Category: Health EN

MORE and more Malaysian teenagers — students being a growing number of them — are turning to vaping without realising the dangers posed by the electronic cigarettes to their lungs and respiratory system. According to data made available in this newspaper by the School of Medical and Life Sciences of Sunway University on Friday, 14.9 per cent of teenagers are into vaping, a staggering growth...

Source: Art of Physique

Good digestion is important for health. Our body needs nutrients from the food we eat (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals) and the liquids we drink in order to stay healthy and function properly. Your digestive system breaks down and absorbs these nutrients from the food and liquids you consume to use for important things like energy, growth and repairing cells. The final step...

Struggling with stress, depression, or anxiety?  Try journaling – get your thoughts out of your head and down on paper. It’s a simple, low-cost way of improving your mental health. Keeping a journal can help you gain control of your emotions. Just writing it down helps you to process negative thoughts in a more analytical, non-emotional way, and then respond appropriately to them. A study...

The constant use of phones for texting has given rise to a new-age ailment that gives rise to chronic pain in the neck – called Text Neck. Increasingly common, especially among youngsters, this is the term associated with the damage and pain that is sustained from constantly hanging your neck down to look at your cell phone or tablet. The hours spent hunched over in a constant position take...