Health

Alarmingly, two out of five adults in the Asia-Pacific region are either overweight or obese.

A new law--passed during the Month of Health and Sport--mandates HIV testing before obtaining a marriage license.

Chelsea Clinton visited Burma for a landmark clean water donation.

Workers in the garment industry demonstrate that, like other countries, Bangladesh’s growing economy comes with its own hardships.

From lax safety standards, ineffective police, and drunk driving, operating a vehicle on the streets of Vietnam is a hazardous enterprise. People are now taking matters into their own hands.

How have Thailand’s authorities responded to the discovery of thousands of fetuses at a Bangkok temple?

Menu items get Weight Watchers’ ok at 150 New Zealand shops. Cause for alarm?

Muslim fundamentalists should drink wine to become more tolerant, says Roger Vernon Scruton-philosopher and current scholar at the American Enterprise Institute-in Decanter magazine this month.  In the piece, Scruton reminds us of, in his opinio

Lower your alcohol content and lower your BMI? According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, ‘A case of light and easy,’ this notion is the driving force behind a new wine trend amongst the weight-conscious in Australia. According to it, low-

Earlier this year, the pomegranate became the unlikely focus of a controversy surrounding accusations of false advertising in the UK, when a juice company’s advert suggested that the fruit could help consumers ‘cheat death

Although Australian, and more recently New Zealand, wines have been internationally renowned for some time now, there’s another liquid being produced in the Pacific region that seems to be making major waves in gourmet circles these days.  I rea