Sickness allowance of seafarers

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/09/2018

A medically repatriated seafarer would normally result in depriving him of compensation income due to his inability to perform his sea duties. Away from his family and working on board vessels sailing non-stop for weeks or months…

Do you have high blood pressure now?

AFP 11/19/2017

LOS ANGELES — High blood pressure was redefined by the American Heart Association, which said the  disease should be treated sooner, when it reaches 130/80 mm Hg, not the previous limit of 140/90. Doctors now recognize that…

Diver treated for decompression sickness

Norman Mendoza 06/21/2017

A diver of Bien Unido town, Bohol province who joined the search and retrieval operation for mayor Gisela Boniel was rushed to a decompression chamber in Mandaue City after he lost air underwater. Mel Quiao, one of…

Lean on God amid sufferings and pain – Palma

02/11/2017

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma called on the faithful to lean on God amid sufferings and pains as the Catholic Church as marked the 25th World Day of the Sick and the 159th anniversary of the apparition of…

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…

Kikay’s sickness in style list

05/28/2014

LAST week, I feel victim to a nasty bout of pharyngitis, consisting of 40 degrees fever for six days, a constant severe migraine, swollen lymph nodes and tonsils, and basically feeling like utter hell. I was confined…

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