Tips for Healthier Lungs
If we’ve been taking our lungs for granted all this while, the current pandemic and the fear it has generated would have surely set many of us straight, especially due to the way the lungs
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Upgrading Malaysia’s Cleanliness and Hygiene Practices
Q & A with Sia Ban Ian. CEO, Bactakleen Malaysia is one of the most popular destinations in Southeast Asia. We are known for many things, our picture-perfect sandy beaches, dazzling cityscapes, and disappointingly our
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Why a Plant-Based Diet is good for you
Plant-based diets are trending these days. The good news is that not only is it a popular diet, but science actually supports a plant-based diet. A plant-based diet is based on foods derived from mainly
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Freshen your breath with these foods!
Just as garlic and onion are capable of causing our breath to smell unpleasant, there are also foods you can eat to have the opposite effect, which is, to freshen your breath instead! So, what
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Mighty Mangosteen
As Malaysians, we are no strangers to the exotic purple fruit called the mangosteen. Did you know, though, that they are pretty rare and hard to come by in many other parts of the world?
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Should the COVID-19 Vaccine Impact your Surgery Schedule?
Malaysia has recently seen a surge in COVID-19 cases contributed by the highly transmissible Delta variant of the disease. As the number of COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise, vaccinations play a huge
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How Technology Is Transforming The Lives Of Diabetics
Diabetes remains one of the major non-communicable conditions in Malaysia, affecting up to 3.9 million of the Malaysian population with 16.8 per cent. According to the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019, seven million
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Hepatitis, As Explained By A Doctor
The term Hepatitis comes from the Latin for word liver – ‘Hepar’, and the suffix ‘-itis’ which means inflammation. The combination of these two creates the medical term Hepatitis which translates to inflammation of the
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Where Care Meets Comfort
Q & A with Salbiah, Co-Founder of Woodrose Senior Residence Senior homes – a taboo subject that most of us would rather not chat about. But for the thousands whose lives have changed for the
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Strawberries Don’t Just Eat Them – Put Them On Your Face! Here’s Why…
It’s rare to not love strawberries. Luscious and sweet, strawberry is hands down one of the most famous flavours in the world, lending its unique taste to ice-creams, cakes, puddings, confectioneries, you name it, if
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