You probably know when your car is not running at its peak performance level. It’s even instinctive for men to know which kind of oil goes into it – and, of course, it’s always the best quality possible. Can you say the same about your body? Are we equally conscientious of the kind of maintenance [...]
The rains are back and with it, the possibility of leptospirosis, a potentially deadly disease. In tropical countries like the Philippines, leptospirosis occurs most frequently during the wet season when there is a greater chance of contact with water contaminated by rat urine or feces carrying leptospira bacteria.
Leptospirosis can be contracted by swallowing contaminated food [...]
by Ralph Jennings
Kaohsiung, Taiwan — For centuries, hundreds of millions of people across Asia, from Pakistan to Palau, have chewed the spicy date-like fruit of the betel palm for a quick buzz.
Then four years ago, a World Health Organization (WHO) study found that chewing betel nuts can cause oral cancer and that the rate of [...]
CHICAGO (AP) – Hopes that a diet low in fat and full of fruits and vegetables could prevent cancer were dashed by a large seven-year experiment in more than 3,000 women.
The government study found no benefit from a diet that included far more than recommended servings of five fruits and vegetables a day.
The study appears [...]
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Sodas – even diet ones – may be linked with increased risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, US researchers said on Monday.
They found adults who drink one or more sodas a day had about a 50 percent higher risk of metabolic syndrome – a cluster of risk factors such as excessive [...]
by Dr. Gary S. Sy
TETANUS is an infectious disease caused by contamination of wounds from bacteria that live in the soil. The bacterium Clostridium tetani is a hardy organism capable of living many years in the soil in a form called a spore.
Tetanus occurs when a wound becomes contaminated with bacterial spores. Infection follows when [...]