Tag: HK Life

People With 99 Percent Blood Oxygen Concentration May Also Have Heart Hypoxia

During the covid epidemic, some people test themselves with a blood oxygen machine. However, even with a constant blood oxygen concentration of over 99 percent; some people have still been diagnosed as having “heart hypoxia” when they go for a health check. People are breathing 24 hours a day, how can there be a lack…


TCM Reduces Long COVID Symptoms by Regulating Qi, Blood, Yin & Yang

After being diagnosed with COVID-19, most people would have recovered, but some have very distressing symptoms of long COVID, which interfere with their normal lives and work. A recent study by The Lancet, a well-known medical journal, found that one-eighth of the people infected with COVID-19 develop at least one symptom of the long COVID….


HKUST Found a Key Plasma Protein Shedding a New Light on Treatment for Alzheimer’s

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) discovered a key plasma protein, which plays an important role to incur Alzheimer’s disease (Alzheimer’s), hence, a new treatment strategy can be formulated accordingly so as to reduce morbidity and improve the current conditions of patients with Alzheimer. Alzheimer’s is a common mental deteriorating disease due…


Does the Milk Diet Work?

Many types of diet meals for losing body weight, which include ketones, fruit juice, and even water, are prevailing. Some celebrities such as Hong Kong star, Gillian Chung, promote the consumption of water only. Recently, Little Red Book, a social media in China, recommended the “Milk Diet” to its netizens. A milk diet is defined…


TCM Practitioners Set out Key Difference Between Colds and COVID-19 and Remind Easy Avoidance Measures

More people get a cold during seasonal change as the climate becomes unstable, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is big. The common symptoms of infection with Omicron are similar to those of getting a cold. So how can you tell if you are infected with COVID-19 or a cold? A traditional Chinese…


First Look at the New Generation Peak Tram of Hong Kong

The Peak Tram which has been closed for more than a year reopens on Aug. 27, when the sixth-generation new tram will be officially put into service. Peak Tramways Company held a media tour prior to the reopening. The new generation tram was made in Switzerland and carries a modern classic design concept with its…


Two Cups of Yogurt a Week Lowers Colorectal Cancer Risk in Men by 26 Percent

After being diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2014, Taiwanese artist Yu Yuan-chi fought tenaciously against the disease for eight years. Unfortunately, she passed away on Aug. 21 at the age of 39. Colorectal cancer is common cancer. In recent years, a number of Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities have died of rectal cancer, among them…


Experts: Symptoms of Most Dementia Can Be Improved by Hydration

Japanese medical experts have found from field experiments that the symptoms of dementia in elderly patients can be reduced or even disappear by drinking enough water. An article released by Professor Takahito Takeuchi of the International University of Health and Welfare on Dec. 13, 2020, mentioned that 70 percent of the elderly dementia patients had…


Are You Losing Hair? Study: Stress and Cortisol Level in Your Hair Might Be the Cause

A published study in the International Medical Journal of PLOS Global Public Health discovers a correlation between stress and cortisol level in human hair. That means the high stress you experience, the higher the cortisol level in your hair will be. Since coronavirus has infected the world, everyone has experienced pandemic fatigue. Working from home…


Hong Kong Sky Lantern Festival: Hand-Making Sky Lanterns & Paper Cranes to Challenge Guinness World Record

“The 2022 Hong Kong Sky Lantern Festival,” organized by the non-profit-making organization GP43, kicked off at Wonderland, West Kowloon Cultural District, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong on Aug. 6. The two-day event showcased more than 200 “blessing the sky lanterns” and two million “blessing paper cranes” to pray for Hong Kong and successfully challenge the…