Health & Fitness

Health, fitness and beauty are the basic concern of most people. The competitive world of business and employment has compromised our lifestyle; we are living a very fast paced life, full of stress and tensions. Our lives are simply full of workloads, commitments and more work load. Many people may develop various types of diseases but they are nor aware of them because they are so busy in there day to day life. Although some may try to follow the simple heath and fitness tips , many are still unable to take care of their health the way they should be.


Here, we are trying to share with you several articles relating to general health and fitness related articles on how to get fit, exercise and gym training to keep fit and feel great, weight management advice and tips on healthy eating. The information from such articles will help you to have a better understanding the need to take care of you health and prevent any unwanted disease.

The Killer Can Be Stopped: Breast Cancer

The statistics are frightening, according to Azizah Dun, minister of community development and consumers affairs. Breast cancer strikes one out of every 19 Malaysian women. In Sabah, it accounted for slightly more than one-third of 364 cancers last year. But the disease can be stopped. Dayang Rohani, 57, has survived it for 25 years. So have many like her. The key to their survival is early detection.
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Cancer Loves Inactivity, Reveals New Study

PETALING JAYA: Regular physical exercise and a plant-based diet reduces the risk of cancer even at old age, a study by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) revealed.

You’ve Got Your Whole Heart In Your Hands

Life stops when the heart stops. Beating 100,000 times a day, the heart keeps a person alive for about 75 years in Malaysia; for some, a little longer. Yet the heart is stopping sooner. Heart attacks are Malaysia’s No. 1 killer accounting for 16% of deaths in hospitals. In Sabah, about 338 or 6.1% of the 5,549 medically certified deaths in 2007 were caused by heart attacks.
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Scientists Give Hope To Palm Oil Industry

Palm oil producers are elated. A discovery by scientists in Singapore that a palm oil compound, gamma-tocotrienol, can kill breast cancer cells may boost edible palm oil sales. But new European carbon emission targets next year may cut palm bio-diesel feedstock exports.
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Women Are Unaware Of Heart Diseases

KUCHING: Heart disease awareness among women in the state is still low despite women being twice as likely to have heart attacks compared to cancer.
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Health Guru To Reveal Secret Of Long Life

A well-known health guru is to lead a group of healing enthusiasts into the depths of the misty Borneo jungle to unveil the secret of long life.
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Treating Aches And Pains

Electro-Qigong therapy is a kind of medical treatment that passes electricity through the body to bring relief to discomforts and pains caused by a wide range of ailments.