What is the electricity that flows through the body that allows salamanders to grow new legs, and young children grow new finger tips? Is it the same thing that the Chinese call Qi? Dan Keown’s witty and original book, The Spark in the Machine, shows how western medicine validates the theories of Chinese medicine, and […]
Category: Health
Richmond Pharmacology seeks 1st generation Chinese males for research
Are you a healthy first generation Chinese male aged 18 to 55? Have you ever wondered how new medicines are researched? Be part of that development process. Who we are Richmond Pharmacology conducts medical research to help develop new medicines and improve current treatments available to patients. Our research unit, based at Croydon University Hospital […]
Is yeet hay “熱氣” just a load of hot air?
“Don’t eat that, it’s yeet hay”! These are words that most overseas Chinese children have heard from their parents endlessly whilst growing up. Typically, just before they are about to bite into some yummy (and often unhealthy) food. So what is “yeet hay”? And how do I explain it to my western friends? When a Chinese […]
Nomophobia – fear of being without mobile phone
Nomophobia is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. The term, an abbreviation for “no-mobile-phone phobia”, was coined during a study by the UK Post Office who commissioned YouGov, a UK-based research organisation to look at anxieties suffered by mobile phone users. The study found that nearly 53 percent of mobile phone users […]
Male Grooming Products for Asian Skin by Ken Lam
Review by Ken Lam He Says: “I do not work for any of the brands mentioned in the this review and I have not been paid to mention them. They are simply some of the products that I have used in the past and have found them to be good products.” There was a […]
Towards Equal Voices : Childcare in Multicultural Britain
Dr Alex Tan is a senior contributing editor for Nee Hao Magazine, on issues and topics regarding his PhD study at Newcastle University of ‘Young British Chinese People’. In this article he introduces us to Dr Mabel Lie, author of Towards Equal Voices: Childcare and Children in Chinese and Bangladeshi households in Newcastle upon Tyne. By Dr Alex […]
London’s Chinese Mental Health Association wants runners for 10K Race
Runners and joggers of all abilities and experiences are encouraged to take part in this year’s British 10K London Run, 14th July 2013, in order to raise funds for the Chinese Mental Health Association. The route will pass many iconic Central London locations and will be a rewarding fitness challenge, as well as an opportunity […]