Category: Features
Less sun exposure harms kids’ eyesight
KEEPING your children indoors all day may not be healthy at all. According to a new research, the lack of sun could harm children’s eyesight and could be the reason why nine in 10 school-leavers in big east Asian cities […]
Tsinghua University partners with Bayer HealthCare Partner for Drug Research
CHINA – Bayer HealthCare and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China has signed a new strategic aggreement to collaborate in the area of biomedical sciences. This three-year joint research partnership relates to the Bayer-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Innovative Drug Discovery […]
Sodium in popular fastfood joints vary worldwide
THINK your favourite fast food is the same all over the world? An international team of researchers has found that salt levels vary significantly in the foods sold by six major fast-food companies in various developed countries. Fastfood in Canada […]
Chinplants top plastic surgery trends
MOVE aside breast augmentation, botox and liposuction, and give way to chinplants – the fastest growing plastic surgery trend among all major demographics in the United States. Chin augmentation has grown more than those other three procedures combined, according to […]
Indonesia bans US beef imports over mad cow concern
JAKARTA – Following the discovery this week of an American dairy cow infected with mad cow disease, Indonesia announced suspension of beef imports from the United States. Reaction elsewhere in Asia, however, was muted with no immediate signs some of […]
Knowing the Facts and Myths in Dietary Supplements
Almost every food product with dietary guidelines make it very clear that your nutritional needs should be met primarily through your diet. For some people, however, supplements may be a useful way to get nutrients they might otherwise be […]
Jakarta’s growing obesity problem
INDONESIA is facing double-burden malnutrition, a concept coined in 2000. The nation is dealing with undernutrition and overnutrition problems, which can lead to various non-infectious diseases and health disorders, resulting in high medical costs. Obesity has begun to escalate in […]
Asia’s fitness industry getting trendier than ever
Asia’s rapid modernisation has produced an alarming spike in the rate of obesity among its countries’ populations. According to the UK-based International Obesity Task Force, obesity in Asian nations is now mirroring that of Western countries. Each year, the rate […]
Babies treated in the womb for obesity
UNITED KINGDOM – More than 400 pregnant moms will take anti-obesity pills in a new study aimed at creating smaller babies and lowering the risk for Caesarean sections. The three-year study will be completed at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital in […]
Choco lovers have low BMI
WASHINGTON – Healthy people who exercise and also eat chocolate regularly tend to have a lower body mass index (BMI) than those who eat the rich brown sweets less often, a study suggested. The survey of a population of more […]
