Healthcare and Human Welfare Systems

[amigo32]

Originally Posted by Monchhichi

25% hike in new HIV cases in PH noted
The rate of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), has increased by more than 25 percent in the Philippines in the last decade, according to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
The agency said the Philippines was one of the nine countries where the rate of HIV infection has increased, even as 25 low and middle income countries—many of them in Africa—were able to slash their HIV infection rates by more than 50 percent.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/574...es-in-ph-noted

[b_9904]

Ex-DOH chief blames Arroyo, Church for sharp increase of HIV infections in PH

MANILA, Philippines - Former Department of Health (DOH) secretary Alberto Romualdez has blamed the Arroyo administration for the rise of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the country.

Romualdez said the previous administration's alleged obedience to the Catholic Church's dicates to stop the distribution of free condoms had resulted in the sharp increase in the number of Filipinos who had contracted the dreaded disease.

PS: Watta logic!!

[amigo32]

Originally Posted by b_9904

Ex-DOH chief blames Arroyo, Church for sharp increase of HIV infections in PH



PS: Watta logic!!

wag ka na kumontra dahil pinag aralan yan, hindi basta basta salita lang

[b_9904]

Originally Posted by amigo32

wag ka na kumontra dahil pinag aralan yan, hindi basta basta salita lang

Onga eh, mukhang nasobrahan sa pag aaral

[hakz2007]

Uncircumcised boys and men may face more UTIs — Australian study

NEW YORK - Infections of the kidney, bladder and urethra happen in uncircumcised baby boys at ten times the rate of circumcised boys, and over a lifetime uncircumcised men are four times more likely to experience one, according to a new analysis of past research.

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are most common in boys' first year of life, and circumcision was already known to make a difference in their risk, but how much and whether that carried through to adulthood was unclear, Australian researchers say.

They found that circumcision "provides considerable protection and over the lifespan makes about a three- to four-fold difference by our prediction, which is quite striking in public health terms," lead study author Brian Morris, professor of molecular medical science at the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, told Reuters Health.

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[Monchhichi]

How RH bill can help the poor


MANILA Philippines -- The reproductive health (RH) bill is a landmark measure passed by the Congress. Ryan Chua tells us the challenges facing government in implementing the law and how it can help the poor. -- ANC Headlines, December 22, 2012
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nat...-can-help-poor

[dc88]

philippines needs a major overhaul, they still have this tribementality. they dont want to move forward, especially in the provinces they stay. primitive and underdeveloped.

[Monchhichi]

Tattoos linked to hepatitis C - study

People seeking to get a tattoo should be picky about the parlor they have them done at, U.S. researchers say in the wake of a study that found a link between body art and Hepatitis C, the leading cause of liver cancer.

According to the study, which appeared in the journal Hepatology, people with the hepatitis C virus, which is blood borne, were almost four times more likely to report having a tattoo, even when other major risk factors were taken into account

"Tattooing in and of itself may pose a risk for this disease that can lay dormant for many, many years," said study co-author Fritz Francois of New York University Langone Medical Center, although he warned that the study could not produce a direct cause and effect.

About 3.2 million people in the United States have hepatitis C, and many don't know because they don't feel ill, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Hepatitis C is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplants in the U.S. Some 70 percent of people infected will develop chronic liver disease, and up to 5 percent will die from cirrhosis or liver cancer.

For the current study, researchers asked almost 2,000 people about their tattoos and hepatitis status, among other question, at outpatient clinics at three New York area hospitals between 2004 and 2006.

They found that 34 percent of people with hepatitis C had a tattoo, compared to 12 percent of people without the infection.

The most common routes of infection for hepatitis C are through a blood transfusion before 1992 or a history of injected drug use. Injected drug use accounts for 60 percent of new hepatitis cases a year, but 20 percent have no history of either injected drug use or other exposure, according to the CDC.

Francois and his colleagues only included people with hepatitis C who did not contract it from these two other common sources.

After accounting for other risk factors, the difference between people with and without hepatitis was even greater, with four times as many tattoos in the infected group than for uninfected people.

"This is not a big surprise to me," said John Levey, clinical chief of gastroenterology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. Earlier studies had found a link, but they were small and had not taken other risk factors into account as well as the new study did.

But the CDC's Scott Holmberg said the link may not be quite as strong as the findings suggest, because some people who used illegal drugs probably would not admit it, even on an anonymous questionnaire. And they didn't rule out people who picked up hepatitis before getting their tattoo.

Holmberg recommends that people only have tattoos or piercings done by trained professionals, noting that there have been no reports of hepatitis C outbreaks linked to professional tattoo parlors in the United States.

