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It is interesting to see what are the leading diseases and health conditions that kill Filipinos everyday and ponder why they continue to do so. The chronology I have below came from the Department of Health's Health Statistics website, and is said to have been updated sometime last January 2007.

Heart diseases are varied and may include coronary, ischemic, valvular, inflammatory, hypertensive, hereditary, and infectious causes. Sadly, I can't find recent online data that points specifically to the breakdown of specific heart diseases' contribution to the overall mortality rate. The resources just say it is number one, and for the past several years beginning in the early 90s, the complex group of heart diseases has been the Philippines' top killer. From 1942 to the 1980s, infectious diseases used to be the Philippines' top killer. A 1984 study identifies rheumatic heart disease, ischemic and hypertensive heart diseases as the major types involved. Another study blames cigarette smoking, the easy accessibility of cigarettes even to adolescents, and the usual suspects of increasing fat intake, increasing diabetes cases, and high cholesterol levels as predisposing factors.

Closely related to number 1 above, these are the diseases that affect the circulatory system (blood vessels) and may include peripheral artery disease, all types of aneurysms and dissections, atherosclerosis, Buerger's Disease, Raynaud's phenomenon, and arterial embolism and thrombosis. A frequent diet of fatty and salty food, lack of exercise, no periodic medical consultations, and increasing cost of hospitalization all contribute to the existence of this number two killer.

In order of killing contribution, cancers of the lung, breast, cervix, liver, colon and rectum, prostate, stomach, oral cavity, ovary and leukemia are the specific leading cancer killers in the Philippines today. Why the lung? Because Filipinos love to smoke, the innocent and unwary get to inhale all the second-hand smoke they can get, and the air pollution is terrible especially in cities found in Metro Manila. Why breast cancer? Read this. Why the liver? Perhaps alcohol consumption and unidentified but increasing incidence of both overt and subclinical hepatitis infections are to blame. For the rest, feel free to share your theories. As with the heart and vascular diseases, there is low cancer prevention consciousness. Currently, 75 percent of all cancers occur after age 50 years, and only about 3 percent occur at age 14 years and below. Also, cancer survival rates here are relatively low. Most Filipinos seek medical help only when their cancer conditions are in the advanced stage. By that time, it is too late. They spend most of their money with radio- and chemotherapy sessions just to extend their lives for a couple of months.

Safety and prevention are two of the frequently ignored concepts by most Filipinos. It is not therefore surprising to find that accidents is the fourth killer. I am not talking about merely driving accidents, but all types of accidents including occupational and otherwise. It is a common sight seeing construction workers not wearing safety harnesses or hard hats. In fact, I have not seen a worker operating a jack hammer wearing any ear protection --- only in the Philippines! Construction in streets and roads are done with a scarcity of signs making both motorists and pedestrians suffer from accidents like colliding with big blocks of stone and falling in open manholes. Also, since we are a disaster-prone country, typhoons, landslides, flash-floods, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes all contribute to the other causes of accidents here.

You would think that in the light of modern medical treatment and wide availability of antibiotics, Pneumonia would no longer kill us, right? Wrong! For adults, this occurs mainly as a complication of other chronic diseases like lung cancer, COPD, tuberculosis, and other debilitating illnesses that leave them bedridden most of the time. For children, this remains to be a major killer, either as a sole disease beginning with a respiratory infection, or as a complication of measles. This recent study from Cebu City concludes that most physicians do not adhere to the local guidelines in treating community-acquired pneumonia. Also, there's the other form of more fatal pneumonia --- the hospital-acquired type. This is the pneumonia you get when your length of stay in the hospital is long, and the antibiotics used to treat are the higher generations.

The joke is that you are not a Filipino if you do not have TB. It might sound amusing but it gives you a glimpse of how prevalent this disease is. In the late 1990s, the Philippines was fourth in the world for the number of cases of tuberculosis, and had the highest number of cases per head in South East Asia. Today, there has been some improvement but a lot still need to be done. Among the 22 countries in the world accounting for 80 percent of TB worldwide, the Philippines is now ranked number 9. Almost 75 Filipinos die everyday because TB. Almost everyone gets vaccinated with BCG as a child, and yet, this does not ensure that you will not develop TB later. Is the direct-observed treatment strategy (DOTS) working? To a certain extent yes, and only if those with symptoms consult immediately. The problem is that most Filipinos ignore their symptoms, continue to roam around and spread the infection, and consult only when there is blood coming out when they cough. Also, over the years, no one has developed a better vaccine and a better class of drugs against this infection. Meanwhile, the multi-drug resistance capability of the organism due to mutation continues to progress.

