Thai spice helps cut blood sugar swings
In this obesity-obsessed world, the dream ingredient must be something that tastes good enough to be a condiment or flavoring and yet somehow helps us keep our weight down. Consider hydroxycitric acid (HCA), known variously as Brindle berry or Malabar tamarind, which is used in Indian and Thai food as a condiment and flavoring agent. In Indian folk medicine as a dried powder or tea it's in...Bocavirus infection may be associated with pneumonia in Thailand, especially in children
The newly identified human bocavirus was found in nearly 5 percent of pneumonia patients in rural Thailand, mostly in very young children. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report their findings today at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases "Our preliminary data suggests that human bocavirus may be associated with pneumonia in Thailand...Abbott vs. Thailand has implications for innovation and access
story regarding its Kaletra AIDS drug and the conflict with the government of Thailand over patent protection and drug pricing. Some of you may regard this as a relatively isolated tiff between a single drug company and another developing country. Others consider this to be a...Thailand had Fewer AIDS-Related Deaths, New HIV Cases In 2005
Thailand's Ministry of Public Health has announced that the number of AIDS-related deaths in the country declined from 5,020 in 2004 to 1,640 in 2005, reports Thailand's The Nation//. The health ministry's Disease Control Department (DCD) also said there was a 10 per cent decline in the number of new HIV cases in to about 18,000 in 2005. The number of people in Thailand who...Thai Doctors Removed 421 Kidney Stones From A Single Person
A medical record was created by Thai doctors by removing about 421 kidney stones form a 60-year-old woman who had been complaining// of stomach cramps for years. Thai doctors removed 421 kidney stones, believed to be a medical record, from a 60-year-old woman who had been complaining of stomach cramps for years, media reports said Friday. Dr Wattana Parisri, director of the Som...Botulism Scare in Thailand Shakes US
In Thailand’s Northern Province of Nan Clostridium botulism disease outbreak has created a lot of confusion among the U.S. disease investigators//. US weapon specialists are put on full alert. This is because botulism, a rare yet lethal bacterial disease could potentially be used as a biological weapon. Almost 150 people in the province have been stricken by the disease. Health authorit...Thailand To Procure Botulism Antitoxin Internationally
BANGKOK - Thailand has received emergency shipments of botulism antitoxin from Canada, England and the United States after an outbreak of the disease// in which more than 100 villagers in Thailand's northern Nan province contacted botulism after they consumed contaminated bamboo shoots prepared in a traditional manner. Thawat Suntrajarn, the head of Thailand's Disease Control Department...Thailand To Test Efficacy Of Stem Cell Technology
Thailand is planning out to carry out tests to determine the efficacy of stem cell therapy in curing heart disease, local media reported on Sunday. The program designed to study 40 heart patients will be a //joint effort by the Department of Medical Sciences, Mahidol University and the Cardiac Institute of Thailand. Pongpan Vongmanee, deputy chief of the Medical Sciences Department, sa...