Efforts to contain the oil spill in Guimaras Island are so concentrated that there seems to be nothing being done with what could be a bigger oil spill problem.

While it is true that the Guimaras oil spill is of such a big magnitude and that moves to control the effect of the spilled oil must be drastic and effective, we have to contend with another fact that oil is not only spilled by marine accidents involving oil tankers.

There is what we call the chronic oil spill problem. Not many of us know that oil is spilled along highways and other thoroughfares. Road oil spill comes out of leakages from engines and this spillage go all the way to the sea.

When rain pours, the oil on the road is washed away to the sewerage system which find their connections to inland waterways which in turn bring the oil to the sea.

Factories that use engines have to change their used oil and we just wonder how they go about the used oil disposal. Our simple logic tells us that many of these establishments dispose of their used oil through public sewers which, again, bring the contaminated waters to the sea.

We also wonder how our car care centers dispose used oil from the vehicles of their clients. If they just pour in the oil into the same public sewers, then they also contribute to the chronic oil spill problem.

The case is just as easily exhibited by the pathetic state of the Pasig River and other affected rivers in the country. The Manila Bay also shows its own share of the problem.

And before we even think of the magnitude of the Guimaras oil spill, let us not forget that this chronic oil spill happens everyday, in every urbanized and developing community across the nation.

I don’t know but if there is an honest to goodness research to be done about the chronic oil spill problem of the nation, I am positive that it will dwarf what we see to be a gigantic Guimaras oil spill problem.

If the Clean Air Act is any indication, then it is about time that the true state of our national waters should be studied and effective oil spill control measures should be implemented before we end up praying to God for a completely new environment.

It’s hard to live with diseases in the body especially when the diseases you have are, like an FM station’s banner line, FOR LIFE.

Diabetes is one disease, which, when you have it,  you have to deal with all your life.  There is this product, however, that sets itself apart for diabetics to enjoy their gustatory urges inspite of their sugar condition.

It is called Glucerna, a product line which boasts of blends of slowly digested carbohydrates.  It’s no secret that diabetics must watch their carbohydrates intake because this is usually the culprit when their blood sugar levels shoot up suddenly endangering in the process their total physical well-being.  But with Glucerna, diabetics don’t have to worry about dangerous carbo because its carbo content is not the easily digested and easily absorbed type.

This means that diabetics who take in Glucerna don’t have to worry about their blood sugar levels shooting up.  It has maltodextrin, a substance that helps lower peak blood sugar and also aids in maintaining a relatively safe blood sugar level.  It also has sugar alcohols and fructose, nutrients that have low glycemic carbohydrates.  Further, it contains fiber which aid in maintaining a healthy digestive tract.

Glucerna users, why don’t you share here your experience with the product and help other diabetics learn about this health maintaining wonder.

Halitosis is the condition of having fetid breath (bad breath). Its direct cause is not really known but it may be due to one of the following.

• Dirty mouth. There is no dirt that smells well, including dirt in the mouth. Trapped food in dental crevices and spaces causes the formation of plaque, dirt in the mouth.
• Cavities and gum disease. The presence of infections makes a mouth sore, and a sore mouth usually has a sorry odor.
• Lung or gastric condition. The air exhaled in breathing comes from the lungs and if the lungs have something that creates the “bad air”, then the lungs are the culprit. Gastric conditions, too, could contribute to having halitosis. The frequent ingestion of strongly odorous food like garlic, onions and alcohol creates a systemic effect that lets the body produce foul smell, including bad breath.
• Smoking. Tobacco has a naturally occurring odor that many people dislike and only the smokers like.

Here are some ways on how to breath your bad breath away.

Keep your mouth clean. That means a thorough brushing at least twice a day. It also means flossing regularly. Food and bacteria trapped between teeth and at the gum line can only be removed with floss; if it’s left to linger, it’s not going to smell nice.

Clean your tongue, too. Bacteria left on your tongue can certainly contribute to less-than-fresh breath, Read more

Abortion refers to the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is capable of independent life. When the extraction occurs after the fetus becomes viable, that is, the fetus is capable of independent life, it is usually considered abortion.Abortion is of two types: spontaneous or induced. Spontaneous abortion is the unintended, usually accidental, termination of pregnancy.  Its causes are still to be clearly documented although about half of the cases can be traced from abnormal development of the embryo or placental tissue. These abnormalities are believed to have been due to inherent faults in the germ cells or may be secondary to faulty implantation of the developing ovum or to other characteristics of the maternal environment.

