Health

TREATMENTS

Into the light

14 Jun 2012

Enjoy the sun and not its harmful effects with radiance-restoring facials, writes Catharine Nicol.

Chemical reactions

8 Mar 2012

Many of the average 85 ingredients a man puts on his face every day can be harmful, writes Susan Schwartz.

Beauty before age

27 Sep 2012

Botox, fillers, lasers and more join the mainstream in ourquest for younger-looking skin, writes Catharine Nicol.

Spot treatment

14 Jun 2012

Skincare brands line up to aid women worldwide in the quest for even-toned skin, write Tara Jenkins and Karen Pittar.

Youthful bloom

27 Sep 2012

Brands take the battle against ageing to deep within our skin cells, writes Tama Lung

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Eastern promise

What’s the secret to soft, smooth and flawless skin? Just ask Asian women, writes Lizzie Turner.

China must declare war on tobacco

Christopher Columbus would have never imagined that, shortly after he introduced tobacco into Europe, it would become one of the main threats to health in several Latin American and Asian...

Putin signs law banning smoking in public places

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning smoking in public places in Russia from June, a cornerstone of the government’s bid to improve public health in the nicotine-addicted country, the...

HEALTH

China reports second fatal case of bird flu this year, in Guizhou

The 31-year-old died in hospital in the city of Guiyang on Friday, the Guizhou province health department statement said, adding that no other human cases of bird flu had been reported in the...

HEALTH

Anti-HIV drug effort boosts life expectancy in South Africa

An intensive campaign to combat HIV/Aids with costly antiretroviral drugs in rural South Africa has increased life expectancy by more than 11 years and significantly reduced the risk of infection...

SCIENCE FOCUS

Research paper finds obesity myths are still accepted at face value

In a study titled "Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity" published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, the authors scoured popular media and scientific literature for obesity-...