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9 September, 2024
SHA Wellness Clinic in Spain and Mexico offers a Sexual Wellbeing package - one of several wellness trends this year. Photo: Instagram/shawellness
Wellness

5 wellness retreat trends in 2025, from sexual healing to psychedelics

Want to restore your libido, get help conceiving, or find relief from stress and addiction? Here is what’s trending in wellness tourism.

The Philippines

Cambodia pardons 13 Philippine mothers for surrogacy scheme

Wellness

Trucks converted to mobile clinics offer medical services to Greek islands

Wellness

The celebrities driving traditional Chinese medicine’s boom in the West

Stars from Ariana Grande to Tom Brady are helping traditional Chinese medicine treatments like cupping and acupuncture soar in popularity.

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Ex-One Direction band member Zayn Malik praises Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, a Chinese herbal syrup, as an “elixir” for his voice in an interview with British Vogue in June 2024. Photo: SCMP composite/YouTube (@British Vogue)/Ninjiom.com
India

In southern India, the push for home births carries health concerns

While some women advocate for natural childbirth, the lack of skilled care and potential for complications during home deliveries poses significant risks.

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Health & Fitness

Period getting you down? Try cycle syncing, a menstrual health game changer

Cycle syncing involves aligning your activities, nutrition and self-care to the hormonal fluctuations of the menstrual cycle, allowing menstruators to better manage physical and emotional changes

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Wellness

The strong link between erectile dysfunction and poor mental health

Erectile dysfunction (ED) and psychological issues such as anxiety and depression can form a vicious circle, making erection problems worse.

More than half of all men at some time in their lives experience some form of erectile dysfunction, according to a widely cited study. Photo: Shutterstock
Malaysia

Michelle Yeoh says not being able to have kids ‘biggest sadness’ of her life

Yeoh’s candid reflection on infertility and acceptance offers a poignant perspective on navigating life’s challenges, and she has no regrets.

Wellness

How microplastics threaten humans and the US$149 test to see your levels

Experts say microplastics reduce fertility, lower sperm count and may increase cancer risk. Biohacker Bryan Johnson is trying to help.

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Hong Kong needs credible fertility policies, not baby photos in offices

A lawmaker’s suggestion that government offices put up photos of babies has gained attention, but there are weightier matters that warrant discussion.

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A couple takes a selfie in front of a poster featuring a baby, during an exhibition of children’s products at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on August 2. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Viral stories

Thai woman finds surgical needle left in vagina after 18 years of pain

Suture needle cannot be removed by doctors, procedure has been postponed three times because it has shifted within her body.

A Thai woman has gone viral on social media after revealing that a needle was accidentally left in her vagina during childbirth 18 years ago, causing her ongoing pain. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Pavena Foundation for Children and Women
Wellness

What to eat during perimenopause, with dietary tips from 5 experts

Gwyneth Paltrow said entering menopause feels like ‘losing your mind’. Gut and brain health experts explain why, and the foods that can help.

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China’s Communist Party

Chinese health body takes down propaganda aimed at boosting birth rate

In deleted post NHC listed physical changes and said pregnant women and their families should focus more on the positive values of birth.

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Good Schools Guide

Why Hong Kong’s new sex education guidance is causing controversy

Advocates from sex positivity campaigners to Aids Concern and the Equal Opportunities Commission say more and better sex education is needed – merely suggesting abstinence is no answer.

Frank discussion of sex in schools is being sidelined, with badminton among the activities suggested instead. Photo: Shutterstock
US presidential election 2024

Harris calls out Trump’s vow to protect women whether they ‘like it or not’

The Democrat US presidential candidate called the comment ‘offensive to everybody’, saying it shows Trump does not understand women’s rights.

US Vice-President Kamala Harris speaks to the press in Madison, Wisconsin, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
US presidential election 2024

George W. Bush’s daughter Barbara Bush endorses Kamala Harris in US election

She also campaigned for the Democratic candidate in Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state in the US presidential race against Donald Trump.

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Biomedicine: Companies

Hong Kong health tech: private-public alliance advances male HPV testing

Neo-Health Group says its device, developed with a government-backed research institute, will also help test for skin infections and cancers.

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US presidential election 2024

Trump claims to be ‘father of IVF’ at all-woman campaign stop

The remarks were the latest in a series of conflicting stances he has taken on reproductive rights, a key weakness in his White House push.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Cobb County, Georgia, on Tuesday. Photo: TNS
United States

US Supreme Court upholds ruling barring emergency abortions in Texas

The decision leaves Texas’ strict abortion ban in place, with no exception for the health of the pregnant patient.

US presidential election 2024

Melania Trump suggests support for abortion rights, in break from husband’s campaign

In a video, the former first lady defended women’s ‘individual freedoms’ to do what they want with their bodies.

Donald Trump

Feminist author warns of abortion disaster if Trump wins US election

Jessica Valenti says a Trump victory in November would be profound and consequential for abortion rights in America.

A US writer warns that a second Trump administration would be disastrous for abortion rights in America. File photo: AP
Wellness

How strength training is key for bone health in menopause and before

Doing strength training during perimenopause and after menopause can help women build bone health and avoid osteoporosis, an expert says.

Putting stress on bones during perimenopause and after menopause can increase bone density and reduce the risk of osteoporosis. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

Harris cites Trump’s abortion ban for death of woman after medical care delayed

Harris, who has vowed to restore abortion rights, sees this as a reminder of the consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade.

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US presidential election 2024

Pope slams both Harris and Trump, tells US Catholics to choose ‘lesser evil’

The pontiff says not welcoming immigrations is a ‘grave’ sin and likened having an abortion to an ‘assassination’.

Indonesia

Indonesia wants to give teens contraceptives, but not everyone is happy

The health ministry says the plan will prioritise educating teenagers about reproductive health and proper use of contraceptives.

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A man holding a condom with his partner by his side. Photo: Shutterstock
Donald Trump

Trump says he will vote against Florida abortion measure

The former US president backtracks from his apparent endorsement of the initiative to widen abortion rights in the state.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts as he speaks at a rally in Pennsylvania. Photo: AFP
Wellness

61-year-old’s dance moves would be impressive for people half her age

Korean-American Instagram influencer Mimi Ison, who went viral with videos of her copying younger dancers’ moves, wants people to understand that middle age is not a limitation.

Food and Drinks

Eat a dog head for an easy birth, and other Chinese pregnancy food lore

We examine Chinese superstitions and traditions about foods to eat and avoid in pregnancy, some of them still practised today, others not – such as eating the head of a white-haired dog.

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