Although malaria is a preventable and curable disease, it remains a major public health problem, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Every 75 seconds, a child under five dies of malaria. Mainly, children aged between six months and five years are at the highest risk for ...
Reducing dietary sodium is one of the most impactful and cost-effective mechanisms to improve population health and is one of the World Health Organization’s ‘best buys’ for prevention of chronic disease [57,58] (https://resolvetosavelives.org/cardiovascular-health/lives-saved-calculator, acces...
Here is a breakdown between a 15 year, 20 year, and 30 year mortgage, using current interest rates and a $100,000 loan amount. The payment for a 20 year falls almost exactly in the middle of the payment of a 15 year and a 30 year. For many people the monthly cost of a 15 year...
The day after the sports fest at our campsite, we rounded up those in our Legazpi church who had not gone back their provinces for the semester break (we are still mostly students in Legazpi, with many of them from out of town) and we headed to the nearby town of Santo Domingo for ...
Step 1: Save 25% of your income for 25 years and invest it in stock mutual funds. Step 2: Look in the mirror and say, hey…you’re a freakin millionaire! It’s really that simple. You don’t have to have rich parents, you don’t have to earn $100K a year, or start Facebook...
Reflect for a moment on how each of these tenets calls us to be and what they call us to do in response to climate change. Oneness of humanity “Address yourselves to the promotion of the well-being and tranquillity of the children of men. … Ye dwell in one world, and have been cr...
Are you helping pay for your children’s expensive tuition? Consider cheaper alternatives. One popular option is taking the first two years of a bachelor’s degree at a community college. After the initial two years of study, you transfer the credits to a 4-year institution. Reviewthis articl...
(for children) or self-completed (for adolescents) questionnaires investigating if problems with sneezing or a runny or blocked nose, eventually accompanied by itchy eyes, apart from a cold or flu, had occurred in the last 12 months. In adolescents, between-country significant associations were ...