EXCEPT for infectious, congenital diseases, and rarer maladies, the most common major illnesses today are caused by four main risk factors, for which I have coined the acronym: TABA, the Filipino word for fat, for easy remembrance.…
BE careful. With the rise of social media, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) has called on trial judges and court employees to exercise prudence in posting photographs, liking posts and making comments in social networking…
THE Mandaue City Council will be initiating a disaster preparedness simulation exercise involving an after-explosion scenery with the use of an improvised explosive this Friday. The simulation exercise, to be held at the Session Hall, will be…
THERE are two types of individuals this summer: the ones who love the outdoors, making the most out of the sun; and the ones who wish to stay inside the comforts of home or covered spaces, just…
YOGA teachers are fearless. Sure, they can stand on their hands. Above all, they can speak freely in front of many people. They’re flexible. Yes, their feet can reach the top of their head, but more than…
NO LOADING STOPOVER A passenger jeepney stopped in front of a “No Loading” area to buy cigarettes from a roadside vendor during rush hour. Barely five minutes after the jeepney started on its way, it was stopped…
THE HOLIDAYS may be behind us but their physical effects, among others, will linger a while. Medically speaking, it is actually a time for “damage control” for those of us who have over-indulged during the festivities. The…
BURSAE are tiny fluid-filled sacs that cushion the spaces where muscle passes over bone and where two muscles rub together. In your kneecaps and elbows, they form cushions between skin and bone. They can get inflamed when…
This one we need to remember: Staying healthy is a triumvirate of exercise, nutrition and detoxification. Any individual with the goal of living a longer, more meaningful life should know this, says fitness director Kyle Matthews. Matthews–who…
NOT so long ago, resistance training also known as strength training or weight training was only for the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger or for the 97-pound weakling hoping to avoid getting kicked in his face by bigger…
UNLESS you watch your diet and exercise regularly, you’ll naturally put on more body fat as you get older. One main reason is lifestyle. People tend to be less physically active with age. Their muscle mass shrinks,…
I HAD a client who threw out his back maybe two or three times a year. He always did it in the simplest way–sleeping a little awkwardly or getting out of a chair too quickly. One time,…
