Health

Coconut – The tree of life

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 […]

Stem cell therapy works for cats with mouth disease

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)

Paracetamol ‘not effective’ against arthritis: study

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 […]

Alzheimer’s ‘lost’ memories may be recoverable: study

  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 […]

NFL: League admits football link to brain disease CTE

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 […]

MMDA implements heat stroke breaks

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 […]

No Zika vaccine for another three years: Brazil expert

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 […]

WHO releases new mosquito control guidelines

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

Happiness can break your heart: doctors

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — Joyful events — the birth of a child, a big win by your team — can trigger a dangerous condition called the “broken heart syndrome”, doctors and researchers reported Thursday. Takotsubo syndrome, as it is also known, involves the sudden weakening of heart muscles, causing the left ventricle — the chamber which pushes oxygen-rich blood through the body — to balloon out abnormally at the bottom. Besides acute […]

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 […]