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Leishmaniasis deaths prompt alert in Thailand
Post Reporters, Published on 25/04/2025
» Thai health authorities have issued a warning following two deaths from leishmaniasis this year, urging the public to take precautions against bites from sandflies, the disease’s primary vector.
Could a simple tattoo be able to cure what ails you?
Oped, Published on 01/10/2022
» Tattoos and medicine may seem an unlikely pairing, but medical tattoos are nothing new. Religious tattoos of ancient Egyptians honoured the gods and, possibly, directed divine healing to ailing body parts. Circa 150 CE, Galen, a Greek physician working in the Roman Empire, tattooed pigment onto patients' corneas to reduce glare and improve their eyesight. Modern doctors have also used tattoos in reconstructive and cosmetic procedures to disguise scars and restore the appearance of lost body parts, such as nipples for mastectomy patients.
5 laureates receive prizes after delay
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/01/2022
» Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn represented His Majesty the King to confer the 2020 and 2021 Prince Mahidol Award at Chakri Throne Hall in the Grand Palace to five laureates in the fields of medicine and public health.
US, French doctors win recognition
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/11/2020
» An American doctor who found that aspirin can prevent blood clots in arteries and a French doctor who tirelessly works to find the cure for neglected diseases around the world are this year's recipients of the prestigious Prince Mahidol Award.
One new drug for three deadly tropical diseases
AFP, Published on 08/08/2016
» PARIS - Scientists unveiled findings Monday that could lead to a single treatment for a trio of deadly maladies found mostly in the world's poorest countries.
WHO urges billions to fight neglected tropical diseases
AFP, Published on 19/02/2015
» GENEVA - The World Health Organization on Thursday urged countries to invest billions of dollars to tackle 17 neglected tropical diseases -- including dengue fever, leprosy and sleeping sickness -- which kill 500,000 people globally each year.
'Aleppo button' disease afflicts war-torn city
AFP, Published on 30/03/2013
» The latest affliction to hit weary residents of Aleppo is written on their faces. Some call it the "Aleppo button", a welt caused by leishmaniasis, an illness that is sweeping the Syrian city.