Mandaue buys lots of sodium lamps
By Flor Z. Perolina | July 17, 2011 - 12:00am
The Commission on Audit has found out that the Mandaue City government last year purchased sodium lamps more than what was necessary.
Freeman Metro Cebu
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The price of being alive
By Maria Isabel Garcia | March 31, 2011 - 12:00am
What is the price we pay for being alive?
Science and Environment
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Shaving salt, saving lives
By Tyrone M. Reyes M.D. | November 30, 2010 - 12:00am
A high sodium diet contributes to high blood pressure (hypertension), a major cause of heart attacks and stroke.
Health And Family
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Why salt is a sin
September 7, 2010 - 12:00am
Hypertension (high blood pressure) has been nicknamed the “silent killer” due to its lack of symptoms.
Health And Family
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Pain is no laughing matter
June 24, 2010 - 12:00am
Ai-Ai delas Alas knows there are things that don’t hit the punchline — in other words, things that can’t be taken lightly especially when her physical health is on the line. Such as when body aches...
Entertainment
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UPLB student bags DOST-BPI science prize
January 31, 2010 - 12:00am
A fifth year chemical engineering student of the University of the Philippines in Los Baños has won the Department of Science and Technology-Bank of the Philippine Islands (DOST-BPI) “Best Project of...
The Good News
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Tax soft drinks, not text messages
By Boo Chanco | September 21, 2009 - 12:00am
Given the loud protests over the bill of Rep. Danny Suarez to tax text messages, it is perhaps time to retreat and think of something else.
Business
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Knowing the right osteoarthritis remedy is worth your salt
March 31, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines – Chances are you, or an elderly person close to you, experience frequently swollen joints, brief but grueling moments of joint stiffness in the morning, and increasing intensity of joint...
Health And Family
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Is MSG really as safe as now being promoted?

By AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR | By William M. Esposo | November 23, 2008 - 12:00am
There is no denying that MSG (mono sodium glutamate) has been banned by many doctors, especially for patients suffering from hypertension, heart and renal problems, for being one of those foods that can harm our...
Opinion
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Table science
By Maria Isabel Garcia | November 13, 2008 - 12:00am
Last week, I read a sticker label in a container of expensive salt that said “150 million year old salt.” I am not sure what effect that has on ordinary consumers who read it but if I judge by the way...
Science and Environment
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