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ILOILO CITY, March 24 (PIA) — With the summer officially here, the Department of Health (DOH) on alerted the public against six common diseases and conditions during the hottest time of the year. “This year, the Holy Week signals the start of summer vacation activities, thus, we are urging the public to keep themselves healthy and fit in the midst of their busy schedules,” said the DOH in a media release. According to the DOH, […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh – The Bangladesh State Ministry of Health confirmed the first case of Zika virus in the country, with the virus detected in the 2014 blood sample of a 60-year old patient. Said patient is responding well to treatments. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/k7VaNfrEz_Y
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health is now ready to implement its vaccination program to counter dengue. 1.3 million elementary students from NCR, Central Luzon and MiMiMaRoPa will be the first beneficiaries of said vaccination program. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
(Reuters) — South Korea reported its first confirmed case of the Zika virus on Tuesday (March 22) in a 43-year old male who have travelled to Brazil, its center for disease control said. “This patient is the first Zika virus-infected patient in South Korea. However, the fever has subsided,” said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Jung Ki-suck at a news conference. “The patient is a 43 year-old-male. He visited Brazil for 22 […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 21) – In the Philippines the Coconut tree is called the “Tree of Life’’, because of the endless products derived from its various parts. They say if you’re stranded in a desert island all you have to do is find a coconut tree and you will survive. In fact during the Typhoon Haiyan -known locally as Yolanda- in 2013, affected families survived on coconuts alone for days! From leaves to roots, almost all […]
CALIFORNIA, United States of America – Researchers in the United States of America were able to successfully treat a cat afflicted with a previously incurable mouth disease. Said experiment can now give raise to same treatments for human afflicted with similar diseases. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
PARIS, France (AFP) — Paracetamol, a common over-the-counter pain-reliever, does not work in the treatment of osteoarthritis, a joint disorder afflicting tens of millions of elderly people, according to a study released Friday. When taken on its own to alleviate pain or enhance mobility, the drug was found to be only marginally — and insignificantly — better than a dummy pill, according to a broad survey of 74 clinical trials covering nearly 60,000 patients. “Our […]
https://youtu.be/fQ-LIdz3Qxo by Kyoko Hasegawa TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease may not have “lost” their memories, but could simply have difficulty accessing them, researchers said as they unveiled a possible treatment that could one day offer a cure to the ravages of dementia. Nobel Prize-winner Susumu Tonegawa said studies on mice showed that by stimulating specific areas of the brain with blue light, scientists could make the creatures recall thoughts that […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The NFL’s top health executive Monday became the first senior league official to acknowledge a link between football-related head trauma and the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Jeff Miller, the NFL’s vice president of health and safety, was pressed at a roundtable organized by the Energy and Commerce Committee of the US House of Representatives on whether there was indeed a link between the hard-hitting gridiron game and neurodegenerative diseases […]
GUADALUPE, Makati City – Due to the overwhelming heat, the Metro Manila Develoment Authority will implement a 30-minute “heat stroke break” for its constables and street sweepers. Said break will start on March 25 and will last until May 30. MMDA added that the alternate breaks will be from 9 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon. An additional 15-minute break can be added depending on the situation. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay […]
https://youtu.be/l-jFCIUl6ww by Agnès PEDRERO GENEVA Switzerland (AFP) — Global health experts agreed Wednesday to prioritize developing vaccines against the Zika virus suspected of causing birth defects, but a Brazilian specialist warned that doing so would take at least three years. “Perhaps in three years we will have a vaccine,” Jorge Kalil, head of the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, told reporters in Geneva, acknowledging that even that estimate was “optimistic”. He was among global health […]
GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization released new guidelines regarding mosquito control due to the continued spread of the zika virus. Said guidelines focused on the use of insecticides, as well as destruction of breeding sites. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/ZFZN2ZjZX3w