Tattoo parlors are not federally regulated, and standards vary by state and region. The Alliance for Professional Tattooists recommend finding a tattoo artist who wears disposable gloves, a clean work space without blood spatters and single-use disposable needle kits. - Reuters
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...atitis-c-study

[Monchhichi]

DOH monitors suspected anthrax cases in Abra

Health officials on Sunday advised the public to be wary of double-dead or tainted meat lest they acquire possible anthrax disease.

The advice came after health authorities in the Cordillera Autonomous Region noted several suspected anthrax cases in Abra, radio dzBB's Mao dela Cruz reported.

DOH CAR Assistant Regional Director Dr. Amelita Pangilinan said the Abra provincial epidemiology surveillance unit is coordinating with the Department of Agriculture and the local government unit for appropriate action.

Pangilinan also advised the public not to eat contaminated meat, especially that of dead or double-dead animals.

A separate report by state-run Philippine Information Agency (PIA) said health officials have started conducting surveillance on suspected anthrax cases in Abra province.

It said the Department of Health recorded 23 suspected anthrax cases in three villages in Lagangilang town in Abra after residents ate the meat of a "double dead" carabao.

PIA cited reports from Abra health officials indicating the cases in Barangays Cayapa, Bacooc, and Paganao rose from 12 to 23 between Jan. 17 and 24.

It said the patients showed anthrax symptoms including skin lesion, muscle pain and itchy skin, headache, fatigue, stomach pain, difficulty in breathing, sore throat and dry cough.

Doctors sent specimen samples from the suspected anthrax cases to Manila for laboratory confirmation.

Anthrax is a potentially deadly bacterial disease that can be acquired by humans through direct contact with infected animals. It is an infectious disease due to a type of bacteria called Bacillus anthracis.

It can be acquired if one eats anthrax-contaminated food and through respiratory route or when one inhales the anthrax spores in the air.

The PIA said the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU) showed most of the 23 cases were males, including three children.

At least two were admitted to the Abra Provincial hospital but were discharged after four days.

The PIA report noted that in 2010, health officials declared an outbreak of anthrax in the Villaviciosa town in Abra after 38 cases were confirmed positive.

At the time, the patients allegedly ate the meat of butchered carabaos that died of unknown causes.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...-cases-in-abra

[hakz2007]

REMOVING GALLSTONES NATURALLY...
By: Dr.Lai Chiu Nan

It has worked for many. If it works for you please pass on the good news. Chiu Nan is not charging for it, so we should make it free for everyone. Your reward is when someone, through your word of mouth, benefits from the regime. Gallstones may not be everyone's concern. But they should be because we all have them. Moreover, gallstones may lead to cancer. "Cancer is never the first illness," Chiu Nan points out. "Usually, there are a lot of other problems leading to cancer.

In my research in China , I came across some materials which say that people with cancer usually have stones. We all have gallstones. It's a matter of big or small, many or few.

One of the symp tom s of gallstones is a feeling of bloatedness after a heavy meal. You feel like you can't digest the food. If it gets more serious, you feel pain in the liver area." So if you think you have gallstones, Chiu Nan offers the following method to remove them naturally.

The treatment is also good for those with a weak liver, because the liver and gallbladder are closely linked.

Regimen:
1. For the first five days, take four glasses of apple juice every day. Or eat four or five apples, whichever you prefer. Apple juice softens the gallstones. During the five days, eat normally.

2. On the sixth day, take no dinner.

3. At 6 PM, take a teaspoon of Epsom salt (magnesium sulphate) with a glass of warm water.

4. At 8 PM, repeat the same. Magnesium sulphate opens the gallbladder ducts.

5. At 10 PM, take half cup olive oil (or sesame oil) with half cup fresh lemon juice. Mix it well and drink it. The oil lubricates the stones to ease their passage.

PS. 1cup=250ml, ? cup lemon juice=3 lemons (aprox.)
The next morning, you will find green stones in your stools. "Usually they float," Chiu Nan notes. "You might want to count them. I have had people who passes 40, 50 or up to 100 stones. Very many."

"Even if you don't have any symp tom s of gallstones, you still might have some. It's always good to give your gall bladder a clean-up now and then.

Now you know!!!!

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[Monchhichi]

Married people less prone to heart attacks: Study
PARIS (AFP) - Married people are less prone to heart attacks than singletons and more likely to recover if stricken, according to a Finnish study published Thursday.

Researchers collected data on 15,330 people in Finland between the ages of 35 and 99 who suffered "acute coronary events" between 1993 and 2002.

Just over half of the patients died within 28 days of the attacks.

