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Drug-testing for Pattaya traditional massage providers
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 29/06/2016
» CHON BURI - Members of a club for people providing traditional Thai massage services in Pattaya were asked to give urine samples for drug testing on Wednesday, with a warning those who fail will lose their membership.
Too hot to handle
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 03/05/2016
» It's May already, and Thailand's summer heat is getting more intense. Excruciating outdoor temperatures, and electricity demands, keep hitting record highs. Three provinces -- Sukhothai, Lampang and Kanchanaburi -- were recently ranked among the 15 hottest places in the world by El Dorado Weather, with temperatures of up to 44C. The country's scorching weather this year has also set a record for the longest heatwave in at least 65 years.
Study links chemicals to breast cancer
AFP, Published on 12/05/2014
» Certain chemicals that are common in everyday life have been shown to cause breast cancer in lab rats and are likely to do the same in women, US researchers said Monday.
Bad medicine and sick system take their toll
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 01/12/2013
» Naw Mu Htoo is constantly leaking urine. A gentle 16-year-old, she's already had a stillbirth and moves by wheelchair _ if she moves at all. She can't stand, or her catheter pulls out.
The water of life
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 18/06/2013
» When Nidda Hongwiwat's husband injured himself at a historic site in India years ago, locals immediately wanted to take him to hospital. They were astonished when Nidda asked them, "Where is the toilet?"
Coffin up cats and dogs
Life, Published on 27/05/2013
» Poo is to blame for this. Saiyuud Diwong's brilliantly titled Cooking With Poo is the reason I am contemplating making a coffin for a dog knitted from carefully collected cat hairs. The Klong Toey cooking guru is the reason I now think of Richard Branson when I pee.
Japan researchers grow kidney tissue from stem cells
AFP, Published on 23/01/2013
» Researchers in Japan said Wednesday they have succeeded in growing human kidney tissue from stem cells for the first time in a potential breakthrough for millions with damaged organs who are dependent on dialysis.
A wonder or a worry?
Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 16/09/2012
» Technically illegal in Thailand, krathom is now growing in popularity in the West where it is viewed as both a herbal wonder treatment and a potential new drug scourge.
GMO in sport: Genetically Modified Olympians?
AFP, Published on 15/07/2012
» As athletes get ready to smash Olympic records in London, scientists are in a high-stakes race of their own to develop a test that will unmask anyone altering their genes in a desperate quest for gold.
The Healing Herb
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/04/2012
» Rattanapan Pansri only wished to hear some good news from the second doctor about her husband who was earlier diagnosed as suffering the final stage of colon cancer. Unfortunately, the second opinion turned things from bad to worse.