• LIFE

  Watch what you eat

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/02/2022

  » Earlier this month, children in various provinces across Thailand including Chiang Mai, Phetchaburi, Saraburi, Trang and Kanchanaburi suddenly developed acute conditions, including breathing difficulty, paleness, fatigue and eventually methemoglobin -- a dysfunctional form of haemoglobin that is incapable of transporting oxygen -- after eating unbranded sausages.

• LIFE

  Writing wrong

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 28/09/2020

  » What's hot and what's not in the LGBTI communities in Asia and around the globe during the past month

• LIFE

  A failing grade

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 20/08/2019

  » First it was rotten eggs in phalo soup served to schoolchildren in Prachin Buri province. Then it was criticism over a school lunch case in Nakhon Pathom where people took to social media, complaining both the quality and quantity of a lunch meal served to primary pupils.

• OPINION

  A lesson in moderation

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/07/2017

  » When the Lord Buddha gave his first sermon on living life in moderation more than 2,500 years ago, he might not have appreciated the fact that people are greedy these days.

• LIFE

  Are dietary supplements safe?

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 05/07/2016

  » The Thai tropical plant ma mui, or Mucuna pruriens, was on the public radar last year after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urged farmers to grow them instead of rice to cope with drought. The herb recently made newspaper headline again when a 21-year-old woman in the southern province of Trang was found dead earlier this month after taking four capsules of ma mui supplements -- samples she received after becoming a member of a direct-sale business selling the supplement product.

• OPINION

  Time to put a stop to hazing

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/09/2014

  » You yell at someone. You insult them. You force them to eat or drink things you would never want to taste. You make them wear embarrassing clothes in public. You blindfold them and abandon them. You humiliate them.

• LIFE

  What 2019 meant to your body

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 24/12/2019

  » E-cigarette debate far from over

• LIFE

  In the eye of the beholder

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 26/03/2019

  » The number 60 on the scale wasn't the only thing that told Vanna* she was fat. Her friends at school said likewise.

• LIFE

  Warts and all

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/12/2018

  » Celebrated: The coming legalisation of medical cannabis

• LIFE

  Buyer and maker beware

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 18/06/2018

  » The scandalous headline-making case of Lyn dietary supplements is not just a wake-up call for consumers in buying suspicious products. It is also a trigger for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to actively crack down on manufacturers that break safety regulations.

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