Category: Features
More Chinese go under the knife
BEIJING- A growing Chinese willingness to go under the knife for cosmetic purposes cuts to core questions about the changing national psyche. Many are facing the ugly side of beauty’s pursuit – addiction, disfigurement and self-esteem problems. Liu Zhihua reports. […]
Eat healthy stay fit
Iron, vitamins or carbohydrates are nutrients essential to keep our body fit. But be careful about the quantity, warns an expert. Annapurna Agrawal, nutritionist at Snap Fitness India, recommends a list of nutrients that are required by our body. Focus […]
Coronavirus MERS kills 41 in Saudi Arabia
The government revealed that a Saudi man has died of the coronavirus MERS, bringing the kingdom’s death toll from the SARS-like virus to 41, while two new cases were registered. The 51-year-old, who had previously been diagnosed with MERS, died […]
‘Let’s kill rats together’
KOTA KINABALU – The only way to exterminate rats is to get everyone to adopt a “catch-and-kill” attitude, said Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan. He said it was important for everyone to take proactive […]
Too much aluminum in third of Chinese diets
BEIJING- More than 30 percent of Chinese people’s diets contain more aluminum than recommended, research has found. Excessive ingestion of aluminum can lead to neurological and respiratory problems and affect bone development. Some 40 percent of excess aluminum in Chinese […]
Save your life from fake diet tips
Getting that desirable figure that everyone envies is everyone’s dream. Every time you look in the mirror your desperation for acquiring that dream physique increases more and more. You follow difficult diet regimes, sweat for long hours in the gymnasium […]
Hamburger Chef Jamie Oliver Proves McDonald’s Burgers “Unfit for human consumption”
Hamburger chef Jamie Oliver has won his long-fought battle against one of the largest fast food chains in the world – McDonalds. After Oliver showed how McDonald’s hamburgers are made, the franchise finally announced that it will change its recipe, […]
10 ways we get smarter as we age
As we age, the brain‘s processing speed begins to slow, and memory may sometimes slip. But there are other ways that our mental powers grow as we get older. In the current issue of the journal Psychological Science, researchers report that […]
Seven weird weight loss tricks that work
While healthy eating and exercise are the best ways to stay in good shape, sometimes we could all do with a little helping hand. If you’re bored of conventional diet advice and fancy trying something new, check out these seven […]
How brushing your teeth lowers your risk of cancer
HPV-caused throat cancer made headlines in June when the Guardian reported that actor Michael Douglas contracted throat cancer not through tobacco and alcohol, but from human papillomavirus (HPV). Douglas later said the statement was a misunderstanding, but doctors say HPV […]
