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Blue light. Pressing deadlines. The constant buzz of a phone that doesn’t want to stay off. In a 2018 survey conducted by market research firm YouGov , only 48 per cent of the Singaporeans surveyed had the recommended amount of rest, and three quarters woke up at least once in their sleep. Whatever the reason for poor sleep, the effects are undeniably telling. As one of the pillars of health, sleep deprivation can lead to depression, high blood pressure and a compromised immunity , making one more susceptible to falling sick. MegRhythm Good-Night Steam Patch  aims to activate your relaxation point at the base of your neck to lull you into dreamland. Brought to you by MegRhythm. EASING INTO DEEP RELAXATION Your body isn’t a machine, and it doesn’t have an ‘off’ switch to flick at your will. Remember how important it is to warm up before going full swing into a sporting activity? The same applies to sleep. The UK Mental Health Foundation stresses the importance of relaxin...

Whether it's a mole, a pot-wine stain or a Mongolian spot that looks like a perpetual bruise, a birthmark defines its owner. Marilyn Monroe's and Cindy Crawford's face would look remiss without their moles. The collective sighs of K-pop fans might be somewhat diminished without the heart-shaped mark that sits under the right eye of Jay (formerly known as Jin Hwan) from iKON. And might fans be a little less inclined to swoon over BTOB's Ilhoon without his row of five moles that has been dubbed the Ilhoon Constellation? It's all good if you've made peace with your birthmark. But what if the mole, brown patch or red bump on your face affects your self-confidence and how others treat you? CNA Lifestyle finds out from the experts what can be done. We may never know. But what we do know is that birthmarks elicit strong reactions from their owners as well as those around them. Canadian professional dancer Cassandra Naud, 25, who was born with a large, hairy bir...

BY NATALIE ANGIER Northern flickers have a poor division of domestic labor. Among these tawny, 30-centimeter woodpeckers with downcurving bills, the male flickers are more industrious housekeepers than their mates, according to a new report on their sanitation habits in the journal Animal Behavior . Researchers already knew that flickers, like many woodpeckers are a sex role reversed species. The fathers spend more time incubating the eggs and feeding the young than do the mothers. Now scientists have found that the males’ parental zeal also extends to nest hygiene: when a chick makes waste, Dad is the one who usually picks up the unwanted presentation and disposes of it far from home. “It takes away microbes, removes smells that might alert predators, and makes the whole nest much cleaner,” said Elizabeth Gow, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia and an author on the new report. “It’s an important aspect of parental care that we often forget about.” ...

How to See Yourself As You Really Are (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) It could be something religious, or simply a matter of taste... I leave the decision to you. ----- By ANDY NEWMAN As religious question go, it is a relatively small one. But inevitably, it must be asked: Is it O.K.to eat a chocolate statuette of your favorite holy figure? The matter arose at Bond Street Chocolate, a boutique in Manhattan that traffics in detailed figurines of Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh. Last month, an organization called Universal Society of Hinduism issued a demand: “Upset Hindus urge withdrawal of Lord Ganesh -shaped edible chocolate.” The owner of the store, Lynda Stern, was puzzled. For more than five years, she has been selling the gold-dusted Ganesh and his shelfmates, beside passion fruit bonbons and chocolate- coated wasabi peas, with barely a whiff of controversy. In the news release, the society’s president, Rajan Zed, wrote that Ganesh...

English: A "Golden False Acacia" in the Swiss Garden at Old Warden. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Is this something like the same tree that adapts to the changing season? Far out? Ahh... just read on... ----- DEBORAH STRANGE As the pursuit of multiple professions and passions has become the norm, people juggle multiple identities. Kevin Gleeson, for instance, is a graphic artist for the New York Police Department , where he designs banners and materials for news conferences. He usually wears a jacket, tie and his long hair pulled into a ponytail. But one day, when he was called to the commissioner’s office unexpectedly, he wore pink pants and his hair undone. Mr. Gleeson was dressed as his alter-ego, a Keith Richards impersonator. “They call me the Keith-iest Keith,” Mr. Gleeson told The New York Times while preparing to play with the Stony Rollers, a Rolling Stones tribute band. Mr. Gleeson has been performing Keith Richards’s music for more than 40 years....

Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Scholars Are Unsure of the Effects of Exposure to Online Sex DAVID SEGAL Starting late last year, Internet service providers in Britain made “family-friendly filters,” which block X-rated websites, the default for costumers. Now any account holder who wants to view adult material needs to actively opt in – effectively raising a hand to say, “Bring on the naughty.” The initiative, which was conceived and very publicly promoted by the government, is intended to prevent what Prime Minister David Cameron called the corrosion of childhood, which, he argued in a speech last year, happens when children are exposed to pornography. In the same speech, he seemed to toss teenagers into the group in need of protection, referring to “young people who think it’s normal to send pornographic material as a prelude to dating.” And here is where the topic starts to get very murky. It tur...

English: Times Square (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) BY JANE E. BRODY Lenore Skenazy, a New York City mother of two, earned the nickname “America’s Worst Mom” after reporting in a newspaper column that she had allowed her younger son, then 9, to ride the subway alone. The criticism she endured, including a threat of arrest for child endangerment, intensified her desire to encourage parents to give their children the freedom they need to develop self-confidence and resilience. One result was the publication in 2009 of her book “ Free Range Kids : How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts With Worry).” A second results is the Free Range Kids Project and a 13-part TV series , “ World’s Worst Mom .” In it, Ms. Skenazy rescues children from parents’ overprotectiveness by guiding the children through a sequence of once-forbidden activities and showing the parents how well the children do. Parents who subscribe to Ms.Skenazy’s approach include Danielle and Alexander Meiti...