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                    [Title] => New technology provides prompt, accurate allergy diagnosis
                    [Summary] => Diagnosing allergy remains a big challenge to physicians, and can be a bane of suffering for allergy patients. However, a new diagnostic technology is offering a boon of relief for many patients. 


An allergy is an abnormal reaction of the body to one or more substances that are usually harmless to most people. More than 20 percent of Filipinos have allergy symptoms and allergy studies show that the prevalence is 21 percent in children, 26 percent in teenagers, and 36 to 47 percent in adults.
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Using the modern UniCAP technology, the system is now found in many modern hospitals in the world, and it will soon be installed in Davao City to serve the residents there and in the whole of Mindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1439019 [AuthorName] => Kathy Alcala [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 170413 [Title] => Allergy diagnosis enhanced [Summary] => The incidence of allergy-related medical problems is increasing not only in Metro Manila but in the provinces as well. The inappropriate use of antibiotics for recurrent coughs and colds of allergic cause has alarmed medical experts, and the need for a reliable test that would assist ordinary physicians to diagnose allergy accurately is imperative.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 149439 [Title] => Swedish expert to tackle in-vitro allergy testing [Summary] => Dr. Kjell Kristiansen, regional director for Asia of Sweden-based Pharmacia Diagnostics, will lecture on in-vitro allergy testing at the Ledesma Hall of the Makati Medical Center on Feb.11, at 6-8 p.m.

The UniCap System of Pharmacia Diagnostics was earlier installed at the medical center.
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"In order to properly serve our doctors and patients, MMC invests in the most modern technology available," said Dr. Raul Fores, president and medical director of MMC. He believes that the UniCAP system is a simple and reliable method to determine the patient’s allergic reactions and to identify the allergens that catalyze allergies.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 132419 [Title] => More Filipinos are suffering from allergies, says [Summary] => Allergy experts are alarmed that the prevalence of allergy is increasing among Filipinos and that many cases of allergy have remained undetected.

According to Prof. Benigno Agbayani Sr., allergy is one of the most chronically occurring disorders in many parts of the world. It can manifest in so many ways which the physician might attribute to something else other than allergy.

Agbayani is one of the pioneers in allergology and immunology in the country and is a well-respected authority in this field worldwide.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => New technology provides prompt, accurate allergy diagnosis
                    [Summary] => Diagnosing allergy remains a big challenge to physicians, and can be a bane of suffering for allergy patients. However, a new diagnostic technology is offering a boon of relief for many patients. 


An allergy is an abnormal reaction of the body to one or more substances that are usually harmless to most people. More than 20 percent of Filipinos have allergy symptoms and allergy studies show that the prevalence is 21 percent in children, 26 percent in teenagers, and 36 to 47 percent in adults.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173910 [Title] => Davao City beefs up effort in early allergy diagnosis [Summary] => Allergy is slowly wreaking havoc on the health of many Filipinos without the patients realizing it. It is heartening to note that allergy consciousness is now significantly improving, especially with the latest state-of-the-art system in the diagnosis of allergy and autoimmune diseases.

Using the modern UniCAP technology, the system is now found in many modern hospitals in the world, and it will soon be installed in Davao City to serve the residents there and in the whole of Mindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1439019 [AuthorName] => Kathy Alcala [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 170413 [Title] => Allergy diagnosis enhanced [Summary] => The incidence of allergy-related medical problems is increasing not only in Metro Manila but in the provinces as well. The inappropriate use of antibiotics for recurrent coughs and colds of allergic cause has alarmed medical experts, and the need for a reliable test that would assist ordinary physicians to diagnose allergy accurately is imperative.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 149439 [Title] => Swedish expert to tackle in-vitro allergy testing [Summary] => Dr. Kjell Kristiansen, regional director for Asia of Sweden-based Pharmacia Diagnostics, will lecture on in-vitro allergy testing at the Ledesma Hall of the Makati Medical Center on Feb.11, at 6-8 p.m.

The UniCap System of Pharmacia Diagnostics was earlier installed at the medical center.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 136725 [Title] => Makati Medical Center installs new allergy diagnosis technology [Summary] => To enhance its capability in in-vitro allergy testing technique, the Makati Medical Center recently installed the UniCAP system, a product of Pharmacia Diagnostics AB for blood testing of patients with suspected allergies.

"In order to properly serve our doctors and patients, MMC invests in the most modern technology available," said Dr. Raul Fores, president and medical director of MMC. He believes that the UniCAP system is a simple and reliable method to determine the patient’s allergic reactions and to identify the allergens that catalyze allergies.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 132419 [Title] => More Filipinos are suffering from allergies, says [Summary] => Allergy experts are alarmed that the prevalence of allergy is increasing among Filipinos and that many cases of allergy have remained undetected.

According to Prof. Benigno Agbayani Sr., allergy is one of the most chronically occurring disorders in many parts of the world. It can manifest in so many ways which the physician might attribute to something else other than allergy.

Agbayani is one of the pioneers in allergology and immunology in the country and is a well-respected authority in this field worldwide.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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