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Six ways to keep fit during election campaign

With the bottled mineral water as weight, one can do biceps exercise while standing or sitting down or doing the tip toe (exercise for calf muscle), anytime, anywhere. February 17, 2013   //   0 Comments

By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files Photos and video by Mario Ignacio and Mario Espinosa As important as winning the election, candidates should make sure they

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3.4 million Saudi Arabians suffer from diabetes

January 22, 2013   //   0 Comments

RIYADH, Jan. 21, (PNA/Xinhua) — Saudi Arabia ranks the seventh highest morbidity of diabetes in the world with 3.4 million patients, according to Okaz newspaper

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Social distancing, cough etiquette, proper hygiene best ways to stop flu spread: Tayag

January 19, 2013   //   0 Comments

MANILA, Jan. 18 (PNA) — Health Assistant Secretary Eric Tayag on Friday stressed three ways to avoid catching or spreading the flu: proper hand-washing, social

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The Filipino doctors are in

pma. January 17, 2013   //   0 Comments

Officers of the Philippine Medical Association discuss Wednesday at their Quezon City headquarters a range of issues before media practitioners (not in picture), including only

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H1N1 flu shots safe for pregnant women: study

January 17, 2013   //   0 Comments

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (PNA/Xinhua) — Norwegian pregnant women who received a vaccine against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus showed no increased risk of pregnancy loss,

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Ona assures Universal Health Care in Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela and Ifugao

January 16, 2013   //   0 Comments

MANILA, Jan. 16 (PNA) — Hospitals in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela and Ifugao were recently inaugurated by Health Secretary Enrique T. Ona to

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Over 11,800 Sulawesians prone to HIV/AIDS infection — program official

January 16, 2013   //   0 Comments

MANADO, Jan. 16 (PNA/ANTARA News) — Manado`s AIDS Control Agency (KPA) said more than 11,800 people in this North Sulawesi capital are prone to HIV/AIDS

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Substantial amounts of contaminants still present in soil, groundwater of Barangay Bangkal in Makati – Mayor Binay By Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan

January 14, 2013   //   0 Comments

MANILA, Jan. 13 (PNA) — Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr. recently said the issue on the opening of the pipeline owned by the First

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DOH prevents spread of malaria ‘imported’ from Africa

January 12, 2013   //   0 Comments

LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 11 (PNA) — Two newly reported cases of malaria in Catanduanes and Camarines Sur provinces have been managed appropriately by local health

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Scientists discover mystery of insulin

January 10, 2013   //   0 Comments

CANBERRA, Jan 10 (PNA/Bernama) — Australian scientists have discovered the exact way a body handles insulin that could lead to more efficient treatment, said the

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