Category: Health

Essential nutrients for a healthy body

The human body needs a variety of five nutrients namely protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals from the foods we eat. Protein is needed to build and repair our muscles, blood, skin, bones and other tissues and organs in the body; and amino acids are the building blocks of it. Large proportion of our muscles, […]

Health expert calls to empower children with Down syndrome

“It takes a village to raise a child, more so with children with Down syndrome,” says Dr. Leanith Haya, Medical Officer IV of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) Department of Pediatrics during the regular Kapihan sa Baguio held at the Department of Health (DOH) Secretary’s Cottage on February 8.

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