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The carefree, careless days of Songkran
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/04/2017
» Tomorrow marks the first day of "seven dangerous days" of Songkran, a seasonal road safety campaign designated by the Ministry of Interior's Road Safety Directing Centre to observe road accidents and death toll during long holidays to raise awareness regarding driving safely.
The good, the bad and the sad
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 26/12/2016
» Only five more days till we start counting down to a new year. Of course, this moment of festive spirit is a time to celebrate. It is the season filled with gifts, cakes, greeting cards, hampers, new year tinsels and banners, twinkle lights, beautiful words and stuff. It is a time to plan for holidays ahead and choose which direction to move forward in the new year.
Virus message must go viral
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 12/09/2016
» When the mosquito-borne Zika virus recently wreacked havoc in many South American countries, especially hardest-hit Brazil, the world broke out in a cold sweat given the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games was about to take place.
Sugar tax just a quick fix
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/05/2016
» The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two weeks ago the biggest overhaul of the country's food nutrition labels in more than two decades. One big change will be the addition of a line for "added sugar" below the line for total sugar.
Declaring war on diseases
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 01/02/2016
» One month into 2016 and there's already been lots of signs that this is going to be another tough year for both global and national public health. First, let's just start with the Department of Disease Control's forecast that there will be another major dengue outbreak this year in Thailand, with the number of infected cases nationwide expected to reach 7,500 per month. In rainy season, monthly figures could skyrocket to 25,000.
A talisman called mindfulness
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 06/01/2016
» Besides resolutions to exercise more, smoke less and get better organised, another most discussed New Year topic is about the inauspicious year or what's known amongst Thais as <i>pee chong</i>.
End this feverish media frenzy
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 26/11/2015
» It looks like the entertainment news correspondents, who are spending day after day at Ramathibodi Hospital covering the fate of Channel 3 actor Thrisadee "Por" Sahawong, whose life is now hanging by a thread due to severe dengue haemorrhagic fever, have finally learned how to respect the rights and privacy of the 37-year-old heartthrob.
Don't believe the hashtag hype
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 21/08/2015
» Kim Kardashian has over 42 million followers on Instagram -- the equivalent of the combined population of Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. So whenever she hits her keypad and opines on her social network account, it definitely has an impact on her fans in one way or another. And that is probably the reason why the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) felt extra worried after they saw the 34-year-old American TV personality, who is now five months pregnant with her second baby, posted on her personal Instagram account earlier this month about how she coped with, as she put it, #morningsickness.
The dangers of diet pills
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 24/09/2015
» Only once in a blue moon does Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have a campaign that hits right between the eyes of Thai consumers. But with its recently launched video clip about the danger of diet pills, it seems the FDA has done something right.
Stockpile good habits, not water
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/07/2015
» Water tanks and bottled drinking water have suddenly become Thailand's most sought-after items as the country's drought crisis exacerbates. Late last month, the Provincial Waterworks Authority announced that this year's average rainfall is the lowest it has been in 30 years, meaning that the current drought is also worse.