The team found that unmarried men in all age groups were 58-66 per cent more likely to suffer a heart attack than married ones.
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking...study-20130131

[Nabartek]

Originally Posted by b_9904

Ex-DOH chief blames Arroyo, Church for sharp increase of HIV infections in PH



PS: Watta logic!!

Hindi ba from OFWs yung sharp growth ng HIV cases.....? Hindi ba namimigay ng condoms ang Philippine Embassy? Wala bang condoms sa mga pinupuntahan ng OFWs?

Ilang beses ba may balita last year ng mga Pinay nakikipagsex sa mga arabo in PUBLIC?

[hakz2007]

'COKE IS IT' | Woman's death blamed on 10-liters-a-day of Coca-Cola

WELLINGTON - A New Zealand woman's 10-liter-a-day Coca-Cola habit was a major factor in her death, a coroner found Tuesday, urging the soft drink giant to put health warnings on its caffeinated products.

Natasha Harris, a 30-year-old mother of eight from Invercargill in southern New Zealand, drank huge amounts of the fizzy beverage for years before her death in February 2010, coroner David Crerar found.

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[Monchhichi]

Tawa-tawa not proven dengue cure, but can be taken on the 'side' - DOH

Although local tawa-tawa herb has not been proven to cure dengue, the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said that it may be taken along with effective medication.

“We are not stopping them from using it (tawa-tawa) kasi nga na-evaluate naman ‘yun na it does not have toxic substance or any chemical within tawa-tawa so it’s safe naman,” said Dr. Lyndon Lee Suy, DOH manager for the Dengue Control and Prevention Program.

He explained that drinking steeped tawa-tawa is “fluid replacement, which is basically the thrust for dengue [medication].”

Still, Lee Suy reminded that dengue patients should first seek medical consultation. “See your doctor pa rin besides tawa-tawa.”

He noted that tawa-tawa is still the subject of a Department of Science and Technology study and evaluation. An earlier report said that the DOST was doing studies on the anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties of the herb.

Early this year, the World Health Organization tagged dengue as a “pandemic threat” infecting an estimated 50 million people around the world.

"In 2012, dengue ranked as the fastest spreading vector-borne viral disease with an epidemic potential in the world, registering a 30-fold increase in disease incidence over the past 50 years," the WHO said in a statement.

In the Philippines, dengue has been on and off the list of the top 10 leading cause of death among Filipinos since 1991.

Political fogging?

The DOH program manager reiterated, “Dengue doesn’t spare anyone.”

To this, he called for community participation and empowerment. “It’s all or none… responsibilidad nating lahat.”

Apart from participation, Filipinos need to sustain their activities against dengue, he added. “Kailangang ipasok siya (paglaban sa dengue) sa pag-uugali at mahirap isustain ang isang kaugalian.”

Meanwhile, Lee Suy reminded Filipinos of, “political fogging” or politicians using government health programs like fogging for their electoral mileage.

He noted that fogging operations are only ideal when there is an outbreak or for preventive purposes.

“Ginagamit siyempre sa kanilang pagpapapogi [ang mga fogging operations],” he said. “Why will we stop kung tama naman ang gagawin nila. Kung sinasabing nakakatulong di ba? Ang habol lang naming palagi, if you think your measure is worth and you can do it the right way or the proper way, why would we stop it?”

“And of course, what matters is yung pag-iisip din naman ng community kung sinong iboboto nila o hindi,” he added.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...n-the-side-doh

[hakz2007]

[Nabartek]

Originally Posted by hakz2007

'COKE IS IT' | Woman's death blamed on 10-liters-a-day of Coca-Cola
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It should be blamed to the woman. Who the hell told her to drink 10 liters of Coke instead of 8 glasses of water? It's not like these soda companies told the consumers that they are better than water...

[Monchhichi]

FOR THE FIRST TIME | Baby born with HIV cured

WASHINGTON DC - Researchers said Sunday they had, for the first time, cured a baby born with HIV -- a development that could help improve treatment of babies infected at birth.

There is an important technical nuance: researchers insist on calling it a "functional cure" rather than a complete cure.

That is because the virus is not totally eradicated. Still, its presence is reduced to such a low level that a body can control it without the need for standard drug treatment.

The only fully cured AIDS patient recognized worldwide is the so-called "Berlin patient," American Timothy Brown. He is considered cured of HIV and leukemia five years after receiving bone marrow transplants from a rare donor naturally resistant to HIV. The marrow transplant was aimed at treating his leukemia.

But in this new case, the baby girl received nothing more invasive or complex than commonly available antiretroviral drugs. The difference, however, was the dosage and the timing: starting less than 30 hours after her birth.

