by Ching M. Alano
At the First World Congress of Public Health Nutrition held last year, according to Food Facts Asia, the experts asked some very absorbing — and disturbing — questions, such as: Do consumers know how much they should eat? Do they read the nutrition information on food labels, do they understand what it [...]
Treating diabetics with a combination of angiotensin converting enzyme (perindopril) and duretic (indapamide) lowers blood pressure and reduces the risk of cardiovascular events, including death from diabetes complications, by 20 percent. The benefit was noted even in diabetics who have normal blood pressure.
This was the main finding of the Advance study, a landmark trial presented [...]
If you are among those who think that natural calamities are the major causes of death in the country, you are grossly mistaken. According to recent studies conducted by the Department of Health, the country’s mortality ratio is, in large part, caused by diseases.
The number one cause of death n the country today is still [...]