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                    [Title] => Through cell regeneration: Alfa brings renewed health and longer life
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MANILA, Philippines - Do you desire to enjoy good health, long life and youthfulness?

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340454 [Title] => A matter of weight [Summary] => No matter how you look at it, being overweight has become a "weighty" issue and not just for Filipinos.

"It’s a global problem now. All over the world, we are seeing serious health problems of a magnitude that we couldn’t see 20 years ago, and that’s scary," say Nils Mortensen and Dr. Erling Thom, the two scientists behind Xando Block and Burn, a revolutionary slimming product that works by blocking out the excess calories that promote fat build-up in the body.
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Examine your belly. If your waistline measures a bulging 40 inches or more in men and more than 35 inches in women, there is a big probability that you may have Syndrome X.

According to the National Cholesterol Education Program in the US, Syndrome X is the clustering of any three of the following risk factors: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, low HDL-cholesterol which is the good cholesterol, high triglycerides, and abdominal obesity.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 251586 [Title] => Reducing diabetes risk [Summary] => Treatment of type 2 diabetes has recently acquired a new development as the European Commission (EC) recently approved the use of the weight loss medication, orlistat, in managing and reducing the risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

Its efficacy in reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes is backed by the landmark XENDOS (Xenical in the prevention of Diabetes in Obese Subjects) study, which showed for the first time that a fat blocker medication can significantly lessen the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250481 [Title] => Watch out for this sly killer on the loose [Summary] => This killer syndrome is on the loose, preying on millions of unsuspecting victims. Victim No. 1: Ricardo B., 54-year-old insurance manager, complained of no symptoms previously and could still play 18 holes of golf without using the golf cart; just slightly overweight; with borderline blood pressure (BP) and blood sugar (BS); low high-density lipoprotein or HDL (good cholesterol) and elevated triglycerides; rushed to the emergency room for an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack); and fortunately survived.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1769986 [AuthorName] => The Fame Health Bureau [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 243910 [Title] => PREVENTING ‘SYNDROME X’ [Summary] => In recent years, a sinister-sounding condition called "Syndrome X" has circulated in the scientific and medical field. It has been linked to the progression of several potentially deadly diseases.

Syndrome X is a term for a cluster of conditions that tend to appear together in some individuals. Hypertension, high triglyceride, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity and coronary artery disease make up the cluster of conditions that define Syndrome X.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
SYNDROME X
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                    [Title] => Through cell regeneration: Alfa brings renewed health and longer life
                    [Summary] => 

MANILA, Philippines - Do you desire to enjoy good health, long life and youthfulness?

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340454 [Title] => A matter of weight [Summary] => No matter how you look at it, being overweight has become a "weighty" issue and not just for Filipinos.

"It’s a global problem now. All over the world, we are seeing serious health problems of a magnitude that we couldn’t see 20 years ago, and that’s scary," say Nils Mortensen and Dr. Erling Thom, the two scientists behind Xando Block and Burn, a revolutionary slimming product that works by blocking out the excess calories that promote fat build-up in the body.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134006 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804782 [AuthorName] => Boy Abunda [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258193 [Title] => Syndrome X: The silent killer [Summary] => If you’ve never heard the term Syndrome X, you’re not alone. This little-publicized syndrome is rarely discussed outside medical circles. Actually, the threat goes by several names: Syndrome X, the Deadly Quartet, Dysmetabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance Syndrome, or the Metabolic Syndrome. Whatever you call it though, it is emerging as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) — the No. 1 killer of Filipinos today. [DatePublished] => 2004-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133436 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1778504 [AuthorName] => Tyrone M. Reyes M.D. [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255129 [Title] => A bulging waistline: An indicator of ‘Syndrome X’ [Summary] => Look at yourself in the mirror? What do you have? Curves in the right places or bulges that you have to shed?

Examine your belly. If your waistline measures a bulging 40 inches or more in men and more than 35 inches in women, there is a big probability that you may have Syndrome X.

According to the National Cholesterol Education Program in the US, Syndrome X is the clustering of any three of the following risk factors: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, low HDL-cholesterol which is the good cholesterol, high triglycerides, and abdominal obesity.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 251586 [Title] => Reducing diabetes risk [Summary] => Treatment of type 2 diabetes has recently acquired a new development as the European Commission (EC) recently approved the use of the weight loss medication, orlistat, in managing and reducing the risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

Its efficacy in reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes is backed by the landmark XENDOS (Xenical in the prevention of Diabetes in Obese Subjects) study, which showed for the first time that a fat blocker medication can significantly lessen the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250481 [Title] => Watch out for this sly killer on the loose [Summary] => This killer syndrome is on the loose, preying on millions of unsuspecting victims. Victim No. 1: Ricardo B., 54-year-old insurance manager, complained of no symptoms previously and could still play 18 holes of golf without using the golf cart; just slightly overweight; with borderline blood pressure (BP) and blood sugar (BS); low high-density lipoprotein or HDL (good cholesterol) and elevated triglycerides; rushed to the emergency room for an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack); and fortunately survived.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1769986 [AuthorName] => The Fame Health Bureau [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 243910 [Title] => PREVENTING ‘SYNDROME X’ [Summary] => In recent years, a sinister-sounding condition called "Syndrome X" has circulated in the scientific and medical field. It has been linked to the progression of several potentially deadly diseases.

Syndrome X is a term for a cluster of conditions that tend to appear together in some individuals. Hypertension, high triglyceride, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity and coronary artery disease make up the cluster of conditions that define Syndrome X.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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