Health Briefs - New Treatment for Fighting Cancer Cells

Study shows new "decoy" cells effective in fighting cancer cells There's good news in the fight against cancer. A new study published in Clinical Cancer Research reports on the success of French researchers using a molecular "decoy" to trick cancer cells into self-destructi...

1/24/2009 7:36:55 AM

Digestive Diagnosis Goes Hi-Tech

Gastroscopy When is Gastroscopy used? Gastroscopy is used to examine the esophagus and stomach of patients with persistent but unexplained stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, heartburn or difficulty swallowing. It's also used to determine the source of bleeding in the upper...

1/17/2010 6:56:19 AM

Hepatitis B Vaccine

Hepatitis B is a contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Hepatitis B is transmitted when blood, semen, or another body fluid from an infected person enters the body of an uninfected person. This can happen through sexual contact; sharing razors, too...

1/14/2025 4:01:54 AM

Hepatitis B Threat Grows for Millions in Thailand and Asia

The hepatitis B virus has been around for generations, but it receives relatively little attention from the media or from the public at large. Most people are unaware that they're infected, and the serious, sometimes deadly consequences can take decades to appear. But make ...

1/20/2008 4:26:46 AM

Amazing Journey of Pregnancy | Bumrungrad’s Women Center

Women's Center 8.00-20.00 (BKK Time) Hot line tel. +66 63 189 3406 20.00-8.00 (BKK Time) Contact center +662 066 8888 and 1378

1/5/2021 4:16:23 AM

Preventing Cancer Requires a Plan

For all the progress that’s been made in the fight against cancer, the numbers are still alarming. By next year, ancer is expected to overtake heart disease and become the leading cause of death worldwide. And Thailand’s National Cancer Institute reported nearly 60,000 new c...

1/24/2009 7:32:35 AM

A HEARTFELT MISSION

An interdisciplinary approach to heart disease Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the world. And particularly with Thailand’s rapidly ageing society, and the rise of diabetes, hypertension and NCD, it will continue to be the leading cause of death fo...

6/22/2022 6:56:18 AM

Amidst Heart Failure: A Journey of Hopeful Treatment

Mr. Steven Gerhard Anderson shares with a bright smile, "Today, I feel much better than I did 8 months ago... There's no 100% guarantee of how long I'll live, whether it's another 5 years or 10 years, but as long as my doctors continue to treat me and my condition remains sta...

2/27/2024 2:59:03 AM

Effective Blood Sugar Control Can Save Diabetes Patients From Eye Surgery

Effective blood sugar control can save diabetes patients from eye surgery One of diabetes’ most serious and debilitating complications is eye damage, such as cataracts , central serous chorioretinopathy, or diabetic retinopathy . These conditions tend to strik...

1/1/2015 4:35:47 AM

Biliary Obstruction Explained

What you need to know about jaundice and biliary obstruction While jaundice may sound familiar to most people, one of its possible causes — biliary obstruction — should not be ignored. Jaundice’s familiar symptoms – yellow-tinted eyes, skin and urine – can be caused by a...

1/18/2014 4:29:03 AM

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