This number 7 killer confuses me, and much as I have tried to research on it, I can't find what are the specific details about it. What does this mean? Abnormal signs and symptoms? Are these mysterious diseases? If NEC means necrotizing enterocolitis, then this should be looked into and investigated more. In the UK, confirmed cases of necrotizing enterocolitis occurred in three times as many infants who received no breast milk as in those who received both breast milk and formula.

These are all smoking-related diseases and includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and COPD. The Philippines has a law against smoking, but very few establishments and people enforce and follow it.

Extrapolated prevalence figures show that there are more than 5 million Filipinos with diabetes today. Central obesity, which means big and bigger tummies, predispose to developing type 2 diabetes. The lack of physical activity amd love of sugar-laden food and beverages predispose to metabolic abnormalities which later on give rise to diabetes. Most consultations are made because of symptoms arising from diabetic complications like diabetic retinopathy (leading to vision loss and blindness), diabetic neuropathy (decreased sensation in the limbs, fingers, often leading to diabetic foot and amputation), and diabetic nephropathy (kidney damage resulting in chronic dialysis).

Infant mortality rate in the Philippines is higher compared to its southeast Asian neighbors. Currently, the infant mortality rate is 22.12 deaths per 1,000 live births. Identified causes include sepsis, prematurity, jaundice, entangled umbilical cord leading to asphyxia, diarrhea, and congenital malformations. Improved prenatal care can possibly decrease the mortality rates even more.

It is interesting to see what are the leading diseases and health conditions that kill Filipinos everyday and ponder why they continue to do so. The chronology I have below came from the Department of Health's Health Statistics website, and is said to have been updated sometime last January 2007.

Heart diseases are varied and may include coronary, ischemic, valvular, inflammatory, hypertensive, hereditary, and infectious causes. Sadly, I can't find recent online data that points specifically to the breakdown of specific heart diseases' contribution to the overall mortality rate. The resources just say it is number one, and for the past several years beginning in the early 90s, the complex group of heart diseases has been the Philippines' top killer. From 1942 to the 1980s, infectious diseases used to be the Philippines' top killer. A 1984 study identifies rheumatic heart disease, ischemic and hypertensive heart diseases as the major types involved. Another study blames cigarette smoking, the easy accessibility of cigarettes even to adolescents, and the usual suspects of increasing fat intake, increasing diabetes cases, and high cholesterol levels as predisposing factors.

Closely related to number 1 above, these are the diseases that affect the circulatory system (blood vessels) and may include peripheral artery disease, all types of aneurysms and dissections, atherosclerosis, Buerger's Disease, Raynaud's phenomenon, and arterial embolism and thrombosis. A frequent diet of fatty and salty food, lack of exercise, no periodic medical consultations, and increasing cost of hospitalization all contribute to the existence of this number two killer.

In order of killing contribution, cancers of the lung, breast, cervix, liver, colon and rectum, prostate, stomach, oral cavity, ovary and leukemia are the specific leading cancer killers in the Philippines today. Why the lung? Because Filipinos love to smoke, the innocent and unwary get to inhale all the second-hand smoke they can get, and the air pollution is terrible especially in cities found in Metro Manila. Why breast cancer? Read this. Why the liver? Perhaps alcohol consumption and unidentified but increasing incidence of both overt and subclinical hepatitis infections are to blame. For the rest, feel free to share your theories. As with the heart and vascular diseases, there is low cancer prevention consciousness. Currently, 75 percent of all cancers occur after age 50 years, and only about 3 percent occur at age 14 years and below. Also, cancer survival rates here are relatively low. Most Filipinos seek medical help only when their cancer conditions are in the advanced stage. By that time, it is too late. They spend most of their money with radio- and chemotherapy sessions just to extend their lives for a couple of months.

