https://www.scmp.com/rss/141950/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Elizabeth Parrish is a proponent of controversial ideas. Rankled by barriers to trials on potential life-enhancing treatments, she used herself as a guinea pig and says the results have borne fruit – but she has irked the science community in the process. The CEO of Seattle-based BioViva, a biotechnology company that focuses on developing gene therapies to slow the ageing process, revealed that in September 2015 she flew to Colombia and tried two experimental gene therapies on herself. Six... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2125406/biotech-boss-backing-gene-therapy-solve-ageing-crisis-seeks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2125406/biotech-boss-backing-gene-therapy-solve-ageing-crisis-seeks?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:01:53 +0000 Quiche with spinach and broccoli; zucchini and wild mushrooms with sweet and sour sauce; tofu puffs stuffed with glutinous rice – all might sound like dishes from a fine dining menu, but are actually served to patients at Hong Kong’s two Adventist hospitals. And they’re all vegetarian. The two private hospitals – in Happy Valley and Tsuen Wan – are the only ones in Hong Kong that provide exclusively vegetarian meals for patients, visitors and staff. Their precept of not serving any meat products... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2118292/why-hong-kong-hospitals-should-serve-patients-vegetarian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2118292/why-hong-kong-hospitals-should-serve-patients-vegetarian?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Nov 2017 05:17:16 +0000 Karen Lau and Matthew Wong regularly visit elderly people in their homes. The young pharmacists, aged 25 and 28, see patients with chronic illnesses. They help review their medication, and check that they are taking the correct drugs in the right dosages and at the right times. The pair are also members of Pharmacists Connect, whose main goal is to improve public health by ensuring patients understand how to use medicines prescribed them and the need to follow doctors’ instructions about when... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2113403/young-hong-kong-pharmacists-hope-fill-gap-care-helping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2113403/young-hong-kong-pharmacists-hope-fill-gap-care-helping?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Oct 2017 00:30:38 +0000 The generous souls engaged in the service of hospice and palliative care in have a mission: to add life to days when they cannot add days to life. For Connie Chu, chief operating officer of the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care (SPHC) in Hong Kong, a that means helping people feel more comfortable as they approach death. “It’s time to see how [they can] live better within a limited period of time, how to get rid of harsh treatment, how to make a patient comfortable, and how to make good... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2107604/hospice-and-palliative-care-services-hong-kong-how-access?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2107604/hospice-and-palliative-care-services-hong-kong-how-access?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:00:45 +0000 Bath sheet Light as air and thin as paper ... could we really be referring to a bathtub? Designed by Joan Talocci for Italian firm Teuco, the Paper Duralight tub (above) is made from a blend of resin and wood moulding, yet, like paper (or a sticky label), peels back to become a towel bar at one end and a curved shelf on the side. To the clean lines and purist palette can be added an eight-colour 'Chromoexperience' function - so you can bathe in a rainbow. It costs HK$161,000 at colourliving... https://www.scmp.com/article/967713/wall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/967713/wall?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 May 2011 16:00:00 +0000