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The Truth About Back Pain

Studies show that back pain is one of the most common reasons why employees may skip work. Back pain affects a person’s productivity, mobility, interest to travel, drive, or ability to engage in sports and leisure activities. But what exactly is painful in back pain? Is it the spine? The muscles? Joints? Nerves? Does one […]

Cholesterol Medications

What Are Cholesterol-Lowering Medications? If your health care professional has decided you need to take medicine to reduce high cholesterol, it’s because you are at borderline to intermediate risk and have risk enhancing factors or are at high risk for heart disease or stroke. Usually, the treatment combines healthy lifestyle changes, including diet and physical […]

Men 101: How to Prevent Prostate Cancer?

Prostate cancer remains one of the most common cancers in men. According to the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH), prostate cancer ranks among the 6 most common cancers and is the 3 rd leading cause of death among Filipino men. Those who are older than 50 years old (and especially more than […]

Seven Things to Know About Adult and Pedia Vaccines

Are the flu and pneumococcal vaccines interchangeable? Can you skip the COVID-19 vaccine if you got these shots? CMI internal medicine specialist Dr. Ronna Cheska De Leon-Yao has the answers If you are still on the fence about whether to get the COVID-19 vaccine or not, consider this: Vaccines have been administered in various stages […]

What’s life like under Alert Level 1?

CMI’s internal medicine specialist gives the rundown on what to expect in the latest new normal setup The decline in COVID-positive cases due to the Philippines’ mass vaccination program and the practice of minimum health and safety standards prompted government to place the National Capital Region and 38 other areas under Alert Level 1 on […]