WHEN I was reviewing for the medical boards, a
professor gave us some trivia on smoking. Though controversial, he
said there are some disease entities where smoking cigarettes can
seem beneficial to. Most notably, some studies have found that
patients with Alzheimer’s (AHLZ-high-merz) Disease are more likely
not to have smoked tobacco products than the general population.
This hints that smoking offers some protective effect against
Alzheimer’s. Being the most common type of dementia, Alzheimer’s
is a progressive brain disorder that gradually destroys a person’s
memory and ability to learn, reason, make judgments, communicate and
carry out daily activities.
Many wonderful things happen when you make
fitness your goal. Four college students from the De La Salle
University proved that they can achieve whatever they set their
minds to. John Dyangko, David Baylon, Rosalie de Ocampo and Alvin
Ibasco were declared champions in the first Del Monte Fruit Express
Fit Express Challenge.
Contrary to general impression, the bamboo is
not a tree, but a woody or arborescent grass. Used for building
homes, furniture, utensils, and food, bamboo thrives abundantly in
the Philippines and neighboring Asian countries.
