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Your horoscope for May 31 - June 6
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 31/05/2024
» Your spot-on horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week and beyond.
New report suggests link between emulsifiers and diabetes
Life, Published on 28/05/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: I just read there's a connection between diabetes and some of the additives in commercial snack cakes and other products. I always thought it was the added sugars that are a problem, but this appears to be something else. Do you know what that is?
Working the night shift comes with many struggles
Life, Published on 21/05/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: I've been offered a new job that would start this summer. It comes with a sizable pay raise, so I am considering it. What worries me is that it's an overnight shift, which I've read is hard on your health. I would like to know more about that, and if I can avoid the negative health impacts.
Flu shot may help prevent heart attacks
Life, Published on 30/04/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: I can't stop thinking about what my doctor said when I got my flu shot last fall. I'm a 55-year-old man, and I have a history of high blood pressure. He said the flu shot will give me extra protection against having a heart attack. What is the connection?
Eating in certain order helps control blood glucose
Life, Published on 23/04/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: Can you please talk about the idea that the order in which you eat your food has an effect on your blood sugar? I have a friend who never eats sweets unless she can also have some vegetables and protein. Does this really matter?
Take at-home blood pressure readings multiple times
Life, Published on 16/04/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: I want to start checking my blood pressure to see if the high readings my doctor gets are accurate. I read you should always sit still before getting a reading. Is that true? That never happens at my doctor's office.
Research suggests eating later may lower metabolism
Life, Published on 26/03/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: I recently read about a study that says eating late makes it easier to gain weight. I would like to know more about that. I've been having success with weight loss by not eating after 6pm, and I wonder if the timing has anything to do with that.
Inspiring innovators
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 20/03/2024
» Organised by the National Research Council of Thailand each year, the "Thailand New Gen Inventor Award: I-New Gen Award 2024" finds young minds with creative ideas to help propel innovative developments.
Breaking the cycle
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/03/2024
» 'Our mission is to break the cycle of despair," says Chanya Suebpetch, one of the members of a team of social workers at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. The 37-year-old works in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics. Chanya's work is therefore focused strongly on supporting vulnerable children.
Researchers use AI to detect pancreatic cancer sooner
Life, Published on 27/02/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: A dear friend was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It was so advanced, he died just a month later. I recently saw a discussion on television about using AI to detect pancreatic cancer early, while it is still curable. How would that work?