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Don't panic: Your essential guide to Thai squat toilets
Khanaphot Saengchai, Published on 14/08/2025
» Visiting Thai public restrooms in destinations like temples or gas stations can sometimes surprise travellers with an unexpected encounter with the traditional squat toilet. This toilet type, despite being challenging for those unaccustomed to squatting, remains the preferred choice for many Thai people.
Going nuts
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/07/2024
» There are several reasons plant-based milk is gaining popularity worldwide. Food trends, of course. Health, definitely. Environmental concerns also count.
Probiotics may ease non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's
Life, Published on 19/03/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: A good friend has Parkinson's disease. She has mentioned trying probiotics to her doctor, but he doesn't seem interested in the idea. My friend worries she might alienate him if she gets help from another doctor. Is there guidance about using probiotics with PD?
Study links stress to onset of IBS
Life, Published on 31/01/2023
» DEAR DOCTORS: I had just started a new job when the pandemic happened. On top of the lockdowns and home-schooling our kids, I was diagnosed with IBS. My husband read there's research that it's caused by stress, and that makes a lot of sense to me. Can you please talk about that research?
Stomach flu is actually viral gastroenteritis
Life, Published on 18/01/2022
» DEAR DOCTORS: Our family just spent two weeks passing around a nasty stomach flu. Now that we're all OK, I realise I don't know what hit us. Was it the same bug that gives you the regular flu? How does it get from one person to another?
An unnecessary fear
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 29/06/2021
» It's been almost a month since Covid-19 cases were found in an ice factory in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan. But Mook* still feels paranoid every time she orders iced beverages from outside.
Fear, pain, despair: Breaking silence on endometriosis 'hell'
AFP, Published on 10/06/2021
» PARIS - Lorena Garcia was in her 20s when she was suddenly struck with crippling pain associated with her menstrual cycles.
Chocolate cyst should not be overlooked — it might lead to infertility
Published on 06/11/2020
» One of the most common reproductive disorders, especially in women aged over 35, that leads to being infertile is “chocolate cyst”. Chocolate cyst is an ovarian cyst filled with old blood. This condition is frequently found in women with endometriosis, a condition where tissue which normally lines the inside of the uterus (the endometrium) grows outside the uterus. Untreated chocolate cyst not only causes serious complications such as ruptured cysts and severe internal bleeding but also significantly increases the chance of infertility.
As above, so below
Life, Noko, Published on 30/10/2020
» Since its relaunch in 2013, the sporty Bathyscaphe has come in many guises and different complications.
Beware of the green god
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/06/2019
» When Grammy-award singer Pharrell Williams posted on his Instagram a photo of himself with the "green juice" last September, celery juice started to gain momentum. But later as more celebrities including Selma Blair, Jenna Dewan and even Kim Kardashian jumped on the bandwagon, the drink officially became a serious health trend.