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7 Ways To Motivate Your Kids To Do Their Homework

Having a hard time getting your kids to complete their homework? It’s time for a little dose of motivation.

Hole In The Gut!

What happens when a hole forms right through the wall of a stomach, small intestine or large intestine? While not a very common occurrence, gastrointestinal perforation can occur to anyone at any age. This month let’s take a closer look at this condition and how it can be treated.

Moving House? Don't Break Your Back Over It

Speaking from recent first-hand experience: moving houses is not fun. Whether it’s due to a new college, a new job, or a change in family circumstances, the process of packing up and moving an entire household’s worth of possessions to a different building can be incredibly stressful for everyone involved—and potentially hazardous to one’s health. Read up HealthToday basics on how to stay both sane and safe while dealing with a big move.

Kidney Problems & Alternative Medicine

Complementary and alternative medicine or CAM is a broad term which encompasses the likes of yoga, acupuncture, Ayurveda, aromatherapy, Reiki, hypnosis, homeopathy, herbal medicine, meditation, massage therapy and chromotherapy.

The Iron In Every Woman

It can be great to be a woman living in 2019. We have our first female Deputy Prime Minister and more women in our government than before.

Armed And Ready...For The School Holidays

It’s holiday time again and what do we do? We go on holidays.

Red Flags In Relationships

Fairy tales have always given us the illusion of perfection in relationships but as much as those happily-ever-afters made us smile, no relationship, in reality, is perfect and achieving a happy ending is not as easy as a script. Every relationship requires respect, understanding, compromising, and yes that crazy thing called love. Whether you know your partner for a week, a year or a decade, red flags may present itself at any time in a relationship. Seeing them sooner is definitely better than later, especially in mellowing the severity of heartbreak if it comes to an end, but when do we say enough is enough, or ‘this is not the package I signed up for’ and claim a rebate on that ticket to a possible “I do”?

8 Facts You Need To Know About Hepatitis

Our liver is one of the major internal organs of our body that works nonstop to purify our blood as well as to produce and store essential micronutrients that are required by our body. When the liver is infected or sore, it fails to perform its functions and this results in the signs and symptoms manifested by hepatitis. The word hepatitis is a combination of hpar or hpat, which means liver in ancient Greek, and itis (the Greek word for inflammation). Thus, hepatitis simply means inflammation of the liver.

Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right

Relationships are all about give and take. But very often, we get to know of extremely unhappy relationships where one person is always giving, and the other is always taking—the roles are never reversed.Many times, situations like these point towards a co-dependent relationship, which is a relationship that is imbalanced and unhealthy mentally. Though it is easy to blame one party over the other, the truth is it takes two dysfunctional personalities to cultivate such a relationship.Counselling psychologist Cathie Wu tells us more.

Five Reasons Why Malaysian Women Can't Conceive, And What Can Be Done About Them

Infertility cuts deep into the heart.

Planning To Get Pregnant? Take Folic Acid Now

Neural tube defects are serious birth defects involving the central nervous system. But they are, for the most part, preventable thanks to folic acid supplementation.

Adults Need To Be Vaccinated Too

While countries around the world have vaccination schedules for infants and children, very few stop to think about vaccination for adults, said Professor Zamberi Sekawi.

Logan's Claws, Jackman's Paws

The mean slicin’ n’ dicin’ regenerating beast has become an icon to many. His adamantium claws are a symbol of sheer ferocity, brutality and badassery. Yet, how many of us know who the Wolverine is when his weapons are sheathed, while his paws are playful and he’s wearing the mask of Hugh Jackman? Let’s take a look at the man behind the wild animal when the cameras stop rolling.

From Silence To Healing

Vanitha Chandrasegaram shares with HealthToday her experience and insight in counseling sexually abused children.

Bust Those​​​​​​​ Blues

Some days, you just feel down, lost, stressed, maybe even depressed for no apparent reason. Here are some simple tips that may help.

Anaemia: A Bloody Problem

Wait! If you're ready to turn the page thinking that this is yet another article about periods, don't, This month, we're dealing with a 'bloody' subject of another sort - iron deficiency, otherwise known as anaemia.

I Am Quitting... How to About You?

On May 29, 2016, Malaysia launched the ambitious mQuit quit smoking service programme for the estimated 4.7 million smokers in this country. We talk to an expert who is actively involved in mQuit, to find out how it will make a difference in our lives. Words Lim Teck Choon

Reaching Out And Touching Lives

Volunteerism and charity were not Dr Joyoki Chen’s interests. However, a personal tragedy and subsequent experiences led her to a path of selfdiscovery and sacrifice. She shares about her experience with REACH and the work she does with underprivileged communities in rural Sarawak.

Reading Is Fun!

It can be hard getting kids to sit down and read a book on their own. Here are five ways you can make reading more fun and instil a love of reading in your young ones.

RED Hot For Daddy

Here are three re asons to conside r red palm oil for th at special Father’s Day dinner.

Space Queen Saldana

ZOE SALDANA is one of the most bankable sci-fi actresses in Hollywood, appearing in some of the biggest franchises (that take place in space): Star Trek, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avatar. Although her name is etched in the sky amongst the stars, she remains a feisty, down-to-earth woman who is not afraid to speak her mind.

Eating Right And Keeping Well During Ramadan

Academics and students at Birmingham City University have joined forces to come up with a guide on hydration and food tips to support Muslims who are fasting for the month of Ramadan.

Still Having Those Election Blues?

May 2018 saw the making of a historical milestone in Malaysia’s political landscape, as the country witnessed a change of ruling power for the first time in 59 years.

Tackling The Most Common Cancer In Malaysia

Breast cancer affects many in our country. That’s why education, awareness and support is so important. Remember: being diagnosed with breast cancer is not the end – with early detection and treatment, there is a better chance of survival. 

Menopause's No Reason To Lose Your Hair!

Hair loss is one of the possible side effects of menopause that also elicits the biggest reaction from women.

5 Things We Should All Know About Colorectal Cancer

John Peter Bain, more popularly known as the YouTube celebrity TotalBiscuit, died on 24 May 2018.

Let's Talk About Suicide

Suicide has once again come to the fore with the deaths of two well known personalities just a couple of months ago. HealthToday speaks with a psychiatrist and discovers some surprising and little-known facts and statistics about this public health issue.

Can Tocotrienols Protect The Brain?

In a paper published in the journal Stroke in 2014, a team of Malaysian researchers together with some of their colleagues from the UK raised the exciting possibility of tocotrienols, a form of vitamin E found in palm oil among others, being able to weaken the progression of white matter lesions in the brain.

South Asian? Your Ethnicity Puts You At Greater Risk Of Heart Disease

You’ve heard of fitness, lifestyle and food habits affecting your heart, but did you know that ethnicity could play a vital role in cardiovascular health too? South Asians, listen up! Increasingly, studies are pointing towards a correlation between ethnic origin (no matter where you live) and risk of cardiovascular or heart disease.

Ouch In The Mouth

Oral or mouth ulcers are one of the most common discomforts experienced by many, affecting about 20 percent of the population. It is more predominant among those who are 16 to 25 years old and rarely affects those over 55 years of age. It is a discomforting disorder, as it can get quite painful and may cause difficulties in speaking and swallowing.