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To be or not to be vaccinated
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/08/2017
» Thailand celebrated last year when the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer was finally added to the National List of Essential Medicines after an ongoing push. Given its cost-effectiveness, the shot was approved to be administered for free during the pilot phase, which started on Aug 1 to 400,000 fifth-grade students nationwide -- an achievement for the government and health advocates, a boon for the public.
Sugar fixed?
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 26/06/2017
» Back in 2007, the average Thai consumed 20 teaspoons of sugar per day. But the worst was yet to come. Three years later, the estimated daily sugar intake was 23 teaspoons per person. Now the number is 28 teaspoons.
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.
Take antibiotics off the menu
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 28/03/2017
» As a pig-farm owner in Nakhon Pathom, Sitthichai Suksomboon spent hundreds of thousands of baht each month on antibiotics to keep over 1,000 pigs in his possession healthy and disease-free. Little did he realise that by doing so, he was gradually putting himself in really bad shape.
The craft of cures
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/02/2017
» While on her way back home from Wat Leng Noei Yi in Bangkok's Chinatown on a recent Tuesday, Dusadee Thanaviboolsawat saw a sign that took her down memory lane. It read "Berlin Pharmaceutical Museum".
Taking the load off, with a pill
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 01/02/2017
» Although Natcha* had the Body Mass Index (BMI) of an underweight person, she was usually worried sick whenever she would have a bite or two of fatty foods. But for the then-29-year-old office worker, those dishes were always hard to resist.
Hospital starts offering dengue vaccine
Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 20/12/2016
» Samitivej Hospital has introduced the vaccine against four strains of the dengue virus, making it the first facility in Thailand to offer immunisation against the mosquito-borne disease.
Meat and mosquitos raised health concerns in 2016
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 13/12/2016
» Thailand’s medical issues this year mostly touch personal health and 2017 is predicted to be even more individualised.
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.
Doping not the name of the game
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 02/08/2016
» Thai badminton darling Ratchanok "Nong May" Intanon has finally walked free of her doping scandal after she tested positive for a drug used for a knee injury. The Badminton World Federation decided Ratchanok had not technically abused the anti-doping rules.