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Wake up call from the weight loss dream
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 02/12/2014
» A27-year-old woman was in the news last week after it was revealed she had made around 500 million baht in just three years from selling diet pills.
Mind over medicine
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 22/01/2013
» As far as children are concerned, to medicate or not to medicate is the big question. When it comes to the health of their offspring, the worry for parents is sometimes overwhelming. With so many in-your-face ad campaigns promoting health insurance for children, parents who have signed up for such plans often think they should "maximise" the benefits by taking their child to hospital every time they so much as suspect an illness. Many doctors in this country are inclined to prescribe remedies for the mildest symptoms and if this happens often enough the excessive medication can have negative effects on a youngster's health.