Just Some Stories

My daughter was just discharged from the hospital after 48 hours of confinement. With our fears of her being another case in the national statistics for dengue these days already allayed, all I want is my long deprived 8-hour-sleep before going back to my usual routine of office work then family man tomorrow. And to [...]

Modern-day Trends

IT Anyone?
While the IT-sector of the Philippine economy has undoubtedly grown, I never thought the figure’s currently pegged at 400,000 related jobs from 8,000 last 2000. That is if co-Chairman of the National Competitiveness Council, Cesar B. Bautista is to be believed.
In an Infotech article written at PDI today, he spoke of a positive outlook [...]

A Smashing Touchdown

A common theme in movies is a meteorite or asteroid streaking down from the skies and blowing up a sizeable portion of the earth then causing a catastrophe wiping out a significant fraction of humanity if not its entirety.
No tsunamis, earthquakes or gigantic explosions in this one though. If a featured AFP news yesterday is [...]

Liberals vs. Conservatives: The Neurologists’ Take

I have a pint of attention for neurological study results not only because I’m such an information junkie but also because the subjects placed under study here are oftentimes trivially interesting. A year or two ago for example, I encountered a curious finding on how the sarcastic’s brain functions.
So when early this week this PDI [...]

A Closer Look at Intellectual Property Rights

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) can oftentimes be seen in discussions among several spheres of knowledge and domestic and international bodies. In the aftermath of the 1997 Asian Fiscal Crisis for instance, free trade agreements (FTAs) and economic partnership agreements (EPAs) have been characterized by the tight implementation of intellectual properties along with easier market access [...]

Blogs of the Day: Biosingularity and The Leaky Brain

It’s been a while since I’ve featured Blog of the Day so I guess it’s about time I featured some spots elsewhere from the blogsphere.
The first would be Biosingularity as it featured a health tidbit regarding the benefits of green tea in the fight against the Big C. Sure it might sound like one of [...]

The Risk Called Office Printers

Yup the title’s right. If the BBC article towards the end of the previous month’s to be believed:
The humble office laser printer can damage lungs in much the same way as smoke particles from cigarettes.
Read more on the said finding of a group of scientists from The Queensland University of Technology.
[08/18/07 Update] – For a [...]

Obesity is ’socially contagious’?

I’m not a big fan of the blame game but this Yahoo health tidbit roused an amount of interest anyway. The news bit focuses on obesity as something that’s “socially contagious.”
If your friends and family get fat, chances are you will too, researchers report in a startling new study that suggests obesity is “socially contagious” [...]

Hit and Run

The Economist published an article last month which took a look at one of the serious causes of deaths among children and young people. The image of the WHO data shown below comes from the said article of the same title.

Anyway the article takes a look at the 1.2 million road deaths annually apart from [...]

Food Safety an Issue Across Asia

The past summer in this country brought a common problem prevalent in the hot months of the year: food safety. Thus news of people rushed to the hospital because of eating spoiled food becomes a staple fodder within the media these days.
On a larger scale however, the issue remains a real one in different nations [...]