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PCSO now has 62 ASAP desks
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) through the Charity Sector announced on Thursday that the agency has 62 At-Source-Ang-Processing (ASAP) Desks located in hospitals in honor of its promise of bringing services closer to the people.
“We now have 62 ASAP Desks. Of 62, 36...
Varicose veins: More than just a cosmetic problem
Usually, blood flows from the legs to the heart against gravity. This is helped by the muscle pump and by valves found along the length of the veins. These valves allow blood to move in one direction—that is, upwards towards the heart.
“When the valves are...
Life enhancers: carrots, coconuts and sweet potatoes
Choose your food wisely and add years to your life,” authors Charlotte Hilton Andersen and Jenn Sinrich wrote in Reader’s Digest.
And among the list of anti-aging foods are three of the most common, easily sourced food in the country.
Carrot
There’s an old Polish saying that...
Note to summer swimmers
by Henrylito D. Tacio
It was a warm Sunday morning in Davao City. Five-year-old Jane was swimming with other kids near the seashore. No adults were looking after them. Jane’s mother, Charlene, was busy preparing their food for lunch while the father, Jonathan, was...
HIV, AIDs, & the workplace
Two years ago, in 2015, while undergoing treatment for tuberculosis (TB), 36-year-old “Kevin” was diagnosed as positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A call center agent from Cagayan de Oro City, he didn’t reveal his status to his colleagues.
But TB had taken a toll...
The war against colorectal cancer
In this month of March, the world celebrates Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This campaign was first launched in 1999 in the United States to promote colon cancer screening. Since then, it has been universally celebrated annually in March in several countries of the...
