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Debts are a ticket to doom
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 19/12/2012
» My mum and I once discussed doomsday. I told her if there really was going to be such a day, I would buy up everything I fancied using all the credit lines available to me to their maximum allowance.
Carcinogens all around
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 20/11/2012
» These past months consumers not just in Thailand but around the globe have been alarmed by reports of the detection of carcinogens in many popular foods, including tapioca balls in pearl milk tea or the recent controversy surrounding Korean instant noodle.
From the heart of the Homeless
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 29/10/2012
» Kallaya Chermue calls herself a product of a broken family. Born to hilltribe parents who later separated leaving their child with a stranger in the neighbourhood, at only eight years old Kallaya was kicked out of the house and has since been forced to live by her own wits.
Tackling toxicity
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/10/2012
» From playground equipment, snacks children eat at school to fruit and vegetables served at home or even the food containers they use, children these days are being increasingly put at a higher risk of exposure to hazardous chemical substances than ever before.
Back to the Bone
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/09/2012
» Songporn Srinuan gave her doctor the green light to perform an operation to fix her herniated disc with the hope it would help alleviate leg pain and numbness she had been suffering for years. The situation, unfortunately, went from bad to worse right after she returned from the operating room.
When tablets become bitter pills
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 07/08/2012
» When I visited an orthopaedist a few months ago with severe neck pain and numbness in my right arm, the doctor's first reaction was like a bombshell. He pointed his finger to the tablet computer I brought along and said to my face: "This is your real health threat."
Putting a smile back on their faces
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/07/2012
» She wasn't just worried; Nonglaksna Kitcharoenkankul was petrified. She'd had to have one of her teeth extracted and because of its prominent position her dentist had recommended she undergo a lengthy and expensive procedure she'd never heard of before.