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Schools sing pandemic blues
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/06/2021
» Given the continuing surge of Covid-19 cases countrywide, the Ministry of Education had no choice but to postpone the start of the new school semester from June 1 to today.
Entertainment to cool us down
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/05/2020
» Thailand's scorching summer weather is upon all of us. In some provinces, especially in the northern region, the temperature reached 47C according to the weather forecast from the Thai Meteorological Department.
Some don't like it hot
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 15/04/2019
» The Songkran water fight is a wonderful way to cool off during the sweltering heat of the Thai summer.
The perils of overconsumption
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/12/2018
» Three years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) adjusted its daily recommendation of sodium intake and suggested adults not consume more than 2,300mg per day. But an average Thai takes 4,350mg of sodium on a daily basis -- almost twice the WHO's healthy threshold.
Lido to bid a fond farewell
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/05/2018
» The final curtain is closing at the Lido Theatre on May 31. To bid farewell to the 50-year-old movie house, Mongkol Cinema is inviting moviegoers to take part in its goodbye activities.
Philanthropy at its finest
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/01/2018
» When Thailand was wrecked by months of heavy flooding in 2011, over 13 million people were affected. More than 2,300 households were completely destroyed, almost 100,000 homes partly damaged. The deluge killed around 650 people.
Ready, set, go
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 01/11/2017
» Artiwara "Toon" Kongmalai of the rock band Bodyslam gets set to start the longest run of his life today: 2,191km over 55 days. The frontman expects to raise 700 million baht for the procurement of medical equipment for 11 state hospitals nationwide.
The great grain war
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 26/09/2017
» The initial "GF" which stands for gluten free on a restaurant menu was many years ago an ambiguity for those who saw it. Today gluten-free diets have become one of the latest lifestyle fads, especially in Western nations. In the United States, one in five people was reported to reduce or eliminate gluten -- a protein found in some types of grains -- from their food, according to a 2015 survey.
An invisible disease
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/03/2017
» Nicknamed "the silent thief of sight", glaucoma gradually and painlessly robs patients of their ability to see. With no early warning signs, the eye disease is in fact preventable only by means of a comprehensive eye examination.
Keeping sugar levels in check
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/11/2016
» Like several other lifestyle diseases such as obesity, diabetes is no longer the sickness of Westerners. In Asia, its prevalence has constantly been on the rise.