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Cheaper healthy food could save millions of lives: study
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Scientists have been telling Americans about the benefits of healthy eating for decades, and yet more Americans are obese than ever — more than a third of the country. Now, researchers at Harvard and Tufts Universities have laid out concrete steps officials can take by linking food prices to health effects. Reducing prices of fruit and vegetables while raising prices for sodas and other sugary drinks could save millions of […]
Japan dog retirement homes care for elderly canines
TOKYO, JAPAN (Reuters)— Akiko Hoshino’s 17-year-old female Shiba Inu, named “Nene”, is so old in dog years that she can no longer walk by herself. On the rare days she is out on the streets of Tokyo, Hoshino has to carry Nene everywhere, occasionally a friend helps her wipe the drool from Nene’s open mouth. Depending on how you calculate dog years, Nene is around 84 years old in human terms. “You can’t say this […]
PHL to join 2016 Earth Hour
MAKATI City, Philippines – The Philippines will once again participate in the 2016 Earth Hour organized by the World Wild Life Fund, which in turn is an awareness event that addresses the issue of climate change. The Philippines is one of the leading countries that participate in the Earth Hour. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
DiCaprio distressed by oil spill in Peru’s Amazon basin
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Fresh off his Oscar win, Leonardo DiCaprio on Monday took to social media to press Peru’s authorities over oil spills sullying indigenous towns in the Amazon basin region. “3,000 barrels of oil spilled in the Amazon! Act now for indigenous communities & our climate,” DiCaprio tweeted, the day after winning best actor honors for his role in survival epic “The Revenant.” The tweet linked to a statement from the nonprofit organization […]
DOH: Start healthy lifestyle with kids
ILOILO CITY (PIA) — The Department of Health (DOH)-6 encouraged the public to promote healthy lifestyle among children to prevent health risks among them later in life. John Richard Lapascua, DOH-6 Senior Health Program Officer, said that the health department is targeting school-age children for its healthy lifestyle program. “Even though that they are not experiencing hypertension and diabetes yet they are exposed to risk factors,” he said. He said the youth today are vulnerable […]
Zika can trigger severe neurological disorder: study
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — Scientists on Tuesday said they had confirmed that the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and blamed for severe birth defects can also trigger a dangerous neurological disorder. In a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, a team probed Zika’s suspected role in a 2013-2014 outbreak in French Polynesia of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) — a rare condition in which the body’s immune system attacks a part of […]
Turtles’ vulnerable start to life on Philippine coast
by Cecil Morella MORONG, Philippines (AFP)–Hundreds of tiny turtle hatchlings emerge above a Philippine beach at night and immediately look to the sea, hoping to beat huge odds and start a remarkable trans-oceanic journey lasting decades. The olive ridleys, each shorter than a credit card, are among five species of sea turtles in the Philippines that are in danger of extinction, mostly because they are prized as a protein-rich food. “Not too long ago, […]
China to launch second space lab later in 2016
BEIJING, CHINA (Reuters) — China will put a second space laboratory in orbit in the third quarter of this year, part of the country’s plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday (February 29). Advancing China’s space programme is a priority for Beijing, with President Xi Jinping calling for the country to establish itself as a space power. Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) 2 is expected to […]
Breastfeeding in public? Cover Up!
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 26) – A mother breastfeeding her child in public. Believe it or not, said scenario is the subject of a lot of debate. A debate that centers on its acceptability. One side argues that it’s a mother’s right to breastfeed her baby and said act is actually acceptable in many countries, but there are some places where breastfeeding in public is not acceptable. Breastfeeding is a beautiful act – an intimate moment where the mother […]
Fishery industry in Lingayen, Pangasinan faces danger due to El Niño
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The fishery industry in Lingayen, Pangasinan is now endangered due to the El Niño phenomenon, with said weather phenomenon drying out 60% of the rivers in Lingayen, causing a drop in fish production. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
PH Internet Speed: Slow and Expensive
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 29) – Filipinos are using social media platforms 53 hours a week, which means a whole 11 hours more than the global average of 42 hours and that’s the reason why the Philippines was named as the “Social Media Capital of the World”. But what makes the title more amazing is the fact that, according to Ookla, the world’s leading Internet speed testing company that ranks and index the download speed of […]
