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Get a checkup now.(If Symptoms Persist)
From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20060122
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Byline: Dr. Jose S. Pujalte Jr.
"A womenas health is her capital."
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) U.S. author (and mother of six)
Household Papers and Stories, part 2, ch. 5 (1865)
FIRST the good news: The National Statistical Coordinating Board reports that Filipino women now have an average life expectancy of 72.8 years. Filipino men, truly the weaker sex, live much shorter on the average at 67.5 years.
Whatas the bad news? There isnat much to glean from as regards quality of life. That is to say, we have no idea if the woman at 73 years has no heart ...
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