HEALTH 15 May 2025
"Cirrhosis causes liver damage, liver failure leading to serious health problems and can be life-threatening!"
Janus Ong, PhD Gastroenterologist and Emeritus Transplant Hepatologist at PGH Hospital tells us how to truly get rid of Liver Disease
Liver cancer, hepatitis B and C, fatty liver, complications of cirrhosis are the diagnoses that cause serious diseases leading to high mortality in the Philippines. And the main causes leading to the development of these life-threatening conditions are alcohol, tobacco, diabetes, obesity, drug abuse,...
Do you think age is to blame? Is there nothing you can do? Wrong!
We scored an exclusive interview with the MD, PhD, who holds an MD from UP Medical School, an MPH from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and completed his Residency. IM at Yale School of Medicine, Gastroenterology Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Clinical Hepatology Fellowship at the US NIH. in Maryland. Dr. Janus Ong
Dr. Janus Ong