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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Young adults with underlying conditions such as morbid obesity, diabetes and hypertension are at the highest risk of being placed on a ventilator or dying from Covid-19, according to a study of 3,000 hospitalized patients aged 18 to 34. The analysis, published Wednesday in the journal Jama Internal Medicine, focused on patients hospitalized between April and June in the United States. It confirmed first and foremost that black and Hispanic […]
(Eagle News) — Sa pag-aaral ng Department of Health, aabot sa labindalawang milyong Pilipino ang mayroong hypertension. Subalit kalahati lamang sa nasabing bilang o lumalabas na isa sa bawat limang Pilipino ang alam na sila’y mataas ang presyon ng dugo. Ayon pa sa DOH, importanteng malaman agad ng isang indibidwal kung may hypertension ito o wala sa pamamagitan ng simpleng pag-alam sa blood pressure. Maituturing na walking time bomb ang altapresyon bukod sa pagiging silent […]
ZABOANGA SIBUGAY (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng media forum ang Department of Health (DOH) sa kasagsagan ng National Cancer Consciousness Week sa Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. Ito ay upang maipalaganap ang kaalaman tungkol sa sakit na cancer at kung papaano ito maiiwasan. Layunin ng DOH na maging katuwang ang media sa pagbibigay sa publiko ng tamang impormasyon tungkol sa sakit na ito. Sa presentasyon ng DOH na inilahad ni Romelia Heraldo, DMO IV – DOH Sibugay, sinasabing […]
DUMAGUETE CITY (PIA) — Global statistics showed that 70% of patients with kidney disease is caused by diabetes and 30% due to hypertension. This was bared by Dr. Kenneth Coo, Nephrologist of Holy Child Hospital, in a Kapihan sa PIA held in celebration of National Kidney month this June with the theme, “Bato ko Yaman at Buhay Ko.” Coo stressed that in 2007, cases of hemodialysis in the Philippines increased from 3,007 to 4,200. In 2013 it […]
