HEALTH:SUDDEN DEATH: HYPERTENSION (Last of Four Parts)
Heart attack, cardiac arrest and stroke have one thing in common: hypertension or high blood pressure. But hypertension is not a disease but a long-term...
HEALTH: SUDDEN DEATH: STROKE (Third of Four Parts)
FORTY-EIGHT year old Ronald was not unduly worried about his health. As personal driver of the provincial governor in one of the provinces in southern...
HEALTH:SUDDEN DEATH: CARDIAC ARREST (Second of Four Parts)
If a doctor tells you about CV, he doesn’t mean curriculum vitae but rather he is referring to cardiovascular. “For the longest time, cardiovascular causes...
HEALTH: SUDDEN DEATH: HEART ATTACK (First of Four Parts)
PICTURE this: You’re walking or exercising and suddenly you experience a pressure, tightness, or squeezing directly behind or slightly to the left of your...
THE TOP TEN HEALTHIEST FRUITS
What do banana, apple, citrus, strawberry, papaya, grape, watermelon, coconut, avocado, and pineapple have one thing in common?
They are the top ten healthiest fruits,...
FIGHTING CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Our body has a new enemy – and it is our appetites. With fast foods proliferating and “eat all you can” restaurants thriving here and...
HEALTH: So, you want to go swimming this summer?
It was a warm Sunday morning last summer and most of the families were out in one of the beaches in Davao City. Five-year-old...
Hepatitis B: Deadlier than ever
“The hepatitis virus is very durable,” points out Dr. Berkman. “It can remain infectious on environmental surfaces for at least a month if left...
HEALTH: The ancient scourge returns
Meet Manang Rosa, whose family lives in a small bamboo house north of the town of Bansalan, Davao del Sur, about five kilometers away...
HEALTH: Measles on the rise again
Dengue out; measles in!
While the Senate was doing a hearing on the Dengvaxia brouhaha and Filipinos were glued on their television watching the eruption...