BANGKOK – Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reported that 5 medicines containing valsartan are being recalled over their potential links to cancer, experts...
BANGKOK – Thailand has issued ministerial order by the Public Health Ministry banning the production, import and distribution of food containing trans fat. The order which...
NEW YORK – Talcum Powder Giant Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women and their families who had claimed that...
LOS ANGELES – A settlement has been reached between Colgate-Palmolive and a Southern California man who claimed in a lawsuit that he developed cancer by...
BANGKOK – The Ministry of Public Health is working with other ministries to reduce teen pregnancy, following statistics that Thais under the age of 20...
Ask anyone, what’s the greatest medical risk of dying? And they’ll answer heart attack. The correct answer is a blood clot (thrombosis) that occurs in the...
BOSTON – Flight attendants and flight crew may have a higher risk of developing several types of cancer — including breast and skin — than the general...
CHIANG RAI – A surgeon at Chiang Rai’s Prachanukroah Hospital has reportedly removed a cattle leech from the throat of a young Lao boy at...
CHIANG RAI – You may have heard the words “self-care” a lot lately as a lifestyle and wellness topic and wonder what the fuss is about...
The Public Health Ministry is warning Thais to beware of the rising risk of pneumonia during the rainy season, particularly among both young and elderly...
How Many Calories Do You Need to Consume a Day? There are many trends and theories about how much and what foods we need to eat...
BANGKOK – If you were to ask the people of Bangkok what problems they most earnestly want the city to solve, most respondents would point...
BANGKOK – The Tobacco Authority of Thailand plans to introduce (Target) its Chinese cigarettes to the market in October, targeting the increasing number of Chinese...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Education Ministry will now include a test on sex education and life skills in the Ordinary National Educational Test (Onet) from this...
Everyone experiences some sickness from time to time, and usually we have remedies on hand to help ourselves get better. But while we all know...
CHIANG RAI – The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is calling upon Thai nationals covered by any healthcare benefits to get a seasonal influenza vaccination...
BANGKOK – Ministry of Public Health Thursday upgraded sibutramine (formerly sold under the brand name Meridia) to a psychotropic substance in a bid to prevent...
BANGKOK – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha Military installed government the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) hostility towards universal health coverage is planning reforms...
LONDON – For decades, experts warned that eating eggs raises levels of unhealthy cholesterol. But a study Tuesday said an egg a day may actually...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Department of Disease Control is preparing to launch a new campaign to raise public awareness of hypertension, in celebration of World Hypertension...