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Flattening the emotional curve
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/03/2020
» Department stores are closed. Barber's poles stop moving. Masseurs cease servicing. Bangkok is nearing lockdown as over 820 Thais have fallen victim to Covid-19 -- the newly defined disease that has infected over 370,000 people and killed more than 16,500 around the world.
Chronic treatment
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 12/02/2020
» When it comes to whether or not cannabis should be used as a means to treat cancer, the answer is not black or white.
Ranking the world's street food
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 07/01/2020
» While Bangkok citizens are debating whether or not the government's plan to set up walking streets in the capital is a boon or bane, travel website mylatedeals.com has recently conducted research and released a ranking of the world's best cities for street food. And, of course, Bangkok has made that list.
Hitting the right notes
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/01/2020
» For Sathit Sukchongchaipruk, teaching small children to sing is like herding cats.
What 2019 meant to your body
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 24/12/2019
» E-cigarette debate far from over
The true meaning of giving
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/12/2019
» For this season of gifting, Life has compiled a list of present ideas where your purchase can make a difference in society.
Cycle scheme
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 21/11/2019
» As a child, Chinatip Boonchokhirunmeta always dreamed of becoming a competitive cyclist. His weekend playground was a tiny bike shop in the neighbourhood where he usually busied himself doing various little jobs for no pay.
Dark horse
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/12/2019
» As a little boy, Weerapat Pitakanonda was mesmerised by the Chinese TV series The Legend Of The Condor Heroes, in which the characters regularly rode elegantly on horseback.
Hold the salt!
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 29/10/2019
» An estimated 8 million people in Thailand suffer from chronic kidney disease, according to 2017 statistics from the Ministry of Public Health. Of this number, around 100,000 patients are in the terminal stage and require haemodialysis on a regular basis, which works as an artificial kidney. This requires a national budget of over 20 billion baht per year.
Safely stopping the pain
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 16/10/2019
» While working as a product presenter for an alcohol brand at a pub in Sukhothai two years ago, Thitiporn Waritthanan was given a box of brownies by a male tourist. Five pieces she swallowed out of hunger. Yet little did she realise they were not ordinary brownies sold at any given market.