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One of our picks of the best wellness activities in Hong Kong this weekend, the Hong Kong Fitness and Wellness Expo 2024 will feature more than 100 group classes and the Hyrox fitness race. Photo: HKFWE

Health & Wellness

5 wellness events in Hong Kong this weekend, November 22-24

Run to help refugees, try pickleball and axe throwing, take in a basketball tournament or gain tools to overcome life changes this weekend.

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How weight loss surgery and exercise helped 25-year-old lose 68kg

Is psilocybin the magic bullet for treating cluster headaches?

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Why Istanbul’s restored bathhouses are ‘not a luxury, but a need’

After becoming obsolete during the Ottoman Empire, some Istanbul bathhouses have reopened. To Turks, they’re more than just places to bathe.

Men at a Turkish hammam in Istanbul. Photo: AFP
Men at a Turkish hammam in Istanbul. Photo: AFP

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Meet ‘Jay Chou of the fitness world’, Malaysian influencer Jordan Yeoh

The social media star and 2024 Hong Kong Fitness and Wellness Expo instructor talks about struggling with attention and his workout routine.

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What is catfishing? How it can lead to severe emotional trauma

Catfishing is in focus with two documentaries about it currently streaming. A Hong Kong psychologist has advice for victims of the deception.

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When her sister died, she had to learn resilience. Now she teaches it

Kate Gladdin was 20 when her sister was killed in a road accident. Coping with her loss taught her resilience. She shares how to acquire it.

Kate Gladdin, whose grief at the death of her older sister in an accident taught her resilience, shares what she learned in a podcast and a new book, including her “3 Rs for resilience” strategy. Photo: Cooper Photo Co

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She would drink until she passed out. Now she is a new woman

Corporate high-flier Julie Landau beat an alcohol addiction and in the process overcame her bulimia. Now she’s helping other women.

Having given up alcohol and broken free of bulimia’s grip, Julie Landau says she feels “lighter, freer and more like myself than ever before”. Now, instead of getting black-out drunk, she is into fitness and coaches women in power. Photo: Julie Landau
Having given up alcohol and broken free of bulimia’s grip, Julie Landau says she feels “lighter, freer and more like myself than ever before”. Now, instead of getting black-out drunk, she is into fitness and coaches women in power. Photo: Julie Landau

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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.

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9 crucial facts about diabetes, from worrying trends to how to avoid it

On World Diabetes Day, we talk to experts about the causes, symptoms and treatment of type 1 and 2 diabetes, and changes that can help.

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How a marathon runner survived after tearing her body’s largest artery

Things could have turned out very different for Amber Williams, who was diagnosed with aortic dissection days after running a marathon.

Amber (right) and Zach Williams after running the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon in April 2023. Photo: American Heart Association News

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Explainer | Do you feel sad during autumn and winter? Why that could be

Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that can last for months. Ways to fight it include using light-therapy lamps.

Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, can last about five months of the year. Here is how to check if you have it, and how to combat it. Photo: Shutterstock
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, can last about five months of the year. Here is how to check if you have it, and how to combat it. Photo: Shutterstock

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How to live longer? 3 tips from a Nobel Prize-winning scientist

Biohacking therapies or NAD supplements? Microbiologist Venki Ramakrishnan says there are far simpler and more proven ways to age well.

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How air pollution increases dementia risk and ways to limit exposure

People living in polluted areas are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia types, studies show.

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Think the Japanese are all super polite? Not their shoppers

An increase in abusive customers, which in extreme cases has driven workers to suicide, is seeing some Japanese companies take a stand.

In Japan there has been a spike in cases of customers using abusive language, making threats and excessive demands, and unfairly blaming workers for problems they find with products or services. Photo: Shutterstock

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The ‘superfriends’ helping Hong Kong’s homeless

Counsellors at Hong Kong non-profit ImpactHK, which recently opened a new recovery centre, help street sleepers through tough times.

Grace Lau Chieh, ImpactHK’s assistant programme manager for casework services and a certified couples and family therapist, has regular sessions with homeless people in Hong Kong to help with their mental health recovery, employment and finding stable housing. Photo: Kylie Knott
Grace Lau Chieh, ImpactHK’s assistant programme manager for casework services and a certified couples and family therapist, has regular sessions with homeless people in Hong Kong to help with their mental health recovery, employment and finding stable housing. Photo: Kylie Knott

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Think Japan isn’t friendly for tourists with disabilities? Think again

Japan has made big steps in accessible travel, one expert says, while bodies like Accessible Japan and TokudAw help those with special needs.

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5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, November 15-17

From a gong bath to a concert under the stars to a restaurant where you can enjoy a barbecue platter, there is plenty to do this weekend.

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Health & Wellness

5 wellness events in Hong Kong this weekend, November 15-17

Relax with a gong bath, dance at a silent yoga session, learn the ancient Chinese healing practice of qigong and more this weekend.

Sound artist and gong bath session leader Cheryl Rodriguez. Photo: Cheryl Rodriguez

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How lifting weights gave 2 older Singaporeans stronger bones

He was 52 and had endless back pain; she was 62 and had osteoporosis. Weightlifting increased their bone density. Now both do powerlifting.

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When Raj Grover developed severe back pain, he hit upon a surprising remedy: lifting weights. Here he is seen squat lifting 155kg. Photo: Shaun Pang
When Raj Grover developed severe back pain, he hit upon a surprising remedy: lifting weights. Here he is seen squat lifting 155kg. Photo: Shaun Pang

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Can playing video games be good for your child? An expert’s view

Learn what sorts of game preschoolers can play, which genres are off-limits, what gaming addiction looks like and what games can teach kids.

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Keto or high-carb? For endurance runners one is better than the other

One of these diets ‘is possibly bad for your bones’ says an expert, while the other ‘likely improves performance’.

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Thin, beautiful, refined? In China, weight-loss camps promise all three

China’s growing obesity crisis sparks the popularity of strict camps aimed at fat loss for those who ‘can’t control their diet outside’.

Yang Chi’ao exercising at a weight loss camp in Chengdu, in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. China’s growing obesity crisis has made popular strict camps aimed at fat loss for those who “can’t control their diet outside”. Photo: AFP
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A section of Whampoa Garden apartment complex as seen from above in Hong Kong. Photo: Getty Images

The design secrets of Hong Kong’s private housing estates

These residential complexes may look identical, but new book Cities of Repetition unveils their distinct architectural identities – from Mei Foo Sun Chuen to Sha Tin’s City One.

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How a trans social worker found community and acceptance in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong’s unique winter barbecue season through the years

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This forgotten border village shows Hong Kong’s history of change

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