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Covid's attack on the senses
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 18/05/2021
» The bottom line: Covid-19 patients can experience loss of smell and taste.
No longer one-size-fits-all
Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 01/08/2019
» Personalisation and gene-level healthcare is becoming a mantra for healthy living of today and this trend is certainly here to stay
No longer one-size-fits-all
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 01/08/2019
» When it comes to healthcare of today, it seems taking tablets of over-the-counter vitamins or drinking eight glasses of water a day is no longer adequate. To live healthily in this 21st century, doctors and the health conscious alike have put more focus on personalisation which will definitely be here to stay.
Designer babies
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/01/2019
» Twin girls Lulu and Nana are no ordinary children. Claimed as the world's first gene-edited babies, they quickly came under the global spotlight from the moment they came into this world. Now they are being received with great interest and curiosity among not just doctors and scientists but also many people around the world. Even the World Health Organisation (WHO) had to set up a special panel to look at the technique through which the twins were conceived.
A moment of grace
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 15/10/2018
» After attending to a lady at his outpatient clinic in Chulalongkorn Hospital, a few hours later Dr Kris Chatamra saw her sitting under a scorching Sun underneath a flyover nearby.
What a year for the human body
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 19/12/2017
» From Toon's super-marathon to the 'sugar tax', we look at the big issues of the past year concerning Thailand's healthcare.
Actions speak louder than pink
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/10/2017
» Landmarks in several countries turned pink at the start of October to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania, for example, illuminated the White House, turning it into a grand pink structure.
A shot in the arm
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 19/09/2017
» Thailand found itself in the hot seat in 2009 when the country could not find vaccines to purchase during the H1N1 flu pandemic that wreaked havoc in many countries and killed over 12,000 worldwide in that year alone. While the country struggled to buy the shot, the United States and Japan had inoculated their citizens six months earlier.
The life-saving T-shirt
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 02/05/2017
» While spending time getting to understand breast cancer patients as part of her postgraduate thesis, Asst Prof Jinpitcha Mamom knew too well the pressure and anxiety facing those sick ladies.
In pursuit of cancer
Muse, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 15/10/2016
» Sudjit Luanpitpong is a biological scientist who does not look like a biological scientist. First, she is young and carefree. And second, she doesn't look like a nerd. But once she begins to explain her research project, she talks pure science.