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                    [Title] => Mother of Philippine herbal medicine wins SIDI award
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Dr. Nelia Cortes-Maramba, founding member of the National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants (NIRPROMP) and known to many as the “Mother of Philippine Herbal Medicine,” garnered another recognition for the Philippine herbal Industry at the Scientific Inventions, Discoveries & Innovations (SIDI) Awards last June 21.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 473149 [Title] => Tight budget? Go for affordable natural cough medicines [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – The prevailing economic crunch requires a great deal of belt-tightening from everyone. Moms in particular have a more difficult task of working on a budget that can be severely affected if someone in the family falls ill, especially with the high cost of medicines nowadays.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 48078 [Title] => Labella wants DOH to expedite study on treatment for dengue [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265208 [Title] => Medicinal plants used as dewormers of animals [Summary] => LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – High up in the Cordillera, many farmers use medicinal plants as dewormers of their animals.

And for good reasons.

For one, the traditional practices on animal health care and management could lessen high livestock and poultry production costs through decreased dependence on drugs and biologics.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158164 [Title] => Exercise, diet best for cutting diabetes risk [Summary] => Getting more exercise, eating a low-fat diet and losing some weight can prevent diabetes and may be more effective than medicinal drugs, according to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Researchers found that when people at risk for diabetes changed their lifestyles, their chances of developing the disease dropped by 58 percent compared with people who did little except to take a placebo.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 83635 [Title] => ‘Sambong’ good for kidney problems [Summary] => Laboratory and clinical studies recently revealed that sambong – a medicinal plant found in the Philippines – is safer than many manufactured medicines sold over the counter.

Sambong
has been proven to be an effective diuretic and can increase a patient’s urine volume by an average of 60 percent. The plant enhances the body’s natural ability to increase urine volume and thus, helps get rid of excess body fluids.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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