Health
BABYMILK ACTION, STAGE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST Nestle at Croyden HQ
September 3, 2012 ·
Campaigners gathering for the annual boycott demonstration at Nestlé (UK) HQ in Croydon (19 May 11:00- 12:00) faced the Nestlé monster – a costume dinosaur representing the company, which recently swallowed up Pfizer’s infant nutrition business (marketing the SMA brand of formula in the UK), and which tramples on the rights of mothers and babies. [...]
Read More...Proposed law to promote milk formula against mother’s milk
September 3, 2012 · , http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/headlines-mt/30165-doh-alarmed-over-new-breastfeeding-bill
The Department of Health (DOH) and United Nations agencies on Friday expressed alarm over a new breastfeeding bill that seeks to overturn laws protecting consumers from misleading advertisements and aggressive marketing of formula milk. In a joint statement, the DOH, World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said that the breastfeeding bill [...]
Read More...Breast-fed babies healthier, smarter
September 3, 2012 · , http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/headlines-mt/30100-breast-fed-babies-healthier-smarter
Health experts on Thursday warned mothers to avoid giving milk formulas to their babies, saying that breast-fed infants are healthier, smarter and less susceptible to serious diseases. Dr. Howard Sobel, team leader of the Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Unit of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that babies fed formula milk get sick [...]
Read More...Inactivity ‘killing as many as smoking’
July 19, 2012 · , Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News
A lack of exercise is now causing as many deaths as smoking across the world, a study suggests. The report, published in the Lancet to coincide with the build-up to the Olympics, estimates that about a third of adults are not doing enough physical activity, causing 5.3m deaths a year. That equates to about one [...]
Read More...Operation for Children with Cleft Lip and Palate
March 20, 2012 · By Preda
The first time I saw a child with a hole in her face was long ago in 1972 . I was assigned as assistant parish Priest in San Marcelino, Zambales I brought the parish religious teachers to the rural school. While waiting outside I rounded a corner and there I was face to face with [...]
Read More...Preda and PBM to Conduct Medical Surgical Mission for Deformed Children
March 8, 2012 · By Preda Information Office
The PREDA Foundation together with the Philippine band of Mercy (PBM) is organizing in April a free surgical medical mission to repair the facial deformity of children suffering from cleft lip and cleft palate.
Read More...Children ‘switching from TV to mobile internet’
January 10, 2012 · By Sean Coughlan, BBC News
Television is being pushed aside by mobile internet gadgets, a UK survey of young people’s technology suggests. The number of children with televisions in their bedroom is falling…
Read More...Phl among 7 countries with rising AIDS cases
December 3, 2011 · By Artemio Dumlao, The Philippine Star
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – The Philippines is among seven countries with a steady increase in cases of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Read More...Coal-fired power plants kill
October 23, 2011 · By Rene Q. Bas Editor In Chief, The Manila Times
MORE and more neutral voices that are not those of anti-business leftists or those of environmental advocacy militants have joined the call for the government to reverse the policy on coal-fired power plants.
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