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                    [ArticleID] => 851605
                    [Title] => DOH sumayaw vs sakit
                    [Summary] => 

 Pinangunahan ng Department of Health (DOH) ang aerobic dance exercise campaign na tinatawag na “Jam Steps” upang isulong ang healthy lifestyle sa mga Pinoy at tulungan silang makaiwas sa Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) na ginanap sa Quezon City Elliptical Circle.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096851 [AuthorName] => Doris Franche-Borja [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 851668 [Title] => DOH launches dance exercise campaign vs smoking [Summary] =>

The Department of Health (DOH) launched yesterday a dance exercise campaign to discourage more young Filipinos from taking up smoking.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 780796 [Title] => Pinoy na may 'lifestyle disease' dumarami [Summary] =>

Nais ni Senator Manny Villar na imbestigahan ng Senate Committee on Health and Demography ang pagtaas ng bilang ng mga nagkakasakit ng tinatawag na “lifestyle disease” na nagiging sanhi ng maaga nilang pagkamatay.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1590360 [AuthorName] => Ni Malou Escudero [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 697822 [Title] => Xenical launches an avenue for a new you [Summary] =>

Obesity has been a rising concern for people worldwide over the past few decades.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 687119 [Title] => Number of adult Pinoys with hypertension rising [Summary] =>

Health experts have expressed concern over the rising number of adult Filipinos who suffer from hypertension, a disease which is fast becoming an epidemic.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 603626 [Title] => Partnership forged to curb diabetes cases [Summary] =>

Alarmed at the growing prevalence of diabetes in the country, societies dealing with the epidemic of type 2 diabetes, including the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Philippine Chapter and Diabetes Philippines (DP), have partnered with research-based biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to increase public awareness on diabetes prevention and management.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 567203 [Title] => 1 in every 4 Pinoy adults has hypertension - FNRI survey [Summary] =>

A recent survey by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) showed that more Filipinos are at-risk for lifestyle-related diseases.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 384014 [Title] => Nationwide BP awareness campaign slated [Summary] => In the tradition of spearheading activities that aim to increase public awareness on the prevention and primary care of heart diseases, the Philippine Heart Association (PHA), composed of the country’s heart specialists and those concerned in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, is leading the BP Awareness Campaign.

The project, dubbed "Presyon ko alam ko, Presyon ko alaga ko," is in cooperation with the Vice Mayors’ League of the Philippines and the Therapharma division of Unilab.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 380526 [Title] => Nationwide BP screening to raise awareness [Summary] => High blood pressure (BP) or hypertension is the most common cause of heart failure among Filipinos. Based on findings of the recent National Nutrition and Health Survey, 22 out of 100 Filipino adults (22.5 percent) are suffering from this condition.

But for something which is very prevalent and very common, very few people are informed even about the basic facts about hypertension. Local health experts are alarmed that more than 50 percent of hypertensives don’t even know that they have critically high BP.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 361504 [Title] => 4 M Pinoys at risk of PAD [Summary] => According to the 2004 National Nutrition and Health Survey, there are almost four million Filipinos who are suffering from diabetes.

These people are constantly in danger of succumbing to the disease’s complications such as Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).

PAD, whose primary risk factor is diabetes, is a problem with blood flow in the arteries. The disease causes the arteries that normally supply blood to the muscle to get narrow or blocked so that less blood can flow through the artery.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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