Category: Features
Simple tricks to mask grey hair
Celebrity hairstylist Asgar Saboo reveals simple tricks to get natural hair colour back. Henna pack: To prepare the pack, collect henna leaves from henna plant. Then make a fresh paste of henna by grinding the leaves. Add three teaspoons of […]
Study says hookah less harmful than cigarettes
A recent study finds that smoking a hookah may be less harmful than a cigarette. A team of scientists, headed by Joseph Caruso of American Chemical Society and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, conducted the study on 12 […]
Mid-day naps help preschool children learn: study
Mid-day naps may help preschool children improve their learning efficiency, U.S. researchers said Monday. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst said little is known about the value of naps in young children and some U.S. preschool programs have begun […]
Marriage: Key to cancer survival
A new study finds that married people are more likely to survive cancer than singles. Married patients also tended to have cancers diagnosed at an earlier stage – when it is often more successfully treated – and to receive more […]
Bright side of exposure to the sun
This is great news for those who like to be out in the sun. Even though exposure to the sun is thought to elevate the risk of skin cancer, the chances of having heart disease and dying prematurely is much […]
Number of obese Malaysians on the rise
JOHOR BARU – More and more Malaysians are obese nowadays and, worse, many of them are children. Disclosing this at a meeting here, Johor Health Department director Dr Mohd Khairy Yaakub said this was due to dietary patterns that have […]
Dangerous dye being used to make fake ‘kampung chickens’
MALAYSIA – Chicken is widely eaten by many and claims that the birds are being coloured yellow using a dye is worrying. Some traders claim that consumers are being duped by chicken sellers into believing that the plucked yellow chickens […]
TCM clinic: Eat this fruit for better sleep
WHO IT IS FOR: People who do not get enough rest and are overworked, women who have recently given birth or suffer from irregular menstruation, as well as elderly people are known to have deficiencies in qi or blood. Chronic […]
High intensity exercise beneficial for heart disease patients
High-intensity exercise is protective against coronary heart disease (CHD), reveals a new study. Researchers have found that high-intensity exercise is very beneficial for people who already have heart disease. K. G. Jebsen from Center of Exercise in Medicine at the […]
Poly students invent device that helps disabled control home appliances through thought
SINGAPORE – A school trip to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital last year made him realise the help disabled people needed. With that in mind, Mr Ren Shuheng, 22, and his schoolmates, then third-year Republic Polytechnic (RP) Biomedical Sciences students, came […]
