• LIFE

  The power of herbal medicine

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/11/2021

  » Earlier this year, health-conscious customers were seen queuing up at a herbal retailer in a Bangkok neighbourhood in hopes of buying a few bottles of fah talai jone (green chiretta) capsules. With a surge of Covid-19 cases earlier this year, the herbal product made them feel secure and gave them hope of relying on something else besides Favipiravir.

• OPINION

  Coming to terms with what's in your head

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 15/07/2019

  » After a verse about fresh nuts sold at a floating market in Thailand -- yet sung by the world's darling chipmunk brothers Chip and Dale -- took social media by storm, people started to share comments about how they could not get the music out of their head.

• THAILAND

  Scientists make coral breakthrough

  News, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/04/2019

  » Marine scientists at Chulalongkorn University unveiled the world's first coral reef breeding method that utilises the frozen sperm cells of the finger staghorn coral.

• THAILAND

  Minding the measles

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 19/03/2019

  » Measles is now a serious epidemic. Rubeola, the virus responsible for measles, can sicken nine in 10 people who breathe the air that surrounds an infected person for two hours after one coughs. Despite the availability of the measles vaccine, the disease killed around 136,000 people last year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

• LIFE

  The summer madness that bites

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/03/2018

  » Thailand has become a bundle of nerves in recent weeks after reports on rising rabies cases and the latest announcement of 22 provinces as epidemic red zones. As of now, the Department of Livestock Development has reported four deaths.

• THAILAND

  Beating bipolar

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/05/2018

  » Mariah Carey is probably good at keeping secrets. For almost 20 years, the American superstar was trying to sweep under the carpet her struggle with mental illness. So when she opened up to People magazine last month that she has been treated for bipolar disorder since 2001, millions of her fans were stupefied.

• LIFE

  Puff away pain

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/05/2017

  » Marijuana is a two-sided plant. Despite its medicinal benefits especially for severe pain management, marijuana -- or weed -- is known to be one of the most abused drugs in the world, giving a euphoric high, and even delusions and hallucinations if smoked too much.

• LIFE

  Hold the sugar!

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/11/2016

  » Under the country's blistering heatwave, something cold and sweet is always welcomed with open arms. Think the popular Honey Toast served with ice cream or the Korean fluffy ice-shaving Bingsu. But for a less luxurious rendition, Thais also have iced sweet drinks. Served in plastic cups from many street vendors, only a few sips of these beverages are so refreshing we might totally forget what they actually contain.

• LIFE

  Are dietary supplements safe?

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 05/07/2016

  » The Thai tropical plant ma mui, or Mucuna pruriens, was on the public radar last year after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urged farmers to grow them instead of rice to cope with drought. The herb recently made newspaper headline again when a 21-year-old woman in the southern province of Trang was found dead earlier this month after taking four capsules of ma mui supplements -- samples she received after becoming a member of a direct-sale business selling the supplement product.

• LIFE

  Ham-fisted health scare

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 03/11/2015

  » After the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) caused shock waves last week when it announced processed meats cause bowel cancer, the general public and medical practitioners alike have started debating as to whether or not they should give up eating meat altogether.

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