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The War Against Aging

We see the phenomenon on television, in magazines, in the movies, in the workplace and in almost every aspect of life, most particularly in our social lives.

Almost everyone wants to grow old gracefully, as the saying goes, but there’s certainly no harm in looking younger, fresher and healthier as the years pass by. Wrinkles, crow’s feet, saggy skin, sun spots, hyper pigmentation, etc. are inevitably what all women and yes, even a growing number of men nowadays, fear the most. There may be no way to stop what’s to come, but there are true, tried and tested ways to slow down the aging process.

People today fight the symptoms of aging by first understanding what contributes to an aged appearance. Prevention is essentially the key and through media and information technology, people have been starting as early as in their twenties in getting serious about taking good care of their skin and bodies. Nothing happens without sacrifice and hard work, and to fight the war against aging, one has to be patient, resourceful and most of all committed to a regimen that suits the individual.

The World Bank and the Stockholm Development Institute (SDI) has raised concerns over the worsening state of air pollution in Asia. It has been reported that pollution in the region has been worsening over the past decades, causing the deaths of thousands in the cities of Beijing, Jakarta, Seoul, Bangkok and Manila. Research shows that emissions from the Asian continent has exceeded their neighbors from Europe and North America.

The SDI also revealed an alarming increase of dangerous chemicals in the air such as sulphur dioxide, ammonia and nitrogen oxides. Scientific studies show that the chemicals greatly contribute to the spread of pulmonary diseases like pneumonia and bronchitis. Aside from this, they also discovered a significant increase in ground level ozone concentration.

Meanwhile, the World Bank has rang bells over the growing mortality rates caused by air pollution. In Manila, air pollution kills over 4,000 Filipinos each year. This is already considered the third highest mortality rate for an East Asian country.