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Time for a rethink of medical care
News, Published on 11/08/2014
» Traditional healthcare systems are in trouble. Across the OECD, costly hospitals and clinics dominate health services, accounting for 97% of the United States' healthcare spending, for example. These systems are struggling in the face of cost constraints, public demand for higher quality and exaggerated expectations.
Turning the political tide against childhood obesity
News, Published on 30/05/2014
» When we began our “Let’s Move!’’ initiative four years ago, we set one simple but ambitious goal: to end the epidemic of childhood obesity in a generation so that kids born today will grow up healthy.
The drugs do work
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 30/05/2014
» For the past 30 years I’ve had the duty of preparing the weekly medication for my 97-year-old grandma. Each day she takes approximately 10-15 pills for diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, peripheral neuropathy, among other ailments. Some of the pills are prescribed, others aren’t.
Age is more than a number
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 02/05/2014
» Many say that age is just a number. Yet, such numbers can hurt you if your physical and psychological health has become poor and does not allow you to live as happily as before. My deteriorating memory, my excuses about being “a senior” and my referring to the young generation as “people these days” are among the signs of ageing. These “ageing indicators” and my increasingly grey hair make me admit I am already old and must by now prepare myself to ensure my well-being after retirement.
Not just bubbles and fizz
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 20/03/2014
» No summer is complete without a cool drink. A sip of cool water can help us beat the heat and quench our thirst. However, for children, water is sometimes not enough.
Modern growth’s path is unclear
News, Published on 13/03/2014
» The promise that each generation will be better off than the last is a fundamental tenet of modern society. By and large, most advanced economies have fulfilled this promise, with living standards rising over recent generations, despite setbacks from wars and financial crises.
Age ain't nothing but a number
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 21/01/2014
» Today, I have fellow writers half my age and find myself interviewing people whose parents are as old as me, yet they still call me Pi (sister) instead of Pa (auntie).
Life is sweet - too sweet
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 19/11/2013
» Looking back on past decades, there was a war on fat. We were educated to wean ourselves off fat in our diet to reduce the risk of heart disease.
No sweet side to poor diet
News, Published on 07/09/2013
» Incensed by what they see as double standards by the government favouring rice farmers, protesting rubber growers have turned to a campaign of civil disobedience by blocking roads, rail tracks and threatening to seize Surat Thani airport.
Death by fluorescent light bulbs
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 30/08/2013
» Dear readers, I do apologise that you're subjected to my passing moods each week. But luckily for you, since nothing ever seems to go right for me, today's column is brought to you by the headache that is the office experience.