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How Our Bodies Are Fooled into doing the Wrong Things?

admin September 25, 2020 0 Comments

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) fool our organs into doing abnormal things. By interfering with the action of hormones, EDCs interfere with how the body functions, causing problems with our REPRODUCTION, BEHAVIOUR, BRAIN FUNCTION and the IMMUNE SYSTEM. Over 80,000 chemicals are used in everyday products and they are present in our water, food and air. 800 of these chemicals are hormone...

What are you EXPOSED TO at the HAIRDRESSING SALON

admin September 23, 2020 0 Comments

HAIRSTYLISTS and consumers are exposed to a number of health and safety hazards at hairdressing salons. Apart from the physical and chemical hazards, one may have tendencies to respiratory problems as well. In the salons, you are exposed to sprays and lacquers and may end up with lung dysfunction. Aerosols are particularly hazardous because they contain extremely small droplets that can make...

Unhappy Meals: Diet That Damages Your Brain

admin September 21, 2020 0 Comments

1 in 6 Malaysians today has mental illness. What’s snapping our minds, poisoning our brains and ailing our head? The answers might just be on your plate. WRONG nutrition (from processed food, fast food and junk food) and modern food production methods in the last 50 years which deplete nutrients have reduced the amounts of essential fats, vitamins and minerals we consume and such a diet is...

Private Hospitals should not charge its patients for what others do not

admin September 17, 2020 0 Comments

When a person walks into a restaurant or a shopping mall, a person-in-charge will scan the persons body temperature and, in most places, provide hand sanitizer as well. This is besides the person having to scan MySejahteras Quick Response (QR) code or register himself in the logbook provided. It is part of the Covid-19 pandemic standard operating procedure (SOP) and there is no two ways about...

Are Malaysians Coping Mentally with the Stresses of Modern Life?

admin September 17, 2020 0 Comments

THE World Health Organization defines health as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Emotional well-being is central to our good health in today’s world where mental and physical diseases are linked to our inability to cope with the stresses of modern living. Mental diseases and diseases related to stress are...

Cycling Inspires

admin September 11, 2020 0 Comments

“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.” — Arthur Conan Doyle, British author CAP Guide: Bicycle Is Best. Available here:

TAKE ACTION NOW. Tell Johnson & Johnson to remove its talc-based product from the global market!

admin September 3, 2020 0 Comments

Documents show Johnson & Johnson was aware since the late 1950s that the talc used in Johnson’s Baby Powder sometimes contained asbestos, known to cause health issues including cancer and mesothelioma. Although Johnson & Johnson announced it will stop selling its talc-based powder in U.S and Canada, it will continue selling it to women across the world. TAKE ACTION NOW. Tell Johnson...

The Magic Is In All Of Us

admin September 2, 2020 0 Comments

IN the bottle before you is a pill, a marvel of modern medicine that will regulate gene transcription throughout your body, helping prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, and 12 kinds of cancer; plus gallstones and diverticulitis. Expect the pill to improve your strength and balance as well as your blood lipid profile. Your bones will become stronger. You’ll grow new capillaries in...

DAVID BEATS GOLIATH

admin August 28, 2020 0 Comments

Many studies have proven that bicycles are faster than cars in the modern grid-locked cities. It's even much faster when combined with good public transport. In New York, transportation by bike+public transport is faster than transportation by car for over 90% of trips under 5 kilometers in distance. And in cities like Beijing and Shanghai, bike usage is going up again. It has doubled in...

An Addiction to Kill Many Painfully

admin August 21, 2020 0 Comments

Tobacco-related cancers constitute the highest burden among all types of the disease in India. As many as 27 per cent of cancer cases were caused due to tobacco consumption, according to a new report released by the National Cancer Registry of India (NCRI) on August 18, 2020. The cancers of the lungs, mouth, stomach and oesophagus were the most common among males. Cancers of the breast and...

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