From the News! - Your Daily News » General Health http://fromthenews.net Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 (1998 SURVEY) 20% of adult Filipinos are diabetic http://fromthenews.net/1998-survey-20-of-adult-filipinos-are-diabetic.htm http://fromthenews.net/1998-survey-20-of-adult-filipinos-are-diabetic.htm#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:44:57 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4933 Dona Pazzibugan
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—One out of every five adult Filipinos is diabetic, according to the latest national survey on the prevalence of the disease.

And compared to a decade ago, more Filipino children may now be… Read the rest

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With the growing global demand for physicians and other health workers, medical doctors in the country continue to dwindle in number and are fast becoming a rare breed.

In fact, seven out of 10 sick Filipinos die untreated… Read the rest

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Philippine Daily Inquirer

Last updated 04:33pm (Mla time) 08/04/2008

MANILA, Philippines—Did you know:

13.4 percent of young adults have thought of committing suicide

25 percent have attempted to commit suicide
The average age of first… Read the rest

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Philippine Star

The long wait is over.

Filipinos can now expect more low-cost medicine in the market with the signing into law of the Universally Accessible, Cheaper and Quality Medicine Act of 2008.

The signing ceremony for… Read the rest

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Philippine Star

The Philippines is ranked first among 55 developing countries in terms of providing basic health care to children, according to the United States-based organization Save the Children.

In its annual State of the World’s Mothers… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/rp-ranks-first-in-child-health-care.htm/feed 0 DSWD uses P750-M budget for day care feeding program http://fromthenews.net/dswd-uses-p750-m-budget-for-day-care-feeding-program.htm http://fromthenews.net/dswd-uses-p750-m-budget-for-day-care-feeding-program.htm#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:52:30 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=3097 Helen Flores
Philippine Star

The government has allocated some P750 million to sustain the implementation of the supplemental feeding program this year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said yesterday.

Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral said the… Read the rest

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