In experimental animals, severe vitamin deficiencies have been shown to play a role in abortions but this case is still to be Read more

The following is a sample speech for a debate on the issue of 2-year compulsory nursing service for Filipino nurses.

ARE THERE NO BENEFITS WHEN YOU SERVE YOUR COUNTRYMEN? IS IT WITHOUT VALUE WHEN YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION OF A BIG PROBLEM? IS PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE USELESS IN THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL?

MY COMRADE ON THE NECESSITY ISSUE CEMENTED OUR CLAIM THAT THERE IS A NEED TO REQUIRE FILIPINO NURSES TO RENDER AT LEAST 2 YEARS OF NURSING SERVICE BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE COUNTRY. IN HIS ARGUMENTATION, HE MADE MENTION OF OUR PROPOSAL AS A WIN-WIN SOLUTION TO THE HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS OF OUR NATION. ALLOW ME, DEAR AUDIENCE, TO USE THAT AS MY SPRINGBOARD IN SHOWING TO YOU THE BENEFITS OF OUR PROPOSAL.

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ACNE. If you’re a teenager you can’t wait to get rid of it. If you’re an adult, you can’t believe it’s back. Fortunately, improvements in acne treatments over the last decade mean you don’t have to put up with it anymore.

The major determining factor is who gets acne genes, according to Albert M. Kligman, M.D., Ph.D., emeritus professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. In other words, you may have inherited a skin characteristic that makes you more likely to develop acne.

You have thousands of oil glands in the skin on your face, chest, and back that lubricate the skin by producing sebum, or oil, explains Alan D. Klein, M.D., a member of the teaching staff at Ventura County Medical Center in California and a spokesperson for the American Academy of Dermatology. “You have as many as 2,000 oil glands per square inch in the central part of your face,” he says. The oil from the glands flows through tiny ducts to the skin surface.

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Our highly technological age has brought us to so many paradigm shifts including our way of looking at our own sexuality.  And speaking of sexuality, one thing that does not escape from it is the question on virginity.  Does it amount to something considering our current context of widening knowledge on the human being?

Janis Cortese has things to share us.  Here are some.

PURITY VS. EXPERIENCE:  WHAT DO YOU OWE SOMEONE? 

Many people who feel strongly about one or the other side of this issue often make much of what a lover “owes” their partner. “Keep your virginity as a special gift for your first spouse; you owe it to them to remain pure!” “Get rid of your virginity when you can — your spouse deserves a competent lover instead of a bungler!” Read more

Thanks to Burke J. Balch, J.D., and Randall K. O’Bannon, M.A. You may find these thoughts of theirs helpful.

Proponents of physician-assisted suicide frequently begin by advocating its legalization for those who are terminally ill, although they have moved far beyond that category. But, as this article will demonstrate, 1) treatable depression, rather than the terminal illness itself, usually accounts for such a patient’s expression of a wish to die; 2) after a diagnosis of terminal illness, a person normally goes through a series of stages of coming to terms with impending death and resolving unfinished business in his or her life, a valuable process that is cut short by acceding to a depression-induced request for assistance in suicide; and 3) given growing pressures to contain medical costs and prevailing social attitudes, if assisting suicide is legalized, many terminally ill patients will be led to feel they are burdens and have a duty to die.
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   My wife is from Quezon province, a coconut haven in the Philippines.  She, of course, is not little in knowledge if coconut is the name of the game.  So many ads show where you can buy your “virgin” coconut oil, but my wife makes sure the virgin gets really into the house.  She makes our 100% VCO.

   Here’s how she does it.  First, she extracts the coconut milk out from the coconut meat.  Then she lets the extracted coco milk go through a 24-to-36-hour natural fermentation process.  Read more

Now don’t get me wrong. Two things to set the record straight. First, this is not intended for successful husbands. It’s for those whose repeated failures are pushing them to hopelessness. There is hope guys. Second, if you’re the wife who is still fruitless after several attempts, you might like to bring your husband to this site and excite him with this post.

OK dude, here are tips to impregnate your wife.

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