Category: Features
Colour therapy a stress-reliever for adults
A growing trend among adults, coloring books are said to help de-stress and unwind and are slowly taking off outside Europe, where the trend originated. The latest example, “Colour Therapy: An Anti-Stress Colouring Book,” is out this week in Britain […]
What to eat for gorgeous skin
I have to admit, I tucked into a good number of kueh kapit and pineapple tarts during this year’s Chinese New Year season. Not to forget the odd one or two kueh bakul as well, another lunar new year must-have. Nothing like ushering in […]
How to structure your meals if you have diabetes
A small study done by researchers in Sweden and Israel has found the key to better sugar management for type 2 diabetes patients: eat a high-energy breakfast and a low-energy dinner. In the new study, published in the journal Diabetologia, they […]
Youths are at risk of hearing loss due to loud music
MORE than one billion young people risk damaging their hearing through listening to loud music, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed recently. The WHO estimates that around half of those between the ages of 12 and 35 in middle- and […]
Two out of three smokers will die: study
The first large-scale, direct evidence on smoking and mortality in Australia shows up to 1.8 million of our 2.7 million smokers are likely to die from their habit if they continue to smoke, losing on average ten years of life […]
Marijuana a top policy issue for years to come
Growing scientific evidence about the medical benefits and a rollback of laws banning the drug mean that health agencies will have to make a determination on marijuana’s use, experts said. “The WHO (World Health Organization) will probably have to come […]
McDonald’s to halt using chicken raised on antibiotics
Amidst growing worries of antibiotic resistance, fast-food giant McDonald’s announced that it would stop serving chicken raised with antibiotics that are important to human health. The company has agreed to follow the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines on not using […]
Prenatal blood check-up that detect cancer signal in some women
A new genetic test that sequences the blood of pregnant women for signs of diseases such as Down Syndrome in their fetuses are turning up unexpected results: a diagnosis of cancer in the mother. In as many as 40 cases, […]
ADHD sufferers more prone to fatal accidents
People diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more than twice as likely to die prematurely, mainly due to accidents, a Danish study says. The risk was higher for women than for men, it added, and for people diagnosed […]
The calorie count in different types of alcohol
r. No Alcoholic drink 1. Wine 150 ml (red) 125 cal (white) 120.5 cal 2. Whiskey (30 ml) 65.1 cal (60 ml) 130.3 cal 3. Rum (30 ml) 65.1 cal (60 ml) 130.3 cal 4. Gin (30 ml) 65.1 cal […]
