Cancer is a disease that is a major public health problem here in Thailand. According to the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, cancer is the number one cause of death in the country. It has also been found that there are an average of 336 new cases per day or an average of 122,757 people per year, with 215 deaths per day or 78,540 annually.

When it comes to losing weight, the key is determination. Losing weight successfully is inspirational and at the same time helps one to build and gain self-confidence. Some people are motivated by good health and longevity, while some just focus on looking good.

As the world focus on COVID, here in Thailand, we too seem to forget the pollution problem we have.  Toxic micro-dust known as PM2.5 was the key driving factor to the increase in sales and trendiness of the mask wearing fashion way before Wuhan brought COVID to the world. 

Today, we live in a world full of health risk. This is especially so with the global COVID-19 situation and lack of medicaments to prevent or fight it. Therefore, we cannot reject any form of possible measures that can benefit our health or reduce our chances of being infected. 

Of late, there had been a lot of hype about how the plant Andrographis paniculata or also lovingly know as Fah Talai Jone (as in picture above) here in Thailand can play a part in protecting one from COVID-19. Let us explore this further and look deeper into the medicinal properties and health benefits it brings together with Dr. Songsaeng Karnchanavisitphol (Expert in German traditional medicine, integrative and anti-aging Specialist).

Hypothyroidism, or what some people call underactive thyroid gland or thyroid deficiency, is a condition when there is a depletion or lack of thyroid from underactive thyroid glands in the body, or the body is unable to create thyroid hormones due to disease from the thyroid gland itself, which is called Primary Hypothyroidism. When the disease comes from the pituitary gland or the hypothalamus and affects the function of the thyroid gland, it is called Secondary Hypothyroidism.

Physician with specialty of integrative medicine and anti-aging medicine Degenerative disease means the degeneration of one organ or one system, or the whole body as a result of cell degeneration.