ISSUE: Winter 2011-12 DEPT: Mind & Body STORY: Shirley Lau Of course we know the basics: brush twice a day, floss once a day, and visit your dentist twice a year. Dental and oral care expert, Dr. Pankaj Singh, adds that we should also maintain a mouth-healthy diet, which means foods high in whole grains, [...]

It’s the last day of May, officially recognized as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop campaigning for awareness of hepatitis B testing, a disease that afflicts one in 10 Asian Americans (versus one in 1,000 in the general population). Hepatitis B is the leading cause of liver cancer, [...]

Former ER writer Shannon Goss, in her third installment of a continuing series, talks about life as a modern Asian American hapa woman. I am not the person you want to hang something on your wall. Sure, I can hold up a frame, but if you ask me to hammer in the nail, be prepared [...]