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The measles minefield
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/06/2018
» Thailand at first didn't seem to be much affected by the unprecedented outbreaks of measles reported earlier this year to have wrecked havoc in several European countries, especially Romania and Italy.
10 dead in India of Nipah brain virus spread by bats
Reuters, Published on 23/05/2018
» BENGALURU/KOCHI, INDIA: A rare virus spread by fruit bats, which can cause flu-like symptoms and brain damage, has killed 10 people in southern India, health officials said on Tuesday, with at least nine more being treated.
Ten die in India outbreak of brain-damaging virus
Reuters, Published on 22/05/2018
» BENGALURU/KOCHI: A rare virus spread by fruit bats, which can cause flu-like symptoms and brain damage, has killed 10 people in southern India, health officials said on Tuesday, with at least nine more being treated.
Blazing a trail
Itsarin Tisantia, Published on 12/05/2018
» Test Yourself is where you can improve your reading skills. Whether it’s for tests like University Entrance Exams or IELTS and TOEFL, or even just for fun, these pages help you to read, understand and improve your English.
French Bulldog's cute face exposes it to welfare risks: study
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» PARIS - The popularity of the French Bulldog, known to suffer breathing problems due to the same flat face deemed its cutest feature, raises animal welfare concerns, researchers said Thursday.
Forward to the past for a better cure
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 25/04/2018
» Though more and more countries have legalised marijuana for medical purposes, cannabis is still illegal in Thailand. But realising the gradually shifting tide, Rangsit University founded the Medical Cannabis Research Team last year in the hope of securing scientific proof on the medical benefits of cannabis -- and, pending a possible law change, to bring it back to Thai medicine for the first time in centuries.
Parental diet before conception affects child's health
AFP, Published on 17/04/2018
» PARIS: A child's health can be compromised not only by a mother who smokes or drinks during pregnancy, but by the obesity and poor diet of both parents well before the act of procreation, researchers said Tuesday.
Coconut oil is a saturated fat that should be used in moderation
Life, Published on 10/04/2018
» DEAR DOCTOR: Coconut oil has gotten to be really popular, but now there's a study that says it's just as bad for you as beef fat and butter. How is that possible? It has no animal fat whatsoever.
Walk tall
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 12/02/2018
» Seeing your pet going under the knife is never an easy sight to watch. But when Panicha Banchongratsena found out last year that Boongky — her nine-year-old Pomeranian — was suffering from hip dysplasia, she swallowed the pain and waited outside the surgery room for six hours for veterinarians to perform total hip replacement surgery on her canine pal — the first such operation ever done in Thailand.
No longer medical sci-fi
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 06/02/2018
» Imagine a world without cancer, HIV, flu or diabetes. Humans somehow strive for such a utopia but no one can say if it's near, or even possible.