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Frida promises a visually stunning performance of the life of Mexican-born painter Frida Kahlo. Photo: courtesy Nationale Opera & Ballet
Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, March 30-April 5

See balletic biopic of Frida Kahlo, savour Alain Ducasse’s menu, sip Causeway Bay cocktails and enjoy live music and conversation to boost your mental wellbeing.

Good Schools Guide

How to balance your children’s screen time to ensure their well-being

Wellness

Dementia’s links to diabetes, herpes explored as research widens

Wellness

Meet the Irish farmer using alpacas for animal therapy for the elderly

With their ‘huge brown eyes’, camelid therapy animals ease anxiety among nursing home residents and those with special needs, farmer says.

Joe Phelan feeds some of his herd on his alpaca farm near Dublin, Ireland. Photo: Reuters
Wellness

Why ‘micro-retirement’ career breaks are so attractive for Gen Zers

A rising workplace trend involves employees taking months-long career breaks while they are still young and active.

Wellness

From a prison stretch in Bali to becoming yoga teacher in Hong Kong

Caught with marijuana leaving Bali, Lyn Savage spent 11 months in prison, where she took up yoga, which she now teaches in Hong Kong.

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Celebrity children

Who is Rowan Atkinson’s daughter, Lily Sastry, who says her family is ‘broken’?

Rowan Atkinson and Sunetra Sastry’s daughter, Lily, recently took to social media to discuss her parents’ divorce, long after the Mr Bean actor left her mother for someone 28 years his junior.

Meet Rowan Atkinson’s glamorous singer-artist daughter, Lily Sastry. Photos: @lilisastry/Instagram; Getty Images
Wellness

Free museum visits for health? This town will give you the doctor’s note

A novel medical option encourages patients to get physical and intellectual exercise, while the arts have been shown to boost mental health.

Hong Kong society

Letters | Suicide in Hong Kong: don’t pit wellness measures against medical treatment

Readers discuss the approach to tackling youth suicide in the city, and the challenges and rewards of preparing for the Diploma of Secondary Education exam.

Good Schools Guide

Exercising more than the mind: building a healthier student body

Schools are addressing a previous over-reliance on academic scores by including measures of health in assessments of a student’s progress.

Hong Kong’s focus on academic performance has come at a price – students’ mental and physical health. Photo: Handout
Trending in China

Chinese woman dies in hospital plunge after tooth blunder causes ‘immense’ pain

Doctors remove wrong tooth then stuff rogue denture back in place using wire, leading ‘healthy’ woman’s face to swell up.

A woman in China who suffered “immense” pain after a botched tooth extraction has died after plunging from a hospital roof. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Wellness

Buddhism as therapy? Korean psychiatrist’s treatment is built around it

Doctor calls Buddhism ‘a perfect system for eliminating suffering’ – the goal of psychiatry. So he prescribes patients Buddhist meditation.

Hong Kong

Opinion | The gravity of ‘space oil’: understanding Hong Kong teens’ new drug of choice

We need to think beyond bans and crackdowns. With creativity, empathy and urgency, young people can be guided towards a healthier future.

Wellness

Surfing psychologist shares sport’s benefits, questions Hong Kong ban

‘Surfing saved my life,’ a surfer told Hong Kong researcher Judith Blaine. She asks why the city bans a sport that benefits health.

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Psychologist and surfer Dr Judith Blaine at Big Wave Bay in Hong Kong. Photo: Antony Dickson
Art

‘I can change my colours’: Takashi Murakami traverses the rainbow of culture

Self-confessed melancholic geek Murakami, famed for his blend of classical and pop art, and numerous collaborations with the likes of Louis Vuitton, is coming to Hong Kong for Art Basel and ComplexCon.

Takashi Murakami has collaborated with fashion house Louis Vuitton. Photo: courtesy Louis Vuitton
Wellness

Want to live longer in good health? Longevity wellness gyms may help

‘Brain-body’ workouts mix physical and cognitive training to extend health spans. Other gyms use long-established therapies to slow ageing.

Wellness

The more your waist expands, the bigger the loss of brain capacity later on

A bigger midriff in our forties is linked to poorer cognitive function in our seventies, international study finds.

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Britain

UK teen who planned school killing jailed for minimum 49 years

He said his aim was to conduct an attack more deadly than the US Sandy Hook and Virginia Tech massacres.

Undated handout screengrab issued by Bedfordshire Police of teenager Nicholas Prosper holding a plank of wood as a mock gun, pretending to shoot people. Photo: via AP
South Korea

Petition in South Korea demanding laws against celebrity bullying gains traction

Prompted by the death of K-drama star Kim Sae-Ron, the petition has garnered enough signatures to warrant a review by a committee.

Wellness

‘A tsunami of addiction disorders’ facing young people, study suggests

More than a quarter of 10- to 17-year-olds show risky or pathological use of digital media, study says, with 1 in 20 considered addicted.

Wellness

10 things about dementia to ask a doctor to keep your brain healthy

Dementia risk factors range from mental health to diet. Ask your doctor about them to help you slow down or prevent the onset of disease.

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Doctors should be able to answer your questions about dementia. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong youth

Opinion | Amid spate of youth suicides, Hong Kong must weave a safety net

A teacher’s attentiveness, a neighbour’s kindness, a policymaker’s resolve – we all have roles in intercepting despair before it turns fatal.

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Suicide is preventable, but it requires a society-wide commitment to vigilance, empathy and systemic change rather than some sporadic, fragmented approach. Photo: Shutterstock
Fame and celebrity

Meet controversial ex-TV host Wendy Williams’ brother and niece, Tommy and Alex

Williams had dinner with her niece a day after she dropped a note with a plea for help on it from the window of her assisted living facility; her younger brother also insists she’s ‘in great shape’.

Skincare

How neurocosmetics are promising to revolutionise beauty

Ingredients in neurocosmetics, such as beta-endorphin-triggering compounds, promise to soothe frayed nerves and improve the skin, blending beauty with emotional healing in a single routine.

Wellness

Meet the woman who transformed mental health across Asia

PostMag talks to 5 women innovators at the top of their game and pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery: here we meet Megan Lam, co-founder of Neurum Health.

Megan Lam, co-founder of Neurum Health. Photo: TMT for SCMP
Wellness

Yoga and a whole lot more in Hong Kong teacher’s classes for kids

Alison Drake’s yoga for children includes not only poses but mindfulness, relaxation techniques and self-regulation. It can help with exams.

At OmSkool Yoga in Hong Kong, Alison Drake makes classes fun through themes, songs, games and discussion. Photo: courtesy of Alison Drake
Hong Kong society

Art therapy helps Hong Kong women address ‘hidden’ family caregiving stressors

Charity Zonta International marks International Women’s Day affirming support for groups helping those suffering from family stress, violence.

Hong Kong

Opinion | 3 steps Hong Kong workplaces can take to end sexual harassment

Workplace harassment still affects an alarming number of women in Hong Kong. But a few simple measures can help break the vicious cycle.

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