As Filipinos mourn the passing of actress Isabel Granada due to complications from a brain aneurysm, more and more people are asking about what causes it, how to diagnose it and how to prevent it. The actress’ untimely death also gave rise to the Isabel Granada Aneurysm Awareness Foundation which seeks to increase public awareness about the illness. Globally, the …

Scientists studying the worst kind of skin cancer, melanoma, recently discovered a protein that was observed to regulate the spread of cancer cells from the skin to other organs. This discovery opens up possible pathways for treatment by inhibiting said protein. According to a Manila Bulletin report, scientists studied genetically engineered mice that developed human skin cancers. Their study showed …