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WE’RE shopping and wrapping, cleaning and cooking, and celebrating with our nearest and dearest. The hustle and bustle of the holiday season can be enough to leave us feeling like we can’t do another thing. It’s time…
FOR the past 15 years, I have been writing about the unhealthy effects of soft drinks on every consumer, especially on children. More and more evidences from multiple clinical studies have shown that these beverages, in all…
MY COLUMN on “Aspirin, the Wonder Drug,” came out in 2002, when this common household item was in the spotlight for sometime for its new role in staving off heart attack, medically termed Acute Myocardial Infarction (the…
ON OCT. 29, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that “the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans and processed meat as carcinogenic to humans.“…
NOT everyone is in danger of becoming drug-dependent. But it cuts across all boundaries. You certainly don’t have to be a poor urban youth to become hooked on drugs, says Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D. director of the…
MORE than 7 million persons in the United States have gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) and some of them are taking antacids; more are on Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) pills to reduce acid secretion in the stomach. For…
EMB says haze, air pollution in Metro Cebu produces dust particles beyond allowable limits The air in Metro Cebu was declared “unhealthy for sensitive groups” yesterday afternoon as the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7) confirmed haze conditions…
IT’S easy to shrug off a case of lethargy or poor stamina as just another sign that you’re getting older or that you’re coming down with something. But for most of us, it’s neither. Most fatigue is…
Are nuts good for us? Yes, they are, according to clinical investigations upon which the US-FDA based its approval in 1997 for nuts and whole-oat foods to carry the labels “touting possible heart benefits.” While animal fats…
CELEBRATING wellness this Pink October, Ayala Center Cebu takes the first steps in promoting healthy living with its “Work It, Wear It, – Think Pink” campaign. Together with its beneficiary, ICanServe Foundation Inc., and other partner organizations,…
DIABETES is the diagnosis when the body doesn’t produce enough or properly use insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas that’s needed to convert food into energy. The “sugar link” stems from the fact that much of…
MORE than 700 slots are still available for indigents wishing to avail of the Cebu City Medical Center’s (CCMC) Point-of-Care program. CCMC Hospital Administrator Rey Cris Panugaling said they will enroll qualified indigents to secure Philhealth benefits.…
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