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New data link cannabis use and heart disease
Life, Dr Eve Glazier & Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 05/08/2025
» Dear Doctors: Cannabis is legal where I live. I'm not a heavy user, but I do enjoy it now and then. I just heard about a study that ties using cannabis to heart disease. There's not a lot of information about how using cannabis affects your health, and I would like to know more about that study.
The power of the placebo
Life, Dr Eve Glazier & Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 04/06/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: We use mints to help our six-year-old with carsickness. When the mints came from the tin, they didn't help at all. But when we started keeping them in a prescription pill bottle, the "medicine" made his symptoms go away. Is this the placebo effect? Why does it work?
Thunderclap headaches could act as warning signs
Life, Dr Eve Glazier & Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 17/10/2023
» DEAR DOCTORS: I am experiencing extreme headaches about 15 minutes after smoking cannabis. It used to happen occasionally, but now it's every time. The migraine, which is very intense, goes away after about 30 minutes. Can you help me understand this?
Shifting patterns in global travel
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 03/07/2023
» In the midst of an uncertain economic and political climate, people in Thailand have various options for getting away from the frenetic pace of life in big cities and recharging their batteries. Recent findings from Booking.com's 2023 Travel Trends Forecast survey show a rise in the popularity of wellness travel among Thai tourists seeking mental and physical renewal.
Tales of queer migration
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 19/06/2023
» There is a border that defines the contour of his identity. Only by crossing it can Jaokhun Promchana be the man he wants to be. After moving to the US, he studied a new language and toiled in the kitchen. Holding a dream close to his heart, he went the extra mile to join the US Navy and police. Currently, he is running a restaurant with his wife. From the outside, he looks no different from other men, but in his expired documents, a name and its title are a reminder of the former self that he already shed.
Dinner talk on the safe use of cannabis
Life, Published on 28/03/2023
» The supply and use of cannabis at retail dispensaries, restaurants and cafes has grown at an incredible pace, but do we really know the safe and sensible way to engage with this plant?
Ibis Styles opens in Incheon airport
Life, Published on 08/12/2022
» Ibis Styles recently announced the opening of ibis Styles Ambassador Incheon Airport in front of Incheon International Airport Terminal 2.
Stoner films compete for Golden Ganja award
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 09/11/2022
» Cinema Oasis on Sukhumvit 43 will reopen its doors for the "Amazing Stoner Movie Fest 2022", which will bring a string of feature and short movies from around the world, from Thursday to Sunday.
Herbs for health
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 30/08/2022
» Nam pak sathon is a condiment from the Dan Sai district of Loei province. With a salty flavour, people in Loei replace fish sauce and nam pla ra (fermented fish sauce) with nam pak sathon when making som tam (spicy papaya salad), jaew dam (Isan style sauce) and other Isan dishes. Thus, when TCDC Commons at Seacon Square Srinagarindra held the workshop "Nam Pak Sathon", 15 participants learned about the condiment and how to use it in dishes.
An alternative therapy
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/07/2022
» After the legalisation of marijuana took effect last month allowing people to grow the plant at home and buy cannabis products, Sarayoot Buranapanich has found a glimmer of hope in weed. A 46-year-old terminal cancer patient, Sarayoot has turned his back on the mainstay of treatment.