Health Tips: Hypertension

hypertension

According to some researchers, Hypertension is one of the common health problems among Filipinos. It refers to the condition of a person where his or her blood pressure remains at an elevated level at all times. It is also called HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. There are two types of Hypertension, the Primary Hypertension and the Secondary … Read more

Those Who Live Longest Have Only One Wife

healthy heart

“Fall in love, have only one spouse and be faithful.” This section of advice neither comes from a spiritual adviser nor from a love guru but from a prominent Cardiologist. Former Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said, “Those who live longest have only one wife” A Valentine’s Day weekly media forum on Monday at “Kapihan sa … Read more

New Discovery of specific genes linked to Parkinson’s Disease

A world-wide group of scientists have confirmed 5 variants of genes that are directly linked with Parkinson’s Disease,  concluding the tally up to 11, as per accordance to a news paper that was published this Wednesday from the Lancet. Since the first discovery of genetic clue in 1997, the consensus from medical organizations observed that … Read more

Diet soda and excessive intake of salt are stroke risk

A couple of studies presented this Wednesday observed that people who drink diet soda are actually at higher risk of suffering from stroke or heart attack than those people who do not drink soda at all, and the fact that adding excessive salt to the diet is also a stroke risk factor. The soda study … Read more

Almonds to cure diabetes and heart disease

One of the most known university of New Jersey “University of Medicine and Dentistry” has reported that using almonds could actually help in prevention of diabetes type-2 and several heart disease. Scientists at the university has discovered that diet inclusive of nuts could actually help in prevention of diabetes and it can also treat the … Read more

Healthy Heart Habits

smoking

Smoking, obesity, hypertension and diabetes are among the risk factors that warn Filipino’s health. While age and genetic influences are known to be unavoidable determinants of risk factors, it has been reported that almost 90 percent of them are more likely to acquire undesirable diseases of the heart. On the other hand, some unwanted habits … Read more

Diabetes strikes Asian Americans

Although Asian Americans are slim compared to authentic Americans, but in recent findings they are getting diabetes type 2 more than white Americans are getting. And the ratio is increasing day by day. The research was performing following the data of health survey from government of new york that was from year 1997 to year … Read more

NASA has found a new solar system (Kepler-11)

Kepler-11

NASA has found a new weird solar system containing stuffy planets closed to eachother in their own orbit to the sun of their own (just like our solar system. And that’s not all, there are 1200 other clinically possible “explonets” spotted by the orbiting space telescope. This new discovery is astonishing and mysterious founding for … Read more

Atrial Fibrillation, one of the dangerous risk factor for stroke

Atrial fibrillation is one of the most ignored symptom that is becoming leading risk factor for causing stroke. Many people believe who suffers from Atrial fibrillation doesn’t acknowledge that they are at great risk of having a stroke at any time. A recent survey in England discovers that every two out of 3 people having … Read more