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by Marlowe Hood Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Video gaming can be addictive in the same way as cocaine or gambling, the World Health Organization said Monday in a much anticipated update of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). “After consulting with experts across the world, and reviewing evidence in an exhaustive manner, we decided that this condition should be added,” Shekhar Saxena, director of the WHO’s department of mental health and substance abuse, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump turned 72 on Thursday, having returned to the fray of Washington politics after his grueling trip to Singapore for the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump in 2016 was the oldest person to assume the US presidency — he was 70 then — although Ronald Reagan was 73 when he was re-elected in 1984. Trump’s health, both physical and mental, have been the subject of […]
(Eagle News) — Maganda ang magiging epekto lalo na sa mga kabataan ang panukalang surprise inspection sa mga paaralan. Sa panayam kay Philippine National Police Director General Oscar Albayalde, sa murang edad ng mga batang mag-aaral ay namumulat na sila sa kapahamakang dulot ng ipinagbabawal na gamot sa kanilang kalusugan at maging sa buong komunidad. “Yung education dito na sa murang edad, dapat maeducate ang mga kabababayan. Ito yung tinatawag natin na “pag-asa ng bayan.” […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US and Danish researchers said Thursday they have developed an inexpensive blood test that may predict with up to 80 percent accuracy whether a pregnant woman will give birth prematurely. While more research is needed before the test is ready for widespread use, experts say it has the potential to reduce fatalities and complications from the 15 million premature births per year worldwide. The test can also be used to […]
(AFP)- The US State Department on Wednesday said it had sent several government employees evaluated over mystery symptoms similar to those reported by personnel in China back to the United States for further assessment. Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said a medical team was sent to Guangzhou, China, after an American employee fell ill last month, reviving fears that a US rival has developed some kind of invisible acoustic or microwave device. “The safety and security of […]
by Bhuvan Bagga © Agence France-Presse KANPUR, India (AFP) — Soot turned the white handkerchief around Abhash Kumar Sharma’s face to black as the police officer tried to direct gridlocked traffic in the Indian city with the world’s dirtiest air. It was all he had to ward off the pollution blamed for filling Kanpur’s hospital beds with growing numbers of chronic lung and cancer cases. “It is the same story for everyone who spends such […]
(Eagle News) — Pirmado na ni Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada ang isang ordinansa na nagpapataas sa multa ng mga lumabag sa Anti-Smoking Ordinance sa lungsod ng Maynila kasabay sa paggunita sa World No Tobacco Day. Mula sa dating P 500, papalo na sa P 5,000 ang magiging multa sa violator maliban pa rito ang pagkakakulong ng tatlong araw. Estrada, nais maging halibawa dahil sa pagtigil nya sa paninigarilyo Aminado si Estrada na siya ay dating […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — While the link between smoking and a range of cancers is well known, the World Health Organization warned Thursday there was too little awareness of tobacco’s impact on the human heart. On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day Thursday, the UN health agency hailed that smoking had declined significantly since the year 2000, but warned that there were still far too many people indulging in the dangerous habit. And it […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US First Lady Melania Trump, after surgery and three weeks out of public view, sought on Wednesday to quell speculation about her health, saying she was “feeling great.” Melania Trump’s last public appearance was on May 10, when she accompanied the president to Andrews Air Force base in Maryland to welcome home three American hostages from North Korea. She underwent surgery at Walter Reed hospital on May 14 for what […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Still looking for the secret to effortless weight loss? It may be as simple as chewing gum while walking, Japanese researchers suggested on Saturday, May 26. In experiments, they said, the heart rate of 46 people, aged 21 to 69, increased when they were given gum to chew while walking at a natural pace. And while masticating caused a measurable physical difference in participants of both genders and across all age […]
MBANDAKA, DR Congo (AFP) — A Catholic priest has been quarantined after being infected with the Ebola virus in the town of Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of Congo, medical sources said Thursday. “We have quarantined a priest from the diocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro who tested positive” for the Ebola virus, a medical source told AFP on condition of anonymity. Religious authorities could not be immediately contacted. DRC health officials launched a small, targeted vaccination […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbabala sa publiko si House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Karlo Nograles ukol sa mga pekeng Dengvaxia cards. Sa pagdinig kasi ng komite noong Martes, Mayo 22, ay sinabi ng Department of Health (DOH) na maging ang iniisyu nilang Dengvaxia cards ay pinepeke na rin. Ang Dengvaxia cards ay magsisilbing identification cards ng mga nabakunahan ng Dengvaxia at ito ang kanilang ipiprisinta sa mga ospital sakaling magkaroon ng anomang uri ng sakit. Batay […]
