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                    [Title] => Avoid dengue this rainy season
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With heavy rain comes the peak of dengue infection, and now that the country is in the midst of the rainy season, Makati Medical Center runs down everything from symptoms to prevention tips to help everyone safeguard themselves against this deadly disease.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 779155 [Title] => MakatiMed is HIV treatment hub [Summary] =>

In the Philippines, the prevalence of individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the disease that causes the failure of the immune system to function properly, is, thankfully, considerably low at less than one percent.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 674958 [Title] => Warts the latest on STI? [Summary] =>

An often neglected outcome of any contagious disease is the emotional burden on the infected individuals and the people around them.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 598759 [Title] => Low regard for prevention hampers HPV fight [Summary] =>

Despite available shots to help prevent cervical cancer and genital warts, most Filipinos still fail to take advantage of vaccination due to the generally low level of appreciation for the value of prevention.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 592716 [Title] => Living up to his role model image [Summary] =>

If one were to survey the roster of young male Filipino celebrities who’ve been tagged as role models, one would end up with a small handful of stars with a ready-made public persona of boy-next-door wholesomeness.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20100714/chris-tiu.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 464423 [Title] => Pinoy couple, Caucasian at VSMMC: 3 in Cebu being checked for flu [Summary] =>

CEBU, Philippines – Fears of the dreaded swine flu suddenly became very real for the Cebuanos.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1108990 [AuthorName] => AJ de la Torre [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) ) )
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