Health Matters

The spinal twist is a recommended stretching exercise that helps keep your spine healthy. Shutterstock

Dos and don’ts of caring for your back

Choose the right pillow, meditate and exercise mindfully to avoid spinal injuries, experts say

20 Nov 2018 - 4:29pm 3

Improving your core strength will help maintain the health of your spine – shaped like a letter ‘S’ to provide balanced support for the head and upper body – which contains more than 100 joints. Photo: Shutterstock

26 facts to know about your spine – to keep you healthy and pain free

30 Oct 2018 - 12:27am 3

People’s bone mass peaks when they are in their mid-30s, and when women approach menopause they will experience a period of rapid loss in bone mass. Photo: Shutterstock

What vitamin should you take to help your bones stay healthy?

20 Oct 2018 - 1:26pm 3

f you have a muscle pain that is acute, such as a back pain – where the injury is long-term rather than recent – Dr Francis Lam, a specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road, advises people place a hot pack on the area – but not to use a cold pack – before seeking professional assistance.

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12 Oct 2018 - 5:36pm 3

Hong Kong businessman Yeung Yuk-kong, 58, was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation five years ago. His heart rate was only 30 beats per minute at one point. Merely one month after minimally invasive heart surgery at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, he was able to pick up jogging again. He now runs 10km every day. Photo: Ali Ghorbani

Minimally invasive heart surgery helps runner get his ‘rhythm’ back

27 Sep 2018 - 6:43pm

Fitness wearables are increasingly popular among the health conscious, and they are helpful tools for monitoring existing health problems and identifying illnesses, but the technology is not foolproof.

Wearable monitors can help your heart if you know your device

18 Sep 2018 - 10:26am

The American Psychological Association says patients who have come close to death during a heart attack should enlist the support of friends, family, and work colleagues.

Love and care prove vital to a healthy heart

5 Sep 2018 - 4:40pm 1

Marfan syndrome sufferer Lai Sai-yu (left), 16 – who has undergone heart surgery at the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road to improve her condition – with her father, Lai Chi-leung, who was told soon after her birth that she may not live long. Photo: Ali Ghorbani

Heart surgery transformed life and gave ‘hope’ to teenage girl

27 Aug 2018 - 4:12pm 2

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