepared my husband and I was for life's emergencies. It all started with a throbbing, steady pain, said my husband. He would wake up at 12 midnight staying until 3AM, silently bearing the pain on his right abdomen. After months of trying to keep it from …
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Discovering what it means to be truly healthy with LifeScience
I don't need much to know that at my current state: I am beyond unhealthy. It's not even the excess 25 kilograms that I can't seem to shake off - it's the long nights awake, the stressful situations, the fact that I don't eat right and almost have zero exercise. For the longest time, I …
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The Fitness Diaries: Day One of Boxing – where I hardly floated, but looked like a bee
The Greatest of All Time, Muhammad Ali once said, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee..." In my case, "it was floated pathetically like a bee..." THIS. BEE. Seriously speaking, I always knew that starting to get healthy is not a walk in the park. I have wasted a lot of years reveling in my sedentary …
Sun Life study: Filipinos need to exercise more! SUN Fit & Well might be the solution for the Overworked generation
Filipinos consider themselves healthy; but needs to exercise regularly -- that is a nutshell is the result of the recently concluded Sun Life Financial Asia Health Index commissioned by leading insurance company, Sun Life. Always praised for its optimistic attitude, Filipinos ranked the highest when it comes to the total level of happiness, compared with its …
711 Run for 2017 All Set
As someone who is constantly stressed and famished due to work and my other side hustles, 711 has always been my happy place. Every day, after work, my hubs and I will hie to the nearest 711 and get our comfort food. Mine usually involves green tea and their famous hotdog-in-a-bun while my husband takes comfort …
Press Release: Eyeing on alternative treatment for pain: Barcelona Doctor Introduces the Ozone Therapy
Barcelona has been enjoying the perks of having Dr. Humberto Loscertales in their medical scene. The famous internal medicine specialist has been the authority and top practitioner of the Ozone therapy for the past 16 years in the Spanish City. This December, Dr. Loscertales visited the Philippines to introduce one of the most recognized alternative …
Active Life Chicago (ALC)’s Dr. Ron Samaniego raises the bar for quality physical therapy
Immediately upon meeting Ronald Samaniego, Doctor of Phyiscal Therapy (DPT), one gets the sense that they are in the presence of a passionate man. The kind who believes in fighting for his beliefs; one who pushes himself to the limits in order to break the ceiling and definitely, achieve his dreams. Dr. Samaniego is a …
Piolo leads call to “Go Well;” launches this year’s Sunpiology Sugar Wars
Heartthrob Piolo Pascual is like a Pinoy Tony Stark - even without the "Crush Ng Bayan" tag which followed him all his life, Piolo is well-loved and known to his followers as a product endorser, as a savy businessman, a philanthropist and a budding athlete. This is aside from being a loving father, brother and …
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