Dr. Iain Corness
Modern medicine: Man bites dog!
Medical condition in the news this year is rabies. Mind you, rabies has been around for a lot longer than this year, but it...
Modern medicine: Prostate Cancer again
I make no excuses for running another article on Prostate cancer. Fifty percent of people in Thailand are male and 98 percent of them...
Modern medicine: Cancer research – why it is ongoing
The word “cancer” strikes fear into the majority of people. Social media thrives on it with people urged to “share” and put on their...
Modern medicine: Mobile Phones in the gun-sights again?
It is a New Year, so it’s time for a health discovery and a health warning to follow. This began with the advice of...
Modern medicine: “How are you?”
I was standing in the queue at the local 7-Eleven when an attractive young lady, whom I swear I had never seen before, put...
Back Pains? Get down on your hands and knees
One of the commonest ailments to result in a GP consultation is low back pain. The cause of this is locked in the history...
Modern Medicine: Thank you Dr Jenner
With the world-wide Pandemic (in some situations ‘pandemonium’) caused by the Covid-19 virus, vaccines were quickly developed which would produce an immune reaction to...
Modern medicine: When was your ‘Use-By’ date?
My dear old Mum who lived to be 94, didn’t enjoy her final years on the planet with failing eyesight (Macular degeneration) and increasing...
Is ‘healthy’ exercise really ‘healthy’?
Most people will admit they are not really fit, but there seems to be a train of thought out there that you have to...
Latest Stories
PM Anutin praises Civil Defense Volunteers as frontline force in disaster preparedness
BANGKOK, Thailand – The Prime Minister has commended Civil Defense Volunteers (CDV) as a vital force in disaster prevention and mitigation, and called for...
PM Anutin highlights gender equality and water security on World Water Day
BANGKOK, Thailand – Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul delivered a national address on World Water Day, March 22, under the theme "Water and Gender Equality,"...
Government monitors Middle East tensions as Thailand secures fuel supply and assists citizens abroad
BANGKOK, Thailand – The Joint Management and Monitoring Center for the Situation in the Middle East has reported escalating tensions in the region, along...
Thailand says fuel reserves secure for 103 days as government orders tighter market monitoring
BANGKOK, Thailand – Director-General of the Department of Energy Business (DOEB) Sarawut Kaewtathip confirmed that Thailand maintains a robust fuel reserve sufficient for 103...
Energy Ministry uses provincial Facebook pages to update public on fuel station availability
BANGKOK, Thailand – The Ministry of Energy is providing daily updates on fuel station availability nationwide through provincial Facebook pages to help the public...