TELECOM | PSF, Smart launch ‘Text-to-Donate’ drive for COVID-19 health workers, frontliners
Smart, TNT, and Sun customers can contribute using their prepaid load or donations charged to their postpaid account.
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HEALTH | Scientists identify new HIV strain, first in nearly 20 years
A team of U.S. researchers have identified a new strain of HIV, the first time a new subtype of HIV-1 has been identified in nearly 20 years.
E-HEALTH | DOH, USAID launch e-learning platform
The DOH, in partnership with USAID, formally launched the DOH Academy’s e-learning platform to Improve health care education in the Philippines.
HEALTH | Students mimic game app to help prevent kids from smoking
College students in Manila have found a new way to help prevent kids from smoking: by devising an improvised version of a popular smartphone game.
BIO-TECH | Scientists unravel secret of human ears’ extreme sensitivity to pick up faint sounds
American scientists found that a gel membrane in the inner ear gave people extraordinary hearing sensitivity so that it could detect vibrations of the eardrum that move by less than the width of an atom.
SCI-TECH | DNA could potentially predict people’s lifespan: study
By looking at people’s DNA, researchers can potentially predict whether a person can expect to live longer or die sooner than average, according to a study.
HEALTH | Smoking, drinking linked to different brain areas
A recent international study found that different brain areas are associated with smoking and drinking which may shed light on the prevention and treatment of alcohol and nicotine abuse.
HUMAN BEHAVIOR | Mobile phone texting can help smokers quit smoking
A study by researchers showed that texting on mobile phones could help smokers quit smoking.
MED-TECH | Both low and high carbohydrates in diet could lead to early death: study
Both low-carb diet and high-carb diet could raise the risk of an early death, a recent study revealed.
MED-TECH | Scientists developing simpler, safer medical imaging technique: study
A joint research effort by Australia and China has opened the door for far more advanced imaging methods by shattering the previous limits of possible optical detection depth.