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Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. 528,000 new cases were diagnosed worldwide in 2012. However, most (84%) occurred in less developed regions (445,000 cases). Endometrial cancer is the sixth most common cancer in women worldwide (14th most common cancer overall), with 320,000 new cases diagnosed in 2012. Ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer in women worldwide, with 239,000 new cases diagnosed in 2012....

The Core Plan to Prevent Chronic Diseases Our main goal is to increase the number of Filipinos who are healthy at every stage of life- from conception to resurrection. Our strategy provides evidence-based recommendations fundamental to improving the nation's health through the active engagement of all sectors of society to help achieve these goals. These evidence-based recommendations will reduce the burden of leading causes of preventable death and major illness. Here is the third of seven priority areas: 3 REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH Knowing that the Philippines is one of nine countries where the number of human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV- AIDS)...

No drug ever ingested by humans can rival the long-term debilitating effects of tobacco; the carnage perpetuated by its purveyors; the merciless irreversibility of destiny once the victim contracts lung cancer or emphysema; the militant denial on the part of those who, with the support of stockholders and the sanction of governments, legally push their lethal merchandise across borders and continents killing every year 6.5 million people worldwide. DEATH IS IN CIGARETTES!” K. H. Ginzel, M.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arkansas....

The Core Plan to Prevent Chronic Diseases Our main goal is to increase the number of Filipinos who are healthy at every stage of life- from conception to resurrection. Our strategy provides evidence-based recommendations fundamental to improving the nation's health through the active engagement of all sectors of society to help achieve these goals. These evidence-based recommendations will reduce the burden of leading causes of preventable death and major illness. Here is the second of seven priority areas:...

Quit nicotine, save the world.” -Dr. Rajiv Desai. MD. The Core Plan to Prevent Chronic Diseases Our main goal is to increase the number of Filipinos who are healthy at every stage of life- from conception to resurrection. Our strategy provides evidence-based recommendations fundamental to improving the nation's health through the active engagement of all sectors of society to help achieve these goals. These evidence-based recommendations will reduce the burden of leading causes of preventable death and major illness....

The Christian practice of honoring the body is born of the confidence that our bodies are made in the image of God’s own goodness. As the place where the divine presence dwells, our bodies are worthy of care and blessing. . . . It is through our bodies that we participate in God’s activity in the world.” Stephanie Paulsell, Pofessor, Harvard Divinity School...

Our main goal is to increase the number of Filipinos who are healthy at every stage of life- from conception to resurrection. Our strategy provides evidence-based recommendations fundamental to improving the nation's health through the active engagement of all sectors of society to help achieve these goals. These evidence-based recommendations will reduce the burden of leading causes of preventable death and major illness....

Exercise can help smokers quit and quitting smoking has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD,) and that must be the goal of all smokers. If smokers can continue to exercise, not only they can increase the quit rate, but also they reduce their mortality for all cause and for CVD in the long run.” - Dr. C.P. Wen, Research Scientist, World Congress of Cardiology...

Our main goal is to increase the number of Filipinos who are healthy at every stage of life- from conception to resurrection. Our strategy provides evidence-based recommendations fundamental to improving the nation's health through the active engagement of all sectors of society to help achieve these goals. These evidence-based recommendations will reduce the burden of leading causes of preventable death and major illness. Here is the second of seven priority areas:...