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Traditional medicine staff slam inequality
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/10/2018
» State employees in the traditional Thai medicine industry want Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to increase the number of personnel in the field.
Exporting traditional Chinese medicine worldwide
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 30/09/2019
» Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has become a key multi-billion-dollar export from China with a footprint spanning 183 countries and regions.
Helping the medicine go down
Business, Published on 07/01/2019
» High prices for medicines and medical services at private hospitals have been draining money from consumers' pockets and are increasingly challenging the healthcare sector in Thailand.
FDA urges cannabis-based medicine
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/04/2019
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that Thailand should include medicines with cannabis ingredients into a drug list of universal healthcare package and social security system to ensure safer and cheap access to medical treatment.
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.
Govt wants more Covid medicine
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/11/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health wants to buy two types of oral antiviral medicines to fight Covid-19.
Prevention is the best medicine
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 11/01/2022
» In the late 1980s, a US study at the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) in Minnesota showed that many elderly people did not display symptoms of Alzheimer's due to their lifestyle. Nuns at SSND were physically active and even those in wheelchairs still exercised. After going through journals written by nuns, the study found that those who used more complicated sentences in their writing had a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's.
Laughter is the best medicine
Guru, Published on 29/04/2022
» With only a mic and spotlight, stand-up comedians can turn any daily grind into laughable material. With World Laughter Day (May 1) around the corner, Guru speaks to Thai stand-up comedians and an improv comedian/coach about their background and life on stage. We also asked them to crack us a one-liner with the theme "Only In Thailand." Get ready to 555!
A personal approach to medicine
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 21/02/2023
» If there is anything to learn from the last couple of years spent isolated and unattached to normal daily life, it is putting more of an emphasis on our mental, emotional and physical well-being.
Herbal medicine a worthy alternative
News, Published on 31/07/2023
» Crisis has turned into opportunity for Thai traditional medicine (TTM) as it has made wider inroads into the treatment of patients following the Covid-19 pandemic.