Posted by: ronakorn on: April 5, 2009
Sweltering weather can lead to swooning as the body sweats too much, according to the public health ministry. People who work in the sunlight are suggested to drink 8-15 glasses of clean water per day. Fainting is caused by high heat. Swooning people should be taken into the shade to get the first-aid help. Long [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: March 21, 2009
The number of Thai people injured by the electric shock and thunder was averagely 11,060 per year. The death toll was 548 per year. The number of injured people and death toll increased more though many electrical appliances were with high safety technology, according to public health ministry’s spokesman Dr. Supan Srithamma. It was reported [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: March 11, 2009
10.2 percent of Thai women began smoking at the age of less than 12 years and 40 percent smoked everyday. Cigarette companies used new strategies to persuade female teenagers to smoke more, according to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). There were up to 500,000 female smokers in Thailand. Cigarettes were found to shorten life [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: March 7, 2009
Delegates from the World Health Organization (WHO) joined ASEAN tobacco-controlling organizations’ representatives to seek measures to prevent interference in cigarette-controlling policy. A joint meeting took place on February 27. ASEAN delegates included countries such as Japan, Mongolia and the Philippines. Strategies were set so that they would reach the goal of preventing government agencies from [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: January 1, 2009
The number of Thai children who develop diabetes tends to increase more at the rate of 200 per day, according to the public health ministry. Dr. Praj Boonyavongviroj, permanent secretary for public health, said diabetes disease is becoming the health problem worldwide. It tends to become more serious since more patients, especially children and youths, [...]