It is that kind of aggressive treatment that likely yielded the "functional cure," researchers reported at the 20th annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Atlanta, Georgia.

What researchers call dormant HIV-infected cells often re-start infections in HIV-infected patients within a few weeks after antiretroviral treatment stops, forcing most people who have tested HIV-positive to stay on the drugs for life or risk the illness progressing.

"Prompt antiviral therapy in newborns that begins within days of exposure may help infants clear the virus and achieve long-term remission without lifelong treatment by preventing such viral hideouts from forming in the first place," said lead researcher Deborah Persaud, of Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

It appears to be the first time this was achieved in a baby, she said.

The baby was infected by her HIV-positive mother, and her treatment with therapeutic doses of antiretroviral drugs began even before her own positive blood test came back.

The typical protocol for high-risk newborns is to give them smaller doses of the drugs until results from an HIV blood test is available at six weeks old.

Tests showed the baby's viral count steadily declined until it could not longer be detected 29 days after her birth.

The child was given follow-up treatment with antiretrovirals until 18 months, at which point doctors lost contact with her for 10 months. During that period she was not taking antiretrovirals.

Researchers then were able to do a series of blood tests -- and none gave an HIV-positive result.

Natural viral suppression without treatment is an exceedingly rare occurrence, seen in fewer than half a percent of HIV-infected adults, known as "elite controllers," whose immune systems are able to rein in viral replication and keep the virus at clinically undetectable levels.

Experts on HIV have long wanted to help all HIV patients achieve elite-controller status. Researchers say this new case offers hope as a game-changer, because it suggests prompt antiretroviral therapy in newborns indeed can do that.

Still, they said, their first priority is learning how to stop transmission of the virus from mother to newborn. ARV treatments of mothers currently stop transmission to newborns in 98 percent of cases, they say.

The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/5...with-hiv-cured

[Monchhichi]

Masturbation good for your health?

MANILA, Philippines - Only a few people may admit to doing "it," but experts have said that masturbation is beneficial to a person's mental, social, and physical health.

According to the McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois, masturbation (which they defined as touching one's own sex organs for pleasure) reduces stress, induces sleep, and can help people to become familiar and comfortable with their body.

Citing studies, the McKinley health handout also cited the following perks of masturbation:

alleviates premenstrual tension for many women
provides a healthy sexual outlet for people who choose to abstain from sex with partners or who do not currently have available sexual partners
can be a route to safer sex, to help prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV
allows for sexual pleasuring for those who are not ready to engage in vaginal, anal, or oral sex
increases blood flow to the genital region, which can help overall sexual functioning
helps women learn how to achieve orgasm
helps men to increase ejaculatory control and manage rapid or delayed ejaculation.
Masturbation myths debunked

Contrary to what some people think, the McKinley Health Center said masturbation does not lead to insanity or hair growing on the palms. It added that it does not drain excessive energy from the body.

"There are no harmful side effects of masturbation," it said, adding that regardless of cultural attitudes and values, masturbation has been found in all societies.

Here are some myths that McKinley said are unfounded in medical and social science:

Only people who cannot find sexual partners, or who are socially inadequate, masturbate
Masturbation leads to physical problems such as mental illness and growing hair on your palms
Masturbation "ruins" a person for partner sex
Men will run out of semen or sperm if they masturbate excessively
Others, including medical doctors and sexual partners, will be able to tell if you masturbate.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle...od-your-health

[tigidig14]

Originally Posted by Monchhichi

25% hike in new HIV cases in PH noted
The rate of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), has increased by more than 25 percent in the Philippines in the last decade, according to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
The agency said the Philippines was one of the nine countries where the rate of HIV infection has increased, even as 25 low and middle income countries—many of them in Africa—were able to slash their HIV infection rates by more than 50 percent.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/574...es-in-ph-noted

i was converting rodel naval song of ''muli' from youtube to mp3 and trying to know where is he now and found out that he died of aids...tst tsk

http://everythinginbudget.blogspot.c...del-naval.html

[Monchhichi]

Suicide a complex phenomenon, say UP officials

UP officials pointed out that suicide was a “complex phenomenon.”
Libertine Labor, director of UP Manila’s Office of Student Affairs, said Kristel Tejada, who took her life on March 15, had consulted with a counselor once in January.
The girl also regularly talked with her mentor, professor Andrea Martinez, during which financial woes were raised.
Without divulging the specifics, Labor said the student had mentioned family problems and some matters related to social dealings or relationships.
UP president Alfredo Pascual said suicide was a complicated matter and that if one were to base the incident on the series of events, it would be easy to say that Tejada took her own life because of her tuition woes.


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