Health
Excessive Texting and Use of Gadgets: Bad for Neck, Shoulder and Head
Oct 21st
This may not sound good for those who spend a lot of time looking down at your cellphone and texting or reading your e-book. Excessive texting and use of mobile devices may lead to something chiropractors are calling “Text Neck” which symptoms include headache, neck, back and/or shoulder pain, as well as numbness and tingling…
I Run for Integrity Towards a New Philippines
May 29th
This day was quite tiring yet I enjoy. Today was the scheduled Fun Run event entitled “I run for Integrity towards a New Philippines” 2011 at The Fort, Taguig City. Assembly was as early as 4AM, and the gun shot for 15K started at 5:30AM (first set of runners) and 6AM for 3K (my category).…
Philippines as One of the Medical Tourist Spots in Asia
Mar 7th
I was watching Diyos at Bayan, a TV program of GMA 7 headed by Bro. Eddie Villanueva, more than an hour ago and their topic was Medical Tourism here in the Philippines. Medical Tourism is travelling to another country to seek medical procedures or medical care. It is also termed as “global healthcare”. According to…
Thank God, It’s Not Gout!
Feb 5th
Yesterday, I went to Alabang Medical Center to see an Ortho-specialist to have my knee checked up. This is in continuation of my two last posts (Gout Attack and Work at Home) about the condition of my knee that I suspected it to be a gout as I felt the same pain when I had…
Gout Attack
Feb 3rd
I woke up yesterday with my calf muscle (alak-alakan in Tagalog) terribly aching. I can hardly bend or stretch my legs. ”This is it!”, I told myslef. Because I was already feeling a little bit of pain in this area of my legs a couple of days ago. Everyday the pain is increasing. And yesterday,…
Real Affordable Massage Services
Jan 11th
Massage is the use of friction and pressure to influence muscle and other associated tissue to encourage healing, relaxation and general well-being. Massage uses a number of techniques from mild rubbing to applying pressure to an assortment of points on the body. The uses of these techniques often involve and are meant to adjust include…
Dukan Diet: A French Method to Lose Weight
Dec 31st
I heard in 24 Oras, an evening news program of Kapuso GMA 7 (Philippines), today that DUkan Diet will become a trend in 2011 in terms of losing weight. Dukan Diet was developed by Pierre Dukan, a French Nutritionist for over 30 years and a most widely read nutritionist in France today. The Dukan method…
Is Nuga Best Best?
Dec 18th
This afternoon I was able to try for the first time the Nuga Best in Festival Mall in Alabang for free. Actually it’s a special or VIP session since a churchmate of ours bought one of Nuga Best products, the belt one (forgot to take the exact name), and I was with her because I…
First HIV-Positive Man Cured
Dec 17th
Is it really true that a man has been completely healed of HIV? Or is it a publicity only for the recently concluded World AIDS Day? Here’s the story. Photo at the left is of Timothy Ray Brown, also known as “The Berlin Patient”, who was cured of HIV/AIDS according to the news. He is not…
Caffeine – Bad for Kidneys
Dec 14th
I read this afternoon, while I was in faculty room, from Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 22, 2010 issue, that caffeine is a diuretic that speeds up dehydration-causing fluid loss, which puts more pressure on our kidneys. According to Wikipidea, diuretic is any drugs (or substance) that elevates the rate of urination and thus provides a…
