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Month: May 2024

Month: May 2024

Taking ANTIBIOTICS When You Don’t Need Them Puts You and Your Family at RISK

Lai Cheng May 8, 2024 0 Comments
Antibiotic resistance is the world’s greatest health threat. Some bacteria have developed resistance to antibiotics that were once commonly used to treat them. These bacteria can also spread from person-to-person. A global study estimated that in 2019, almost 5 million deaths occurred with an infection involving antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Some 1.3 million would not have occurred if the...
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REFUSE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC

Lai Cheng May 7, 2024 0 Comments
Refusing single-use plastic in your daily life can be as simple as bringing your own reusable water bottle and bag with you when you leave home. These small actions do add up, and send a message to companies and the world that you don’t want all this plastic. Source: Plastic Pollutes  
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6 JUICES THAT ARE GOOD FOR HEALTH

Lai Cheng May 7, 2024 0 Comments
Fruits and veggies are rich vitamins, minerals and fibre and it’s best to consume them whole. Eating 2 cups of fruit and 2½ cups of vegetables every day may reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer, while also helping to manage your weight. But if you struggle to eat enough fruits and vegetables each day – perhaps because you don’t enjoy them or you have certain health...
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NEW YORK CITY: FROM MEAN TO GREEN

Lai Cheng May 6, 2024 0 Comments
Year after year and block after block, the famously mean streets of New York City – which make up a quarter of its land mass – are gradually being tamed. Cycling has gone from a marginal to mainstream mode of travel, and countless pavements have been transformed into vibrant plazas. Crowds of people walk, cycle, and dine while sitting along Manhattan streets that are lined with protected...
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Artificial Sweetener has Potential to Damage Gut

Lai Cheng May 6, 2024 0 Comments
New research finds neotame can cause healthy gut bacteria to become diseased New research has discovered that neotame, one of the new generation of artificial sweeteners, is capable of damaging the human intestine and causing illness. The study is the first to show that neotame can cause previously healthy gut bacteria to become diseased and invade the gut wall – potentially leading to health...
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A Wild Orangutan Used a Medicinal Plant to Treat a Wound, Scientists Say

Lai Cheng May 6, 2024 0 Comments
An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday. Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation. The adult male orangutan then used his...
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India widens spices probe amid contamination concerns

Lai Cheng May 3, 2024 0 Comments
HYDERABAD, May 2 (Reuters) - India's food safety regulator said on Thursday it had ordered testing and inspections at all companies making spice mixes, widening an investigation into the sector as global regulators look into suspected contamination in two popular local brands. Hong Kong last month suspended sales of three spice blends made by India's MDH and an Everest spice mix for fish...
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BEWARE OF “QR CODE” AND “REWARD POINTS” SCAMS

Lai Cheng May 3, 2024 0 Comments
The public is advised to be vigilant of 2 scam tactics that are now being used to steal money from bank accounts. QR CODE SCAM Be wary of anything claiming to want to reward you. It may be a scam. In a new QR code phishing scam that’s now making the rounds, scammers would distribute gifts (eg: water bottles) with QR codes printed on them. You are told that scanning these codes will reward you...
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