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Sunscreen and our move towards a sun-safe future
Oped, Charlotte Mathieson, Published on 14/09/2024
» It's April 2000. I'm 14 years old, lying on a beach in the Bahamas, a bottle of SPF 20 at my side. I periodically check to see how my suntan is developing, watching with fascination as my pale white skin turns a deep, chestnut brown. Through the headphones of my Discman, Baz Luhrmann is telling the class of '99 to "trust me on the sunscreen". I nod along to the beat, oblivious to the irony. Luhrmann's caution is ahead of the curve.
Just the tonic for Covid
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/10/2023
» As the country has overcome the coronavirus crisis, interest in promoting research into green chiretta or fah talai jone, a herbal medicine that played a role in treating a large number of patients at the peak of the pandemic, has subsided. This is unfortunate.
Cannabis fairy tales
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/08/2022
» Re: “Pharmacist group takes aim at weed”, (BP, July 30).
Home care faltering
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/08/2021
» One month after the Prayut Chan-o-cha government launched its home and community quarantine programme for people infected with Covid-19, the system is found to have so many flaws that infections are soaring, with a surge in fatalities, some of whom were left dying at home without proper care.
The great Covid self-test kit challenge
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/07/2021
» Finally, I got it. No. No, not the coronavirus, at least for now. What I got is an Covid-19 antigen test kit -- a rapid self-test that can provide the result in 30 minutes.
Pot calling kettle...
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/05/2021
» Re: "Thamanat saga a blight", (Editorial, May 7).
No rush to pass drug bill
News, Editorial, Published on 01/09/2018
» A string of opposing voices have been heard this past week over the Drug Bill which, if passed into law, will govern the manufacturing, selling, import, registration and advertisement of medicines by the private sector in Thailand.
Bringing back the halcyon days of old on Koh Samui
News, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 28/04/2018
» Lush coconut trees have long been the symbol of Koh Samui, the country's second-largest island and a famous tourist spot in the southern region. Unfortunately, a vast area of coconut plantations on the island have become plagued with black-headed worm disease which some locals liken to chronic problems that the tourist paradise has experienced.
Cram, jam and pass
News, Postbag, Published on 27/04/2018
» Re: "Education sandbox: Reforming the way to reform", (Opinion, April 25).