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                    [Title] => PHA holds biggest BP screening in AsPac
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A total of 101,340 participants from key cities across the country participated in the nationwide blood pressure screening dubbed Presyon Ko Alam Ko, Presyon Ko Alaga Ko last Feb. 11. 


The massive turnout made the event the biggest BP screening held in the country and is believed to be the biggest ever BP screening in the Asia-Pacific region.

The current Guinness record is held by United Kingdom with a total of 127,573 individuals participating in the event.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 380526 [Title] => Nationwide BP screening to raise awareness [Summary] => High blood pressure (BP) or hypertension is the most common cause of heart failure among Filipinos. Based on findings of the recent National Nutrition and Health Survey, 22 out of 100 Filipino adults (22.5 percent) are suffering from this condition.

But for something which is very prevalent and very common, very few people are informed even about the basic facts about hypertension. Local health experts are alarmed that more than 50 percent of hypertensives don’t even know that they have critically high BP.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => PHA holds biggest BP screening in AsPac
                    [Summary] => 

A total of 101,340 participants from key cities across the country participated in the nationwide blood pressure screening dubbed Presyon Ko Alam Ko, Presyon Ko Alaga Ko last Feb. 11. 


The massive turnout made the event the biggest BP screening held in the country and is believed to be the biggest ever BP screening in the Asia-Pacific region.

The current Guinness record is held by United Kingdom with a total of 127,573 individuals participating in the event.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 380526 [Title] => Nationwide BP screening to raise awareness [Summary] => High blood pressure (BP) or hypertension is the most common cause of heart failure among Filipinos. Based on findings of the recent National Nutrition and Health Survey, 22 out of 100 Filipino adults (22.5 percent) are suffering from this condition.

But for something which is very prevalent and very common, very few people are informed even about the basic facts about hypertension. Local health experts are alarmed that more than 50 percent of hypertensives don’t even know that they have critically high BP.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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