Just a few days after Mount Bulusan erupted, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), closely monitoring the status of Mayon and Taal Volcano, have issued a warning the two volcanoes could erupt following a slight rise in the low frequency volcanic quakes.
Jimmy Sonsioco, Science research specialist of Phivolcs said, "Recentely, there have been up to 20 earthquakes being recorded in Taal and Mayon compared to normal volcanic quakes that range from zero to four" (may mga pagkakataon na umaabot sa 20 lindol ang naitatala sa Taal at Mayon na mas mataas kumpara sa zero hanggang apat na normal volcanic quake).
Phivolcs are also monitoring three of the other 23 active volcanoes in the Philipines; Mount Hibok-hibok in Camiguin Island, Mount Pinatubo and Mount Kanlaon in Negros Occidental.
For example, the time taken to "fall in love" clocks in at about one-fifth of a second--a blink.
[Discovery News] Also, 12 areas of the brain work together during the love process, releasing euphoria-inducing chemicals like dopamine, oxytocin, adrenaline and vasopressin. Love's high is similar to cocaine's rush.
Love influences sophisticated intellectual processes of the brain too. When a person feels in love, their mental representation, metaphors and even body image are also affected.
Researchers from Syracuse University, West Virginia University and the Geneva University Psychiatric Center retrospectively reviewed pertinent neuroimaging literature. They published their findings in a recent issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Overall, they found, love is really good for you.
Couples who had just fallen in love had significantly higher levels of nerve growth factor, or NGF. NGF is crucial to the survival of sympathetic and sensory neurons. Some believe NGF can reduce neural degeneration. Not a bad side effect.
Just as love is diverse, the part of the brain affected is also different.
Unconditional love, the type often seen between a mother and child, lights up the common and different brain areas, including the middle of the brain.
Not surprisingly, passionate love fires the reward part of the brain, but it also affects the higher-order cognitive function seen in body image.
A lot of people skip breakfast in the name of 'diet' but a research has revealed that regularly skipping breakfast increases the risk of potentially deadly heart disease.
The research shows that leaving the house on an empty stomach leads to obesity, larger fat stores around the stomach and higher cholesterol levels - all major risk factors for heart disease and it also triggers higher insulin levels in the blood, a warning sign that diabetes could soon set in.
The study showed the greatest risks are among adults who regularly went without breakfast when they were children and carried on the habit when they grew up.
Although previous studies have suggested breakfast can be good for the heart, this is the first to track the long-term dangers.
The results, which are published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, show that, by the time people are in their late twenties, those who rarely have breakfast as children or adults are already on the way to developing heart disease.
Scientists think one reason is they are more likely to snack on sugary foods and less likely to exercise while having a lower intake of fibre, vitamins and minerals. But there is evidence that skipping breakfast can alter the way the body stores fat.
It can also leave people less likely to eat at typical mealtimes, said researchers at the University of Tasmania, who tracked 2,184 volunteers over 20 years.
Leading dietitian Catherine Collins said missing breakfast was a 'marker' for an unhealthy or chaotic lifestyle.
A new study reports that knowing your father's history could help women get earlier screening and treatment.
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton shared an unlikely and inspiring breast cancer survivor story.
"We're all sensitized to the emblematic color of breast cancer awareness," Ashton said, "but breast cancer is not always pink."
Mike Story. of Hamburg, N.Y., outside Buffalo, loves working out to Bruce Springsteen. Ashton said Story may look tough, but he melts when he talks about his wife, Kelly.
Mike said, "You get goosebumps, its emotional. I met her when we were kids."
Mike and Kelly's life together raising their daughter, Carly, seemed like a dream until Kelly was diagnosed with breast cancer at 46.
Mike said, "We knew that she probably had a less than five-year survival rate, because of where her breast cancer was in her body."
Mike supported the love of his life each step of her two-year struggle, which ended just before Kelly's 50th birthday.
Mike said, "And one thing that I'll take with me to my grave, hopefully in another 30, 40 years, was what my wife told me when she was on her bed dying. 'You need to live your life no matter what gets thrown your way."'
Mike never could have imagined what was in store for him next, just as he and Carly were beginning to put the pieces of their life back together.
Mike said, "I was working out one day and I got out of the shower and I felt a lump in my chest, simple as that. And I checked the other side of my chest, no lump."
In the cruelest twist of fate, less than a year after losing Kelly, Mike was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer that had spread to his bones.
Carly told CBS News, "Never in a million years would I ever have imagined that my dad would have breast cancer."
Mike said, "I've never had any pain or discomfort there."
Breast cancer in men is relatively rare, accounting for less than one percent of all cases. The most common symptom? A firm, painless lump found just below the nipple.
Mike went to Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y. to be treated by the same oncologist, Dr. Tracey O'Connor, who treated his beloved Kelly. Dr. Stephen Edge was the surgeon for Mike's wife at the institute.
Now, it's Carly's turn to support her dad, just as Mike did for Kelly, and with her mother's same sense of humor.
Carly said, "She's probably up there like, 'You've got to be kidding me. Cut these two a break."1
Ashton said Mike will tell you his unlikely journey is an opportunity to save lives.
He said, "Listen, breast cancer is all about women, but you know what. It affects men, too."
Ashton added on "The Early Show" that Mike is feeling great and he's optimistic that his medications are controlling his cancer. Even though he's diagnosed with stage four cancer, she said he's determined not to be a statistic. His main goal is to help save just one life by letting men know that it's not just women -- men can also have breast cancer.
So what puts men at risk for breast cancer?
Ashton told "Early Show" co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez, "The same thing that puts women at risk, the first is family history. But then, age. We know both men and women as we get older the rate and risk of breast cancer, especially in men, goes up. Obesity, high alcohol intake, all of these things, some in our control to change some of them are not."
Rodriguez said, "Thank goodness Mike found that lump because most men may not be as vigilant."
Ashton said, "Right. Again, most of the time, it is just not on their radar. So many men don't even realize they can get breast cancer, too. And while it is much less common, they need to be aware of the signs and symptoms. The most common is what Mike had, a lump or a swelling in the breast. You can have a dimpling in the skin, a little dimple there or some redness or scaling, or sometimes the nipple actually retracts or there can be liquid, some nipple discharge. All should be red flags to men to see their doctor immediately."
To lower your risk, Ashton recommends keeping your weight down and limiting alcohol intake.
As for the genetic link, if a father has breast cancer, Ashton said, the risk of a child getting breast cancer is almost doubled.
"We need to remember that the BRCA mutation, that genetic testing that a lot of women are aware of, if men have that same history in their family of a first-degree relative with breast or ovarian cancer, they, too, should be tested, because the risk applies to them, as well as their children."
Rodriguez said, "If (Carly) wasn't adopted, the biological child of this couple, I can't imagine how much her risk would be."
Ashton said, "It would put her at very high risk. Knowing our family history is so important."
Calling Haiti's cholera outbreak "an extremely serious situation," a United Nations official expressed concern Monday that the infectious disease could spread and grow to "tens of thousands of cases."
"It would be irresponsible to plan for anything but a considerably wider outbreak," said Nigel Fisher, U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Haiti.
Officials with the Pan American Health Organization expressed similar concerns about the disease spreading to the Dominican Republic.
CARE has medical teams working around the clock to treat patients in the affected area.
"We also are working in Port-au-Prince, providing hygiene and water purification tablets," CARE spokesman Brian Feagans told CNN.
Missionaries from Tennessee are also doing their part to help contain the cholera outbreak in nearby areas.
"People are aware now; fears are there, but they don't know enough to understand the dangers," Andrea Brewer said.
