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TAMPA, United States (AFP) — Dogs can be trained to sniff out certain cancers, people at risk of a diabetic coma and now, children with malaria just by smelling their socks, researchers said Monday. According to the findings presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeting in New Orleans, dogs were trained to sniff out malaria parasites in African children who tested positive for the mosquito-borne disease but did not have […]
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A new, much-ballyhooed study showing that the most avid consumers of organic food had fewer cancers than those who never eat such products illustrates the difficulty of establishing cause and effect when evaluating diet and health. It is effectively impossible to prove beyond a doubt in a laboratory that any given food reduces the risk of developing an illness as complex as cancer. “Diet […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Bits of plastic have been detected in the faeces of people in Europe, Russia and Japan, according to research claiming to show for the first time the widespread presence of plastics in the human food chain. All eight volunteers in a small pilot study were found to have passed several types of plastic, with an average of 20 micro-particles per 10 grams of stool, researchers […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Parents exasperated by their children constantly ignoring pleas to stop picking their noses, may have finally found an argument to break the habit: it might give you pneumonia. Pneumococcus, the bacteria that causes pneumonia — a lung condition that can prove deadly if untreated — is known to spread through airborne droplets, often from the coughs and sneezes of infected individuals. British scientists said Thursday they had proved for the first […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Oct. 9, denied he had cancer, but said he did have a “badly eroded” esophagus due to drinking. “It’s not the colon, it’s my Barett. It’s badly eroded I was told to stop drinking years ago. But of late, bumalik kasi ako,” Duterte said. According to the President, the tests conducted on him yielded negative results. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had said the tests last week were followup tests […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte himself revealed that results of his recent medical test showed that he was “negative” for cancer. The President told his cabinet members in a meeting Monday night, October 8, that test results had cleared him of cancer. Interior and Local Government officer-in-charge Eduardo Año told reporters how the President himself had intimated this to them during Monday’s cabinet meeting, and that there was nothing to worry about his […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Sunday, Oct. 7, called for a full disclosure of the President’s state of health if he was serious when he made the “cancer” remark. “..But if not (serious), then it would be best that we stop such talk and focus our time and attention on looking for solutions to the serious problems of spiraling high prices of food, gasoline, and other basic commodities,” Pangilinan said in a short statement. In […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Tito Sotto on Saturday, Oct. 6, said people should not worry about President Rodrigo Duterte’s health. According to Sotto, who gave a radio interview, it was normal for any person aged 60 and above to have health issues. “Ang health packages ng mga ospital ngayon ang gagaling. Kahit anong sakit na makita mo, may remedyo sila,” he said. President Duterte admitted on Thursday that he underwent tests at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center. […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is in Hong Kong to take a rest, Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. The President was accompanied by Go, his daughter Kitty and partner Honeylet Avancena. The President’s family will reportedly return on Sunday, Oct. 7. President Duterte took the weekend break after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque revealed the chief executive had undergone followup tests to determine whether there was a “growth” in his digestive tract.
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — New research in Hong Kong has found that UV filters commonly used in sunscreen are polluting surrounding waters and could endanger human health, one of the city’s leading universities said Thursday. An “extensive amount” of seven common UV filter chemicals was found in Hong Kong seawater as well as in fish, shrimps and mussels on aqua-farms, scientists from Hong Kong Baptist University told reporters. “The effect of these contaminants passing […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 4, admitted he had gone to the hospital the day before but only so he could undergo some tests. In a speech before the Philippine Military Academy, Duterte said he stayed for an hour in the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan. “I was about to have a sana ngayong Cabinet meeting yesterday but yung reading ng aking ano, somebody advised my doctor just also to repeat […]
