Hong Kong education authorities have expressed concern over reports that two boys and a girl from a secondary school allegedly sneaked out of their hotel to drink alcohol and rent another room overnight during a mainland China exchange tour. The Education Bureau said on Wednesday that it had contacted the school immediately after learning of…
A new review in Clinical Epigenetics synthesises growing evidence that paternal lifestyle and environmental exposures such as diet, obesity, smoking, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and stress alter sperm epigenetic marks (DNA methylation, histone retention, and small non-coding RNAs). These changes can influence sperm quality and fertilising ability, early embryo development, assisted reproduction outcomes, and long-term health risks…
A new research paper was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on September 30, 2025, titled “Lifestyle and hormonal factors affecting semen quality and sperm DNA integrity: A cross-sectional study.” In this study, Saniya Imtiyaz Chamanmalik, Rajendra B. Nerli, and Pankaja Umarane from KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research and Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre discovered…
A new study shows that if you adopt a healthier lifestyle after bowel screening, it can lower your risk of both bowel cancer and other chronic diseases. Previous studies have estimated that approximately half of all the cases of bowel cancer could have been avoided by not smoking, maintaining a normal body weight, healthy eating,…
An estimated 7.2 million Americans over age 65 currently live with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). That number is expected to nearly double to 13.8 million by 2060. These increases reflect more than demographic shifts; they point to a growing public health crisis that requires a new, proactive approach. While chronological age is the strongest known risk…
In the mid-2010s, the actor Shay Mitchell began to spend as much time at 30,000 feet as she did on land, which is to say she had a lot of free time to consider the inconveniences of life as a frequent flier. The subject of her ire? Luggage, which was either too cheap to look…
Virgin Atlantic flight attendant Kathryn Scott, 44, was four times over the alcohol limit and had to be removed from a plane at Heathrow Airport after drinking wine the night before, a court heard Kathryn Scott, 44, denied a single charge of performing an aviation function when over the alcohol limit (file image)(Image: AFP via…
Fewer Americans are reporting that they drink alcohol amid a growing belief that even moderate alcohol consumption is a health risk, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. The survey finds that 54% of U.S. adults say they drink alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer — “the lowest by one percentage point in…
A senior Hong Kong police officer has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service and had his driving licence suspended for six months for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and biting a colleague who tried to stop him. A District Court judge said on Tuesday that the superintendent’s career had been…
An international team, led by scientists from the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute has studied around 3000 people affected by the heart disease dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) – a driver of heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest. They discovered those who had a mutation in a particular gene called TTN were 21 times more likely to…