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Spotting a silent killer
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 15/09/2020
» When US actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for his portrayal of T'Challa in Marvel's Black Panther, died late last month due to colon cancer, his untimely demise sparked global discourse about the disease, its causes and treatments, and the changing landscape of who is being affected.
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Building resilience
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 30/06/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic has left private and government schools in Thailand in uncharted territory. While much has been discussed about how to keep children engaged during these trying times, how educators and students are fairing emotionally in adjusting to the new normal has not been given much thought.
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Not just a physical disease
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/04/2020
» A man from Narathiwat province who was due to be released from a Covid-19 quarantine facility jumped to his death from the fifth floor of a state hospital in Phra Pradaeng district of Samut Prakan province last month. Days before, in the province of Chiang Mai, another Thai male cut short his life in the same manner after learning that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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Economic victims of the virus
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/03/2020
» The outbreak of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which was first reported from Wuhan, China, in late 2019, has affected societies globally in a manner that has devastated victim's physical and emotional health and crippled businesses.
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Suffering in silence
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/01/2020
» Chai* was 12 when he was first molested by his much older brother's male friend. The abuse continued for months on the pretext that the experience would make him a man.
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Treat the person, not the disease
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/09/2019
» For over 15 years, gynaecologist and obstetrician Dr Fauzia Tabassum Afridi has been providing reproductive health services to women and girls impacted by humanitarian crises in some of the most remote areas of Pakistan. Fiercely strong-willed, clearly she is the walking epitome of what it means to reach one's goals in life no matter the obstacles.
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A better you behind bars
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/06/2019
» Although drag queen Golf* and tomboy Tee* are so different especially in terms of outer appearance and gender identity, they have one thing in common. Both -- representing the LGBT community at the Chanthaburi Provincial Prison -- have used their talents to become role model prisoners.
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The virtue of stubbornness
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/02/2017
» Feisty Dr Ploylada Thanapaisarnvorakul feels at home attending to the well-heeled at her posh aesthetic clinics in the heart of Bangkok and Hua Hin, as she does while still managing to do her field work as a full-time medical officer with the Relief and Community Bureau of the Thai Red Cross Society.
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Sanctuary for breast-cancer sufferers
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 28/04/2016
» The Pink Park Village, Thailand's first non-profit holistic centre for underprivileged, terminally ill women suffering from stage-4 breast cancer, is a long-awaited charity project finally seeing the light of day.
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Less is more
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/04/2016
» American researcher James R. Mitchell, associate professor of Genetics and Complex Diseases at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, runs a lab with the primary goal of understanding how nutrition affects longevity and health.
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