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Riceberry could help restore hair
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/12/2025
» Researchers from Chulalongkorn University and Mahidol University are expanding a joint study into the use of Riceberry-derived compounds to address hair loss and premature greying, with a full clinical trial expected to begin early next year.
Crimes abroad
News, Postbag, Published on 17/04/2022
» Re: "US drugs trio face charges at home too", (BP, April 11).
UHC adds gene test for breast cancer
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/02/2022
» Now that the cost of testing for an inherited gene variant that significantly increases a woman's risk of breast cancer is covered under the universal health coverage (UHC) scheme, the country's ability to detect the disease earlier will improve vastly, health experts claim.
Govt to boost medical arsenal
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/11/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health plans to procure two types of oral Covid-19 antiviral medicine for use in Thailand to fight Covid-19 along with other treatments and vaccines.
Review antiviral plan
News, Editorial, Published on 11/10/2021
» It is a harsh reality that Covid-19 could linger for years with vaccines to tackle it neither highly effective against new variants nor accessible to everyone. The world therefore is throwing its weight behind research and development of antiviral drugs.
Dept backs pulled green chiretta study
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/08/2021
» The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine defended its study on the use of Andrographis paniculata, also known as green chiretta, to treat Covid-19 patients -- saying the herb can help patients with mild symptoms recover, despite the study's authors deciding not to publish it due to a statistical error.
Vaccine no panacea
News, Postbag, Published on 24/11/2020
» In "Will vaccines end our economic slump?" Chartchai Parasuk reveals a sobering economist's view of Thailand's future prospects (Opinion, Nov 19).
Death penalty ineffective
News, Editorial, Published on 21/03/2018
» US President Donald Trump is exploring options including the use of capital punishment to battle a new and deadly epidemic of drug abuse. So many Americans have died while abusing the world's most powerful opioids that the outbreak has reduced average US life expectancy by two years. The trafficking of drugs like oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl and the like has resisted standard "war on drugs" enforcement, and the US government is floundering and grasping at promised solutions.