PRESIDENT Aquino, assisted by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Emmanuel Joel Villanueva, distributes ballers to the participants of the 7th Puregold ‘Tindahan Ni Aling Puring Sari-Sari Store’ Convention during the tour and inspection of the booths at the World Trade Center at the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue Extension and Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City, yesterday. (Photo by: Robert Viñas / Malacañang Photo Bureau)
AMERICAN contemporary ballet company Trey McIntyre Project performs at Central Philippine University in Iloilo City. Its 10-day Philippine tour is a joint program of the U.S. Embassy in Manila and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. (Photo by Tara Yap)
CAGAYAN’s Junar Arce (center) finds himself sandwiched by Gio Ciriacruz and Kelly Nabong of Blackwater during PBA D-League action last night at The Arena in San Juan.
MIAMI Heat guard Dwyane Wade, foreground, regains control of the ball as he is guarded by Indiana Pacers guard Paul George, rear, during Game 2 of their NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series in Miami.
VENDORS arrange bananas in a makeshift stall on Road 10 in Tondo, Manila, as they sell ‘lakatan’ at P30 per kilo yesterday morning. The Philippines’ fruit exports to China, particularly bananas, seem to have trouble getting cleared by Chinese Customs amid a tense standoff between the two countries over the disputed islands on the West Philippine Sea. Fruit shipments, especially bananas, were rotting in Chinese ports because pests were allegedly discovered in some produce, prompting stricter quarantine inspections. (Photo by Linus Escandor II)
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New health data highlights noncommunicable diseases as top killer
LONDON – Internet users in Britain reached 42.16 million in the first quarter of this year, accounting for 83.7 percent of the population, official figures showed on Wednesday. According to a quarterly report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), there were 8.12 million adults, i.e. people aged 16 years and above, who had never used the internet, 16.1 percent of the total. Incoming search...
Stretching before strength training does not prevent injuries
Berlin (dpa) – Doing stretching exercises before strength training does not prevent injuries, according to Ingo Froboese, a professor at the Health Centre of the German Sport University in Cologne. ”On the contrary, there may even be negative effects,” he warned. Incoming search terms:strength trainingstrength training stretchingstretching not goodwhy wod before strength train Read More »
Fish tied to lower colon cancer risk – study
People who eat plenty of fish may have a lower risk of colon cancer and, even more, rectal cancer, according to an analysis of 41 studies from around the world. The analysis, which appeared in the American Journal of Medicine, is the latest report that ties fish consumption to a number of possible health benefits. Incoming search terms:topic:colorectal_cancercolon cancercolorectal cancergochfeld...
No proven link between iodine supplement, thyroid diseases
BEIJING – A Chinese health expert said there is no evidence that iodine in diet supplements is the cause of a rise of thyroid diseases in China. The increase of thyroid disease cases in recent years may be a result of better medical services and technologies that enable detection of minor thyroid abnormalities which might have been overlooked in the past, Chen Zupei, head of an iodine deficiency...
Brain cell death in diseased mice could be “switched off” : study
LONDON – British scientists reported on Sunday that they have identified a major pathway leading to brain cell death in mice with neurodegenerative disease, and by blocking the pathway, the team could prevent brain cell death and increase survival in the mice. Incoming search terms:alzheimerleicester nature brainprionProf Giovanna Mallucci Leicester Nature article 2012proteins folded parkinsons...
Prenatal Smoking Linked to High-Functioning Autism in Kids
If a woman smokes during pregnancy, it may increase her child’s risk of high-functioning autism, a new study suggests. But the raised risk was slight, experts said. And researchers found no association between maternal smoking and more severe forms of autism. Incoming search terms:autism | autistic | asperger | pdd-nos Read More »
Signs of gluten intolerance in children
Berlin (dpa) – A child with gluten intolerance, also known as coeliac disease, often shows no signs of the digestive condition until eating grain-based foods for the first time, usually after the age of six months. Sometimes, however, the small intestine’s immune reaction to gluten – a protein found in the endosperm of wheat and certain other grains – does not manifest itself...
Study finds early signs of malaria drug resistance in Africa
PARIS (AFP) – Africa’s deadliest malaria parasite has shown resistance in lab tests to one of the most powerful drugs on the market — a warning of possible resistance to follow in patients, scientists said Friday. Researchers in London found resistance to artemether in test tube analysis of blood from 11 of 28 patients who had fallen ill after travelling in countries mainly in sub-Saharan...
Poor Sleep Heightens ‘Ringing Ear’ Disease Symptoms: Study
For people with tinnitus, which features chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or clicking in the head and ears, poor sleep makes it even more difficult to cope with the condition, researchers have found. The study included 117 tinnitus patients treated at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit between 2009 and 2011. The more severe the patients’ insomnia, the greater their complaints about their tinnitus symptoms...