Safety and prevention are two of the frequently ignored concepts by most Filipinos. It is not therefore surprising to find that accidents is the fourth killer. I am not talking about merely driving accidents, but all types of accidents including occupational and otherwise. It is a common sight seeing construction workers not wearing safety harnesses or hard hats. In fact, I have not seen a worker operating a jack hammer wearing any ear protection --- only in the Philippines! Construction in streets and roads are done with a scarcity of signs making both motorists and pedestrians suffer from accidents like colliding with big blocks of stone and falling in open manholes. Also, since we are a disaster-prone country, typhoons, landslides, flash-floods, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes all contribute to the other causes of accidents here.

You would think that in the light of modern medical treatment and wide availability of antibiotics, Pneumonia would no longer kill us, right? Wrong! For adults, this occurs mainly as a complication of other chronic diseases like lung cancer, COPD, tuberculosis, and other debilitating illnesses that leave them bedridden most of the time. For children, this remains to be a major killer, either as a sole disease beginning with a respiratory infection, or as a complication of measles. This recent study from Cebu City concludes that most physicians do not adhere to the local guidelines in treating community-acquired pneumonia. Also, there's the other form of more fatal pneumonia --- the hospital-acquired type. This is the pneumonia you get when your length of stay in the hospital is long, and the antibiotics used to treat are the higher generations.

The joke is that you are not a Filipino if you do not have TB. It might sound amusing but it gives you a glimpse of how prevalent this disease is. In the late 1990s, the Philippines was fourth in the world for the number of cases of tuberculosis, and had the highest number of cases per head in South East Asia. Today, there has been some improvement but a lot still need to be done. Among the 22 countries in the world accounting for 80 percent of TB worldwide, the Philippines is now ranked number 9. Almost 75 Filipinos die everyday because TB. Almost everyone gets vaccinated with BCG as a child, and yet, this does not ensure that you will not develop TB later. Is the direct-observed treatment strategy (DOTS) working? To a certain extent yes, and only if those with symptoms consult immediately. The problem is that most Filipinos ignore their symptoms, continue to roam around and spread the infection, and consult only when there is blood coming out when they cough. Also, over the years, no one has developed a better vaccine and a better class of drugs against this infection. Meanwhile, the multi-drug resistance capability of the organism due to mutation continues to progress.

This number 7 killer confuses me, and much as I have tried to research on it, I can't find what are the specific details about it. What does this mean? Abnormal signs and symptoms? Are these mysterious diseases? If NEC means necrotizing enterocolitis, then this should be looked into and investigated more. In the UK, confirmed cases of necrotizing enterocolitis occurred in three times as many infants who received no breast milk as in those who received both breast milk and formula.

These are all smoking-related diseases and includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and COPD. The Philippines has a law against smoking, but very few establishments and people enforce and follow it.

Extrapolated prevalence figures show that there are more than 5 million Filipinos with diabetes today. Central obesity, which means big and bigger tummies, predispose to developing type 2 diabetes. The lack of physical activity amd love of sugar-laden food and beverages predispose to metabolic abnormalities which later on give rise to diabetes. Most consultations are made because of symptoms arising from diabetic complications like diabetic retinopathy (leading to vision loss and blindness), diabetic neuropathy (decreased sensation in the limbs, fingers, often leading to diabetic foot and amputation), and diabetic nephropathy (kidney damage resulting in chronic dialysis).

Infant mortality rate in the Philippines is higher compared to its southeast Asian neighbors. Currently, the infant mortality rate is 22.12 deaths per 1,000 live births. Identified causes include sepsis, prematurity, jaundice, entangled umbilical cord leading to asphyxia, diarrhea, and congenital malformations. Improved prenatal care can possibly decrease the mortality rates even more.

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Usually provincial hospitals in the Philippines will offer mammograms at a cheaper cost. You can also check with government hospitals or town clinics.

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Geminiano T. De Ocampo was a Filipino ophthalmologist known to some as the "Father of Modern Philippine Ophthalmology".

