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Borough Center for Sight ushers in Sight Saving Month

July 31, 2014 - 12:00am

The whole month of August, Borough Center for Sight, considered one of the country’s premier eye care clinics, celebrates Sight Saving Month at its branches in CyberOne building, Eastwood, Quezon City, and...

Science and Environment

Over 500,000 Pinoys have bilateral blindness

By Sheila Crisostomo | August 4, 2013 - 12:00am

There are 569,072 Filipinos suffering bilateral blindness, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

Headlines

Mga bata magpa-eye exam - DOH

By Doris Franche-Borja | August 4, 2013 - 12:00am

Hinikayat ng Department of Health (DOH) ang lahat ng batang 12 taong gulang pataas na sumailalim sa eye exa­mination upang makaiwas sa pagkabulag at iba pang problema sa paningin.

Bansa

Experts want stricter visual tests for drivers

By Sheila Crisostomo | August 18, 2009 - 12:00am

Eye experts urged yesterday the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to include peripheral or field vision in its visual screening procedures for driver’s license applicants.

Headlines

‘Ingat sa iridology’- DOH

August 5, 2008 - 12:00am

Bansa

DOH: Smoking can cause blindness

By Sheila Crisostomo | August 7, 2007 - 12:00am

Headlines

800,000 Pinoys visually impaired due to diabetes

By Sheila Crisostomo | August 30, 2005 - 12:00am

Around 800,000 Filipinos are unnecessarily suffering from retinopathy, a visual impairment caused by diabetes, an expert from the Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology (PAO) said yesterday. PAO councilor Dr. Ronald...

Headlines

500,000 Filipinos unnecessarily suffering from cataracts, experts say

By Sheila Crisostomo | August 4, 2005 - 12:00am

Half a million Filipinos are suffering from cataracts and other forms of blindness, experts said yesterday. Health Undersecretary Jade del Mundo said the country’s economic gains dropped in 2002 by 13 percent...

Headlines

Sight Saving month ngayon

By Cielito Mahal Del Mundo | August 13, 2004 - 12:00am

MAY ginanap na seminar ngayon sa Manila Central University Hospital sa Caloocan City tungkol sa wastong pangangalaga ng mga mata. Ito ay bilang bahagi ng obserbasyon ng Sight Saving Month.

PSN Opinyon

Kaso ng isang optical shop

By Jose C. Sison | June 17, 2003 - 12:00am

NAGLUNSAD ang SOP, organisasyon na may 95 na miyembro ng mga Optometrists sa Southern City ng programang "Sight Saving Month". Samantala, ang ACO, isang optical company, ay nagbukas ng ilang optical shop...

PSN Opinyon