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Fast way to maintain health

To help the body adapt to fasting with ease, Kasmiah Mustapha gets tips from two doctors

Top Picks: Healthy habits

The food pyramid offers the best diet guide for breastfeeding mothers. Shuhada Elis gets some tips from Lam Wah Ee Hospital chief dietitian Khoo An Jo

Aerial Talk: Protecting damsel in distress

ADMIT it. You watch Witness Insecurity because of Bosco Wong (Wars Of In-laws, Lives Of Omission), who plays Hui Wai Sam, a dashing and oh-so-charming young senior police inspector; and because it’s a story of prince charming rescuing a pretty damsel-in-distress.

Celebrating family values

Hands artistic director Bernard Goh pays tribute to his loved ones in Souls In Love, writes Dennis Chua

In Brief: EASING BURDEN OF KIDNEY PATIENTS

THERE are over 24,000 patients in the country suffering from kidney diseases, with an annual increase of 4,000 more. Nearly five to eight per cent of kidney patients are able to work but cannot secure a job due to the daily need for dialysis treatment.

Thomas Anders in concert

GERMAN singer Thomas Anders, the lead vocalist of the Eighties-era dance-pop band Modern Talking, will be at the Arena Of Stars, Genting Highlands, on Sept 15 at 8pm .

Biel’s instinct for drama

Jessica Biel shares her experience playing Resistance fighter Melina in a reboot of Total Recall

Inculcating hand washing habit

PROTEX has reached out to 50,000 schoolchildren to educate them on good personal hygiene. This is in conjunction with the third annual Protex Clean Body, Healthy Malaysia educational hand washing campaign.