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•1. It aims at education & promotion of safe sex and use of modern contraceptive devises. (Sec. 13, Mandatory Age-Appropriate Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education, HB 96 ). According to the US Center for Disease Control, there is no such thing as safe sex. The most reliable ways to avoid transmission of STDs are to abstain from sexual activity, or to be in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner.

2. It advocates for classifying making family planning supplies as essential medicine (Sec. 9, Family Planning Supplies as Essential Medicines, HB 96). The only essential medicine for most normal, low risk pregnancy is iron and folic acid vitamin supplementation.

3. It wants to promote a program to "achieve equitable allocation of resources"

(Sec. 3, Guiding Principles, HB 96) when problems pertaining to lack of "reproductive health" is not as prevalent nor as life-threatening as our other health problems according to the top 10 leading causes of morbidity and mortality in our country.

4. It proposes mandatory age-appropriate reproductive health and sexuality education (Sec. 13, HB 96). This is a real pandora's box. C-FAM reported that Diane Schneider, representing the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers union in the US, is advocating for more "inclusive" sex education in US schools, with curricula based on liberal hetero and homosexual expression. Schneider told the audience at a panel on combating homophobia and transphobia that "oral sex, masturbation, and orgasms need to be taught in education." She claimed that the idea of sex education remains an oxymoron if it is abstinence-based, or if students are still able to opt-out. If you were a parent of a grade schooler, would you want this for your children?

Period of Intuitive Nursing/Medieval Period · Nursing was "untaught" and instinctive. It was performed of compassion for others, out of the wish to help others. · Nursing was a function that belonged to women. It was viewed as a natural nurturing job for women. She is expected to take good care of the children, the sick and the aged. · No caregiving training is evident. It was based on experience and observation. · Primitive men believed that illness was caused by the invasion of the victim's body of evil spirits. They believed that the medicine man, Shaman or witch doctor had the power to heal by using white magic, hypnosis, charms, dances, incantation, purgatives, massage, fire, water and herbs as a mean of driving illness from the victim. · Trephining - drilling a hole in the skull with a rock or stone without anesthesia was a last resort to drive evil spirits from the body of the afflicted. II. Period of Apprentice Nursing/Middle Ages· Care was done by crusaders, prisoners, religious orders · Nursing care was performed without any formal education and by people who were directed by more experienced nurses (on the job training). This kind of nursing was developed by religious orders of the Christian Church. · Nursing went down to the lowest level -wrath/anger of Protestantism confiscated properties of hospitals and schools connected with Roman Catholicism. - Nurses fled their lives; soon there was shortage of people to care for the sick - Hundreds of Hospitals closed, there was no provision for the sick, no one to care for the sick - Nursing became the work of the least desirable of women - prostitutes, alcoholics, prisoners · Pastor Theodore Fliedner and his wife, frederika established the Kaiserswerth Institute for the training of Deaconesses (the 1st formal training school for nurses) in Germany. - This was where Florence Nightingale received her 3-month course of stude in nursing. III. Period of Educated Nursing/Nightingale Era 19th-20th century · The development of nursing during this period was strongly influenced by: a.) trends resulting from wars - Crimean, civil war b.) arousal of social consciousness c.) increased educational opportunities offered to women. · Florence Nightingale was asked by Sir Sidney Herbert of the British War Department to recruit female nurses to provide care for the sick and injured in the Crimean War. · In 1860, The Nightingale Training School of Nurses opened at St. Thomas Hospital in London. - The school served as a model for other training schools. Its graduates traveled to other countries to manage hospitals and institute nurse-training programs. - Nightingale focus vision of nursing Nightingale system was more on developing the profession within hospitals. Nurses should be taught in hospitals associated with medical schools and that the curriculum should include both theory and practice. - It was the 1st school of nursing that provided both theory-based knowledge and clinical skill building. · Nursing evolved as an art and science · Formal nursing education and nursing service begun FACTS ABOUT FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE· Mother of modern nursing. Lady with the Lamp because of her achievements in improving the standards for the care of war casualties in the Crimean war. · Born may 12, 1800 in Florence, Italy · Raised in England in an atmosphere of culture and affluence · Not contended with the social custom imposed upon her as a Victorian Lady, she developed her self-appointed goal: To change the profile of Nursing · She compiled notes of her visits to hospitals and her observations of the sanitary facilities, social problems of the places she visited. · Noted the need for preventive medicine and god nursing · Advocated for care of those afflicted with diseases caused by lack of hygienic practices · At age 31, she entered the Deaconesses School at Kaiserswerth inspite of her family's resistance to her ambitions. She became a nurse over the objections of society and her family. · Worked as a superintendent for Gentlewomen Hospital, a charity hospital for ill governesses. · Disapproved the restrictions on admission of patients and considered this unchristian and incompatible with health care · Upgraded the practice of nursing and made nursing an honorable profession for women. · Led nurses that took care of the wounded during the Crimean war · Put down her ideas in 2 published books: Notes on Nursing, What It Is ans What It Is Not and Notes on Hospitals. · She revolutionized the public's perception of nursing (not the image of a doctor's handmaiden) and the method for educating nurses. IV. Period of Contemporary Nursing/20th Century · Licensure of nurses started · Specialization of Hospital and diagnosis · Training of Nurses in diploma program · Development of baccalaureate and advance degree programs · Scientific and technological development as well as social changes mark this period. a. Health is perceived as a fundamental human right b. Nursing involvement in community health c. Techological advances - disposable supplies and equipments d. Expanded roles of nurses was developed e. WHO was established by the United Nations f. Aerospace Nursing was developed g. Use of atomic energies for medical diagnosis, treatment h. Computers were utilized-data collection, teaching, diagnosis, inventory, payrolls, record keeping, billing. i. Use of sophisticated equipment for diagnosis and therapy

