Category: Health
Why do soaps and hand sanitizers expire?
With a towel draped over one arm and clean clothes over the other, you enter your bathroom, excited for a…
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis: The heartbreaking story of the Father of Handwashing
•In 1847, a Hungarian physician named Ignaz Semmelweis was the first to realize that improper handwashing could spread diseases in…
More than just a paternity test: What Pinoy TV shows don’t tell you about DNA testing
•Despite how popular culture normally depicts it, there’s more to the science of DNA testing than paternity tests. •Your DNA…
Antibiotic resistance: How misusing antibiotics kills thousands of people yearly
•The misuse of antibiotics (e.g. taking them without a prescription, or even when they’re not needed) makes bacteria more resistant…
This myth about spiders and sleep isn’t true (thankfully)
If you’ve been on the internet long enough, you’ve probably read this not-so-fun fact: The average person, while asleep, swallows…
Prosopagnosia: Why some people are bad at recognizing faces
Ever bumped into someone at a party and thought, “Who’s this person, again?” You might have prosopagnosia. For many folks,…
A whiff of danger: Experts convene to fight air pollution in Iloilo
About three years ago, doctors at St. Paul’s Hospital Iloilo (SPHI) started sensing something in the air. All of a…
5 things you need to know about polio in the Philippines
(Updated on October 28, 2019) Last September 19, the Department of Health (DOH) declared a polio outbreak in the Philippines. This…
What you need to know about African swine fever in the Philippines
In early September 2019, the Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed that at least a thousand pigs died due to the…
4 important things you need to know about dengue
(Updated on November 11, 2019) Months after the Dengvaxia controversy exploded in the Philippines, dengue is making local headlines once again.…
