Getting your essentials

Getting your essentials

New range of health supplements from the USA.   Beauty and health retailer, Watsons, has recently launched a new health supplement brand from USA called Life Nutrition. Founded since 1996, Life Nutrition develops supplements for the different needs of different...
Achieving financial wellness/independence

Achieving financial wellness/independence

Getting out of needing and wanting is to achieve financial freedom and no worries. BY: Geoffrey Kung   From the news media, there are more and more courses advertised to teach one to ‘get rich’ quick. They promise to show one how to become millionaires or obtain...
Age-friendly products

Age-friendly products

Mother and daughter join forces to launch an online site selling innovative products for the active ageing population, and at the same time breaking stereotypes to bring a fresh perspective to senior products.   BY: Eleanor Yap   A new business idea has come...
Good heart health

Good heart health

A daily multivitamin helps maintain healthy cholesterol and reduce risk of coronary heart disease.   The new Centrum Cardio (left) by pharmaceutical company Pfizer is a complete daily multivitamin containing vitamins and minerals with plant sterols that maintain...
The power of stories

The power of stories

Telling stories before we forget, two young passionate men share their feat to reduce stigma of dementia and provide support for caregivers.   BY: Joanne Tok   When one shares about a story about himself or herself, minds are thrilled, hearts are stirred and even...
You are never too old to make friends

You are never too old to make friends

Friends are essential and they contribute to you living a long and happy life. BY: Sunie Levin How important are friends? In terms of longer life, not having them is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, being an alcoholic, and not exercising – and is twice as...
A power shot

A power shot

Canon’s latest product brings EOS technology to the compact camera.   Canon launched the PowerShot G1 X (left), a new prosumer compact camera for photography enthusiasts seeking the best in imaging. The new flagship camera in the PowerShot series inherits...
Helping dryness & pigmentation

Helping dryness & pigmentation

A new product from Japan that moisturises and nourishes the skin and helps with pigmentation.   The Japanese have come up with a unique product that helps skin problems including dryness and pigmentation. Ichirô Yamamoto was living with his mother in her 70s and...
Kidney cancer cases increasing

Kidney cancer cases increasing

This is Part 2 of Agelessonline’s story on Molly Lim and her kidney cancer. Find out more about kidney cancer. BY: Yen Fang   Kidney cancer is a relatively uncommon cancer and historically accounts for only about three percent of all cancer incidences....

Reading in comfort

New 3M LED lamp has a proprietary polarising light filter that reduces glare and harmful UV rays.     3M has launched a new polarizing LED lamp. Featuring a sleeker and more compact design, the new LED2000 sports a curved lamp body with arms that that are...
Bouncing back

Bouncing back

Facing kidney cancer upfront in 2010, one senior finds the strength to move on and continue being positive. This is Part 1 of a two-part story. BY: Yen Fang Seize the day! This phrase is often used to encourage people to enjoy life before it is too late. Molly Lim...

Celebrating World Cancer Day

The message from the Singapore Cancer Society is to go for regular cancer screening.   The Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) will celebrate World Cancer Day on February 4, 2012 with the message that “Cancer can be prevented” and a reminder to the public to go for...

Anti-slip protection

Avoid home injuries by using these colourful stickers. 3M has launched the new Safety Walk Anti-Slip Floor Stickers (left and below, right) which feature four colour creations depicting animals and clover-leaf designs that fit a variety of age groups and preferences,...

Monitoring blood glucose

Are you a diabetic and need to regularly check your blood sugar? Accu-Chek Performa meter (left) stands out from the crowd as it needs the smallest blood sample size compared to many other meters and it takes only five seconds to get the results. It is easy-to-read,...