I had the same problem looking for Epsom Salts in the Philippines on my most recent trip there. I was able to find that Mercury Drug does not sell them, and seems unfamiliar with their use, which shocked me. Nor did Watson's, a similar chain, have any. In Manila, I was finally able to find them at a natural food and lifestyle store in Mall of Asia. The name of the place escapes me, but I can tell you that it was just a couple of doors down from the Watson's at MOA. A customer in Watson's overheard me trying to explain what they were for and directed me there. This was in mid-August of 2009. I hope this helps in some way.

1. Kalibugan

2. Katamaran

3. Kabobohan or Katangahan

4. Kaswapangan

5. Kamanyakan

6. Kaepalan

7. Kaartihan

8. Kalikutan ng kamay or pagnanakaw

9. Ka Maniohan at Jaydeehan

10. Kahirapan

The three major classes are

- disease from pathogens including bacteria and viruses

- disease or syndrome caused by genetic abnormality

- diseases caused by deficiency or excess of various nutrients

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The Philippines is facing the following priority health problems:

* reducing the cost of essential medicines * expanding health insurance * strengthening public health programs, particularly on tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and malaria, and

* establishing drug treatment and rehabilitation centers.

It is not clear whether or not Mercury Drug in the Philippines is selling Mederma scar cream. It can however, be purchased direct from the Mederma website.

The latest causes of morbidity in the Philippines is acute respiratory infection, bronchitis, hypertension, acute watery diarrhea, and influenza. The latest causes of mortality in the Philippines is heart disease, cancer, pneumonia, and accidents.

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In 2008, 43 infants died per 1000 live births.

i don't want to jynx the country but lately things have been perfect. Lebanon was the best performer in the last 12 months economically. the GDP grew over 8% in 2008. also the BSE ( stock exchange ) grew 51%. the banking sector benefited from the economic crisis and grew 23pct. beirut was chosen by the newyorktimes as the best destination in 2009 (out of 44 places to go ) also beirut was chosen among the ten liveliest places on earth by lonely planet. for more info check wikipedia economy of Lebanon and tourism in Lebanon and beirut.

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Cells

Diatoms

Embryo

Folic Acid

Genome

Hemoglobin

Iris

Joints

Keratin

Lipids

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Virus

Waterborne

Xanthan

Yeast

Zygote

The 10 leading causes of death for men in the United States are heart disease; cancer; stroke; accidents; lung disease (including emphysema and chronic bronchitis); pneumonia; diabetes; suicide; liver disease; and, homicides.