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Every Computer User Must See
How to Sit at a Computer Regular computer users perform 50,000 to 200,000 keystrokes each day. Under certain circumstances and for vulnerable individuals, frequent computer use that involves awkward postures, repetition, and forceful exertions may be related to nerve, muscle, tendon, and ligament damage. If you use a computer extensively (several hours each day), many experts recommend that you consider proper workstation layout and posture techniques to minimize your risk of developing injuries of the hand/arm, shoulder, … Read entire article »
Religious Groups Weigh In on Reproductive Health Debate
MANILA, Apr 14, 2011 (IPS) – In a country where an estimated 4,500 women die every year due to complications during childbirth, the enactment of a reproductive health (RH) policy is said to be a measure that could save lives. The Catholic Church has been very vocal in its opposition to a RH policy in the country, but not all religious organisations agree. In a press conference dubbed ‘To Sin or not to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Laws on Health
Detecting Substandard and counterfeit pharmaceutical products
The production of counterfeit or substandard anti-infective drugs is a widespread and under-recognized problem that contributes to morbidity, mortality, adverse drug reactions, drug resistance, enormous financial consequences for companies producing the genuine product and loss of confidence in the health care systems and the drug regulatory authorities. Counterfeit drugs particularly affect the most disadvantaged people in poor countries, like the Philippines. A wide array of different counterfeit … Read entire article »
Filed under: Drugs, Glimpse of the past
Americans get most radiation from medical scans
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer Marilynn Marchione, Ap Medical Writer – Mon Jun 14, 10:59 am ET We fret about airport scanners, power lines, cell phones and even microwaves. It’s true that we get too much radiation. But it’s not from those sources — it’s from too many medical tests. Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, even more than folks … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health News, Most Read, Safety and Rescue
Quake rocks Mindoro; Mayon spews more ash
A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE struck at sea off Mindoro on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of casulties or damage, seismologists said. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake had a magnitude of 6.1 and occured at 2:24 p.m. The epicenter was about 116 kilometers southwest of Calapan, Mindoro Oriental. It had a depth of 45 km. Phivolcs said the tremor was tectonic in origin caused by movement in the Manila Trench. Intensity 3 was felt in Manila, Makati, Pasay, Tagaytay and Lucban, Quezon while intensity 2 was felt in San Jose Occidental Mindoro and Puerto Galera. Big Waves “It was a strong earthquake and it lasted for quite a while,” officer Rose Macabenta told AFP by telephone from provincial police headquarters. “It rattled the tabletops, but the wall frames stayed in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Safety and Rescue
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