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Learn the Symptoms of Pulmonary Fibrosis this Rare Disease Day Pinpoint symptoms and take action early by starting conversations with your doctor about pulmonary fibrosis. Newswise — One in 20 people will live with a rare disease at some point in their life*. Rare Disease Day on February 28 provides an opportunity to help raise awareness for diseases that are not well known, such as pulmonary fibrosis (PF). For Rare Disease Day, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) aims to increase understanding of PF to drive home the importance of early diagnosis. “The PFF is committed to providing q...

QUEZON CITY, Dec. 14 -- A study published by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) found that mangroves can mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change. In her policy note titled “Mitigating climate change through mangrove forest”, author and Philippine APEC Study Center Network’s Thesis and Dissertation Program grantee Madonna Daquigan found that mangroves can help address the impacts of climate change because of their potential as CO2 [carbon dioxide] capture and storage or CCS. Instead of atmosphere emission, CCS captures CO2 and stores it in carbo...

“Chaotic” and “unstable” is how Nina describes growing up with a single mother who worked three jobs to keep her five children clothed and fed. “My childhood life was not beautiful,” says Nina, who lost a hard-drinking brother to suicide. She blames a lack of love and structure for her hard-headedness, inability to cope with life, feelings of being lost, and petty crimes. After she became pregnant at age 20, she feared she would repeat her unhealthy childhood story: a single mother working low-paying jobs and struggling to realize her dreams for her child. She fe...

QUEZON CITY, Dec. 12 -- As a member-economy of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Philippines is presented with trade and investment opportunities that it should seize to pursue domestic reforms and create a more productive and competitive industry sector. Francis Mark Quimba, senior research fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and director of the Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN), said that “the pressure is on the domestic side to make use of the transfer of ideas and concepts” that is happening among APEC’s member-economies. Quim...