Reader’s Digest Asia (English Edition)

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EDITOR’S NOTE • The Benefits of a Gentle Recovery

Reader’s Digest Asia English Edition

LETTERS • Reader’s Comments And Opinions

WIN A PILOT CAPLESS FOUNTAIN PEN

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

CONTRIBUTE

NEWS WORTH SHARING • The Little Yellow Car Created From Waste

Speaking Two Languages Helps Protect the Brain

Baby Elephant Receives CPR and Survives

Finding the Right Parting Words • Sharing our thoughts and feelings to honour Jack was a heavy responsibility

SMART ANIMALS • … Are intent on achieving their purpose

Reasons Why Pets Are Good for Children • Caring for animals teaches responsibility and empathy

THREE EASY-CARE PET CHOICES FOR KIDS

8 Ways to Keep Your Kidneys Healthy • Lifestyle choices that reduce the risk of kidney disease

WHAT ABOUT CRANBERRY JUICE AND KIDNEY STONES?

Do You Need a Probiotic? • Good bacteria may benefit your general health

WORLD OF MEDICINE

‘UNADOPTABLES’ FIND A HOME • After the death of his beloved dog Wolfgang, Steve Greig started rescuing older dogs and giving them forever homes in their golden years

GENE SIMMONS • Rock legend, one-time ladies’ man and TV personality Gene Simmons, 71, has sold over 100 million albums as bassist and colead singer with the band Kiss. Here, he talks about the moments that shaped him

LIFE’S LIKE THAT • Seeing the Funny Side

THE GREAT TWEET OFF: WORKING FROM HOME EDITION

I Am Onion Tearfully Delicious

ONION-TOPPED PUFF PASTRY

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Anybody Can Learn Anything • Why we’re all so much smarter than we know

SEE THE WORLD……DIFFERENTLY

LAUGHTER • The Best Medicine

HOME, SWEET HOME • What’s standing between you and the perfect house?

Re-kindling CONVALESCENCE • With long-tail coronavirus recovery featuring in the news, perhaps it’s time we remembered the forgotten importance of rest for recovery

The Art of STUDYING BIRDS • Growing up with bantams, this artist mastered drawing and painting birds through ‘citizen science’

Building Better BONDS

Fascinating Facts About Dictionaries • From dropped words to fake definitions, discover more about our most useful language resource

POOCHES VERSUS POACHERS • Dogs are four-legged game-changers in the struggle to save Africa�s endangered wildlife

PARIS NO SIGN OF STOPPING! • The lack of stop signs in the French capital is because of traffic laws… and a possible stop sign heist

More Than Meets the Eye • The silence of the man on the plane taught this writer a crucial lesson

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK • Humour on the Job

LEARNING THE HARD WAY

Winter ROYALTY • Every now and then, you come across a wild animal that appears to seek human company

Indonesia’s SNAKEBITE Doctor • One woman leads the way in stopping snakebite from killing and mutilating thousands in Indonesia. Meet Maha, the snakebite doctor

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