Dyesebel continues to rule with 40 plus ratings (June 3-5, 2008)

The last few days of ABS-CBN’s reality show Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) Teen Edition Plus stirred the primetime race a little bit. Starting last Monday, the reality show overtook My Girl as the leading Kapamilya show. The two-week old My Girl, on the other hand, seems to have lost its steam immediately as its ratings [...]

WHO: Half a billion young Asians at risk from tobacco addiction

Half a billion young Asians are at risk from diseases associated with nicotine, a senior World Health Organisation official said Friday, denouncing advertising directed at teenagers. “Youngsters are led to believe that certain types of cigarettes do not contain nicotine, when in fact they do,” Asia-Pacific director Shigeru Omi said in a statement issued on [...]

A cure for the rotten egg smell

IN OUR column last week, we discussed the various causes of halitosis (bad breath), zooming in on the most common, though not well-known, sources of the offensive odor: the tongue, besides the teeth, the gums, and to some extent, the throat and/or the tonsils. What causes the rotten egg smell? The rotten egg or decaying [...]

Survey reveals Americans lack confidence performing CPR

DALLAS — Most Americans don’t believe they could perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) to help save a life in a cardiac emergency, according to a recent American Heart Association survey.   In an online survey of more than 1,100 adults, 89 percent said they were willing and able to do [...]

Baguio dentists to launch Web site

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – The Baguio City Dental Society (BCDS) will launch its own Web site for peoples’ protection against unlicensed dental procedures. The dentists group aims to give protection for the people against unlicensed dental operations by creating a Web site that would give information to the public regarding dental issues. In a forum [...]

Sony TV Internet module tunes into YouTube

NEW YORK – Coming to late-model Sony LCD flat panels: YouTube videos. Sony Corp. on Thursday said YouTube and Wired.com have been added to the video providers for a $300 module it sells for its LCD flat panel TVs. The Internet Video Link module is a small box that fits into the back of some [...]

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