Dr. Iain Corness
Modern Medicine: How good is ‘internet medicine’?
When I mention ‘internet medicine’, do not confuse this with ‘internet pharmacies’. Internet pharmacies are the ones that offer you cheap willy stiffeners, while...
Modern Medicine: Insurance
Is insurance a necessary evil? The simple answer is “yes perhaps”!
We are being encouraged to take out insurance to cover our homes and vehicles....
Modern Medicine: Collar Bone fractures
A “fracture” is the interruption of a bone’s wholeness. A crack or a break in a bone is the same as a fracture. There...
Modern Medicine: Angioplasty – will you need one?
What is angioplasty? Coronary balloon angioplasty is an invasive method of opening blocked arteries that might stop blood flow to the heart, resulting in...
Modern Medicine: Will you develop Diabetes this year?
Amazingly, you survived Xmas and New Year. Well done, despite the excess parties, pies and pints. The waistline has swelled, anti-flatulents have been purchased,...
Modern Medicine: Transportation for replantation
Accountants need ten fingers, so a nine fingered one is pretty dodgy. However, every day there are people lopping off one of their ten....
Modern Medicine: Can hookworm hook you?
“Worms” are everywhere. Probably the commonest infestation of mankind. All children go through harboring worms at some stage, but usually the tiny thread worms.
Of...
Who is Dr Somchai T.shoke-satian M.D.? (Part 1)
Is this you? “I sat on my reading glasses this morning and now I can’t even read the newspaper.”
(That was me, but not these...
Modern Medicine: Why you should stay in touch with the family
We all have much to thank our family for. Just letting us grow up for starters. As an aside, if your young children are...
Modern Medicine: Genghis Khan and your children
Some medical facts: Bruises on a child’s body are often considered proof that a baby has been battered. A visible bruise on the buttocks,...
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Pattaya Prowl: No hospital on horizon
PATTAYA, Thailand - No chance the 1 million sqm Hospital City by Mabrachan Lake will be opening any time soon. The 2021 timetable promised...
His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam to pay official visit to the Kingdom...
Government Spokesperson Chai Wacharonke disclosed that His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, is scheduled to...
Thailand – Bangladesh to drive cooperation in all dimensions, at both government and public...
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Srettha Thavisin and H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of People’s Republic of Bangladesh, on April 26 witnessed the...
Power plants torched in Songkhla and Pattani
Two groups of assailants wreaked havoc by setting off explosives and igniting two biomass power plants simultaneously in the provinces of Songkhla and Pattani...
Bangkok enhances pedestrian safety and accessibility through new footpath standards
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has launched a comprehensive initiative to enhance pedestrian infrastructure across the city, introducing new durable footpath standards aimed at...