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Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Health

Therapy in Motion

Posted on 23 February 2012 - 02:14pm

Jonathan Tan
lifestyle@thesundaily.com

IT'S IRONIC that our lack of motion will cause us pain in the end. This is because when we do not exercise enough, our body will feel the pain the moment we exercise.

Comments like “running will wear off your knees” or “running will hurt your knees” may sound ridiculous but they have some basis of truth. Let me explain.

Heart attack with no chest pain more likely in women

Posted on 23 February 2012 - 05:24am
Last updated on 23 February 2012 - 08:58am

(Feb 22, 2012): Women, especially younger women, are more likely than men to show up at the hospital with no chest pain or discomfort after having a heart attack -- and they are also more likely to die than men of the same age, according to a US study.

Hypertension alert

Posted on 20 February 2012 - 03:11pm

S. Indra Sathiabalan
lifestyle@thesundaily.com

HERE are some grim news: many people who have hypertension do not even know that they have it.

According to Dr Azani Mohammed Daud (right), who is the president of the Malaysian Society of Hypertension, “for every person diagnosed with hypertension, there are six who are not”.

Speaking at the society’s ninth Annual Scientific Meeting recently, he said only 40% of Malays

Millions mistakenly classed as mentally ill

Posted on 15 February 2012 - 01:46pm

Kate Kelland

MILLIONS of healthy people – including shy or defiant children, grieving relatives and people with fetishes – may be wrongly labelled mentally ill by a new international diagnostic manual, specialists said recently.

In a damning analysis of an upcoming revision of the influential Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), psychologists, psychiatrists an

Understanding phobias

Posted on 10 February 2012 - 01:00pm

Leon Chin
lifestyle@thesundaily.com

IN MY line of work, I have come across all types of psychological hang-ups and one of the most intriguing is phobia.

Phobia is basically an irrational fear of an object or situation. There are some strange phobias such as fear of hair (chaetophobia), fear of flowers (anthophobia), fear of rain (ombrophobia), and fear of nudity (gymophobia).

Eczema tied to higher impotence risk: study

Posted on 9 February 2012 - 12:26pm
Last updated on 9 February 2012 - 04:02pm

TAIPEI (Feb 9, 2012): Men who have the allergic skin condition eczema may have a higher risk of erectile dysfunction than other men, according to a Taiwanese study.

Amateur tattoos carry hepatitis C risk: study

Posted on 9 February 2012 - 05:24am
Last updated on 9 February 2012 - 02:02pm

(Feb 8, 2012): If you're planning on getting a tattoo, make sure it's from a professional and not a friend because ink work by amateurs may carry a risk of Hepatitis C, according to a new report.

Graves' disease a major concern

Posted on 6 February 2012 - 12:48pm
Last updated on 6 February 2012 - 12:53pm

Steve Yap
lifestyle@thesundaily.com

GRAVES' disease is an autoimmune disease characterised by hyperthyroidism, which is caused by production of antibodies that have the unintended effect of attacking the thyroid gland.

These antibodies bind to, and activate, the thyrotropin receptors causing the gland to enlarge and its follicles to increase hormone production.

Dispelling Caesarian birth misconceptions

Posted on 3 February 2012 - 01:30pm

CHILDREN born by Cesarean section are no more likely to become obese than if they are born naturally, according to a Brazilian study.

Past research from Brazil had found a link between excessive weight and C-sections, leading some scientists to suggest that not being exposed to bacteria from the birth canal could make children fatter.

However, the latest findings – published in

Kids' health predicts parents' future heart disease

Posted on 27 January 2012 - 05:26am
Last updated on 27 January 2012 - 10:11am

CINCINNATI (Jan 26, 2012): Parents of children suffering from high cholesterol or blood pressure have been found to have a higher incidence of heart disease and diabetes later on, a US study said.

Screening children is important, not only for themselves, but for the clues it may yield to the health of parents who may not always go for check-ups themselves, said the researchers, w