Category: Features
Strange cures: Fancy a snail facial or sawdust bath?
TOKYO – Having live snails crawling on your face sounds like the thing of nightmares, but in Japan one company is hoping people will be prepared to pay for it. Starting Monday, women who want to slough off dead skin, […]
The chance of getting a heart attack when waking up
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – A person’s risk of heart attack depends mostly on a familiar repertoire of factors: family history of the disease, high blood cholesterol or triglyceride levels, age, smoking, high blood pressure as well as the lack of physical […]
Build muscles to cut blood sugar
SINGAPORE- Activities that involve high impact, such as jumping, hopping, running and contact sports, are not the best thing for people with diabetes. This is because their feet are more susceptible to injuries and infections due to poor blood circulation, […]
Taiwan on a high alert after rabies outbreak
After 22 infections, Taiwan has now been put on a high alert. Taiwan started reporting rabies cases last month. Prior to the outbreak, Taiwan had been rabies-free since 1959. No humans or dogs have yet been reported infected in the […]
Rubber-like protein in insects finds medical applications
RESILIN, a natural polymeric rubber-like protein with outstanding elasticity found in insects (anthropods) that enable them to jump, hop or flasp their wings has been discovered to have major potential uses in medicine, according to scientists. In an article published […]
Incidence of leg artery disease up by a quarter in 10 years
A study revealed that the number of people with peripheral artery disease — dangerously narrowed or clogged circulation in the legs — rose by nearly a quarter in 10 years. Around 202 million people had the condition in 2010, compared […]
15 per cent of Chinese older than 60 have dementia: Study
Three in 20 Chinese Singaporeans above the age of 60 suffer from cognitive impairment or dementia, according to a study conducted by the National University Health System (NUHS). Issues with poor brain function were found to increase with age, with […]
Two health workers among latest Saudi cases of Mers virus
Two Saudi health workers who had been in contact for patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) coronavirus infections are among three new cases reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations (UN) agency said on Thursday. The […]
Vaccines ensure rabies won’t jump to humans
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – There will be no human rabies outbreak because the government has prepared ample vaccines, according to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) chief Chang Feng-yee (張峰義). Anyone bitten or scratched by a wild mammal or a stray cat […]
Specially empowered broccoli to fight chronic disease
Chronic diseases for instance, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease can be battled with some secrets from our own kitchen, a special broccoli, which researchers say can do wonders for health . The special broccoli created by scientists at the […]
