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The following is a Friendster bulletin posted by a friend of mine titled “Cancerous Foods/Products“. After carefully evaluating them, the collated studies (yeah, that’s what this post is all about - a collation of researches on cancerous foods and products), I think they are post-worthy considering the general theme of this site. I hope it [...]

As a follow-up to my article “Types of Smokers (by Cigarette Consumption)“, I am presenting here types of smokers by dependency. The following article is in part related to another article in this site titled “Tip on How to Stop Cigarette Smoking: Chew Your Cigarettes“.
Although in my previous write-up I have indicated only two types [...]

The are a few types of smokers based on cigarettes consumed per day. In high school, our subject Health covered smoking. The standards for classifying smokers based on consumption are dependent on the society. A standard used int he Philippines is different from the standard used in Taiwan. There is no exact quantity of cigarette [...]

NursinggGuide.ph announced that the registration for the 3rd Philippine Nursing Conference and Expo (PNOCE 2008) is ongoing. This Nursing conference and expo aims to further educate nurses (particularly fresh BS Nursing graduates) about things they need too know like what exams should they take, how much would taking those exams (CGFNS, IELTS, NCLEX) cost, what [...]

My wife’s father actually told us this tip on how to stop smoking one time he called us. Eat your cigarette. It may sound gross to some but I really think it’s a wise advice for a smoker to stop smoking. First, I have to admit that I’m a smoker (sometimes a heavy smoker). I [...]

If September is Ovarian Cancer Month in the US, here in the Philippines, September has been declared Liver Cancer month by the Philippine government. This event aims to raise public consciousness about this illness that has an unusually high incidence in our country. Liver cancer is only the eighth most common form of cancer worldwide, [...]

September is Cancer Month or Cancer Awareness Month in many countries. In the US, September is Ovarian Cancer Month. I watched the show on cable three nights ago about cancer, a show sponsored by standup2cancer.org (a site maintained by the Steve Tisch Foundation). The show presented different cases of cancer like peri-ampullary cancer,  breast cancer, [...]

Two nights ago, news on TV confirmed the oversupply of nurses in the Philippines. Statistics on unemployment of Filipino (Pinoy) nurses hit a whooping 150,000 (estimated count). According to government sources, this figure is actually lower than the previous estimate of 400,000 unemployed (and underemployed) nurses in the Philippines but still confirms that there really [...]

Recent studies show that coffee has more antioxidants than tea. You probably know it by now but there might be something you do not know about coffee - I’m addicted to coffee, black roasted coffee. Folgers, please! lol!
Ok, let’s get down to business and talk about coffee and antioxidants. What are antioxidants, anyway? In a [...]

Cancer has claimed so many lives before and cancer treatment is expensive, be it traditional (chemotherapy and the like) or alternative (which we shall discuss in the succeeding section). Cancer does not choose its victims. Rudy Fernandez died of Peri-ampullary cancer, Senator Edward Kennedy is battling brain cancer, Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino is suffering [...]

The Philippines and other parts of the globe are experiencing extreme climate changes or changes in weather conditions as of late. Millions of people get sick/ill because of these climate changes or changes in weather conditions. The sudden changes in weather conditions are largely affecting human beings in terms of health and well-being. Lately, I’m [...]

Recent developments in research are leaning towards the further study of how to replace ailing body parts by way of stem cell technology. Some articles on this topic show that it is controversial. Other people’s perception of stem cell technology is negative claiming that is immoral and will lead to full-blown human cloning if the [...]