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ISTS Asks: What can yoga do for you?

An interview with yoga teacher Carol Cheong, all about yoga styles and stress relief, even for beginners!

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Can’t fall asleep? Here’re some bedroom tips!

Tips for you and your child to achieve a good night’s snooze!

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ISTS Asks: A Water Sommelier

Water is critical to our survival, but do we spare a second thought about water as we consume it?

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Three Foes at Your Fingertips

Some common pathogens that can be found on our fingertips (literally!)

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Why ‘new year, new me’ doesn’t work

What does behavioural science tell us about resolutions?

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5 questions about vaccines answered in 3 minutes

All you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccines before they arrive.

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The Daily Nail

Why do we have fingernails, and what do you do with them?

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Can you repeat that, please?

“You better turn down the volume on your headphones before you go deaf!”

Do you remember your parents telling you this?

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Science: Changing the World of Sports

With the latest release of the Nike Alpha Fly Next%, My curiosity in the role of technological advances in sports over the past couple of years was peaked. These advances are what help humans to push the limits of sports achievements to greater heights. Over the years, scientists have made use of everything given by […]

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Our Local Heroes: Interview with Nurse Clinician Tan Soo Hui

Six months ago, an invisible, deadly enemy hit our shores and those of our neighbours. As the scourge of the Coronavirus proliferated globally, many countries imposed lock downs for citizen safety. As we were confined to our homes, we witnessed human acts on both ends of the spectrum ; the good and the ugly. As […]

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Liquid Gold

One and a half years ago, I embarked on a journey that is fulfilling yet lonely at times. However, I am glad that I am still going strong with no qualms of slowing down. My body has been working hard to produce ‘liquid gold’, to provide for my little bundle of joy. For the first […]

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The Hoarding Mentality

Hoarding has been in the news recently because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Shelves in supermarkets across the world have been wiped clean as people have been buying more than they need. But what is it and why are we hoarding? The Cambridge online dictionary defines hoarding as:“the act of collecting large amounts of something and […]

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Alcohol: is it THE solution?

The current COVID-19 situation has effectively shut down several countries, including Malaysia, South Korea and Italy. It has also caused a global shortage of surgical masks and hand sanitisers. Most of us have heard that hand sanitisers containing at least 70% alcohol can keep our hands clean. Because of this, many people started to make […]

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From Pajama to Suit, a View of Personalised Medicine

It is said that personal encounters in life shape who you are or what you end up doing. My brush with terminal illness and the desperate need for medical therapy came when my father was struck with colon cancer. This was a good two decades back. Then there was no mention of personalised medicine in […]

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Journey of Red Blood Cell

Millions of red blood cells are created in our bone marrow each second. Built with iron-rich haemoglobin, they are able to bind and transport oxygen to every single cell in the human body. Unlike other human cells, a red blood cell lacks a nucleus, giving them the flexibility to squeeze through the tiniest blood capillaries […]