How can we maintain a healthy heart? The World Health Organization suggests the following practical steps:
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Cebu City- February is the season of love in celebration of Valentine's Day, and you already know what that implies. It means that people often give out the sweetness like chocolates, cakes, or candies as gifts to their partners or even to friends. But do you often stop and think about what happens if you eat too many sweets?
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Cebu City - One of the troubles with middle-aged groups up to the elderlies is the condition of painful swelling of the joints or arthritis. That usually is an indication that your joints are about to wear down or give up their integrity. In the dietary world, this indicates high uric acid in the blood.
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Cebu City - Movement is medicine. The adaptive fitness initiative created by Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation is so much more than a tagline. When we think of medicine, the first thing that pops into our heads is probably those little pills and tablets that doctors prescribe to us in a prescription paper after visiting their clinic. But medicine is so much more than that. According to Dr. Enrico Fabris and Dr. Gianfranco of the University of Trieste, physical activity helps improve arterial blood flow and might reduce its stickiness and the formation of blood clots. We all know prevention is better than cure and one of the best ways to prevent diseases and illness, specifically heart disease and heart failure, is through exercise.
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Cebu City - Due to the complexity of our society, it is difficult to determine how the future will lay itself out. What we knew in the past may probably not be sufficient anymore to move forward into the future. We often ask ourselves at what cost does our happiness entail. As we try to figure this out, we find ourselves sacrificing the present for our future. We throw ourselves into our work, trying to get things done to live a reasonably comfortable life. In the end, life becomes hard. Society’s philosophical instability becomes clearer. Then we now often wonder if our lives have any meaning.
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Valencia, Bohol - The Barangay Nutrition Committee (BNC) of Barangay Genoveva, Valencia, Bohol awards best performing puroks in implementing nutrition programs in their areas. Led by Barangay Chairman Liezel Maestre the BNC initiated a Purok Evaluation which enjoins the environmental, agricultural, water and sanitation, health, and nutrition sectors to effectively and efficiently manage the program of every purok, as a model to every household.
Read more: Barangay Genoveva, Valencia, Bohol recognizes winners in nutrition
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Cebu City – It is important to care for your heart not only this February but throughout the year because a healthy heart is central to your overall good health. Ensuring that your heart is functioning well is highlighted this heart month with Proclamation No. 1906 which was officially on signed on 09 January 1973 to mark the celebration for the promotion of the awareness of heart disease as a serious and growing health concern among Filipinos.
