Be careful in eating street food during summer, says DOH-7 chief

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has warned the public of being careful in eating or avoid eating street food during the summer since these kinds of food are easily spoiled with the…

Utlang: Meat from slaughtered pigs suffering from heat stroke safe to eat

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Meat from pigs suffering from heat stroke are safe to eat. Dr. Alice Utlang, Cebu City Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) head, gave this assurance as she warned of the the effect of…

Avoid the sun, drink plenty of fluids to avoid heat stroke

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 03/07/2018

AS TEMPERATURES RISE If you have nothing important to do outside, better stay indoors. Avoid too much sun exposure and drink lots of fluids. These are some of the ways health officials advised the public to cope…

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…

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…

Inmates allowed to cool off outside cells to escape heat

Carmel Loise Matus 03/06/2016

The El Niño dry spell has forced the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) to allow their inmates to spend more time outside their cells during the day. This was before an inmate collapsed during a…

Political writer Napoleon Rama passes on

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/11/2016

CEBU CITY—Political writer, who was cellmate of former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. during Martial Law, died of heart failure on Sunday. Napoleon Rama, 92, died in the hospital in Manila where he was brought a few days…

Exercise and sickness

Alex Pacquiao 11/10/2014

Exercise is not just for healthy people. Although there are some people with medical disorders for whom exercise is not recommended, in most cases it is important to stay as active as possible. People who think of…

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