Stroke—how to prevent it

Alex Pacquiao 10/30/2016

STROKE is a sudden severe illness that attacks the brain. There are two basic types. Ischemic strokes, which account for about 80 percent of total strokes, happen when blood flow to a part of the brain is…

Busay chief: I’ve never been into drugs

Morexette Erram 10/22/2016

Lopez cites hypertension meds for positive drug test results Busay barangay Captain Amilo Lopez yesterday strongly denied using illegal drugs and cited the various kinds of maintenance medication that he use for his hypertension as the reason…

Our weight and premature death

Dr. Philip S. Chua 07/25/2016

A CLINICAL study of 3.9 million adults in 189 countries, published in the medical journal, Lancet, revealed that our risk for illness (like hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, stroke, Alzheimer’s and cancer) and premature death are impacted by…

Lowering blood pressure – naturally

02/03/2014

Hypertension is one of the bigger health problems in the Philippines. According to the National Nutrition and Health Survey (NNHeS II) conducted in 2008, one in every four Filipino adults (25.7 percent) has hypertension—a blood pressure reading…

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