DAVAO CITY – A representative from the Department of Internal Medicine of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) here said there is no surge in atypical or walking pneumonia within the hospital. Walking pneumonia is a lung ailment caused by mycoplasma pneumonia. It gained attention...
AN UNDEAD ILLNESS Cotard's Syndrome symptoms include having delusions that one has lost parts of their body (Photo Freepik) The human body has always been a source of fascination. Even with the advances in science and technology today, there are still a number of bizarre medical disorders that...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – Persons using mobile phones and other devices found distracting the flow of pedestrians here will have to serve 10 days of community service. In a phone interview on Tuesday night, September 12, Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan said the City Council recently amended the 2019...
Former national security adviser, Prof. Clarita Carlos has offered a simple solution to Filipinos' flab problem: walking it off. But for that to work, there must ample, safe walking spaces constructed for the public. "Too many obese people? PEDESTRIANIZE our roads so people will walk," Carlos wrote...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has praised President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for “walking the talk” on his support for reducing the Philippines’ carbon footprint. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) This, as the Philippine capped a trip to...
Are you a Fresh Starter? Don’t know how to start an exercise program? You must be a Fresh Starter, a term coined by Dr. Robert Kushner et al in their publication on “Counseling Overweight Adults: The Lifestyle Patterns Approach and Toolkit in 2009.” Described to be someone who may be...
Johnnie Walker offers exciting products and exclusive activities this Christmas The past two years have not been easy on anyone. For those who kept walking and progressed despite the hardships and limitations of a pandemic, Johnnie Walker celebrates you this holiday season. The liquor company also...
Even Ellen Adarna did it—here's how walking can help someone with major depressive disorder. In a three-part video on instagram, Ellen Adarna shared her mental training experience through the Kokoro program in Bali, Indonesia. It was concluded with a 115-kilometer walk where Ellen finished for 26...
The author is the Health editor of The Manila Bulletin If you are having difficulty sleeping, are moody, generally anxious, and feeling fat — it is time to take a walk. Walk around the house, in the garden, around the block, to the village convenience store. Or go to YouTube and walk with...
