Pets bring joy to many families, but high levels of stress to vets. A whitepaper reveals that 58 per cent of Thai veterinarians work 50 hours or more per week, which is among the highest in Southeast Asia.
With cases of hypertension, the leasing cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD), on the rise, the Thai Hypertension Society is encouraging everyone to check their blood pressure under its new health campaign “CheCKD Now”.
The latest figures released during the World Diabetes Congress held by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in Bangkok this week show that 11.6 per cent of Thais , approximately 6.5 million Thai adults, are living with diabetes.
At the end of the harvest season in the 4th lunar month, it’s time for Boon Pha Wet, one of the biggest merit-making traditions of people in the Northeast of Thailand.
