Authorities in Thailand condemned the creation and dissemination of a meme circulating on social networks. This image suggests that three people sold their kidneys to buy Apple’s new iPhone 14. This was reported by several international news sources on Thursday, September 22, 2022. The graphic was disseminated by an aesthetic and beauty clinic with its […]
A lecturer of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chula unveils her research on high egg white protein dietary supplement Albupro Plus, functional food for health lovers, now ready for sale. Drinking water with fiber, vitamin-enriched instant noodles, or coffee with collagen are trending functional foods that come in a variety of forms in the […]
BANGKOK, July 18 (TNA) – The Department of Disease Control expects 7,000 long acting antibody (LAAB) doses to arrive on July 25 mainly for people with chronic kidney disease. Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the department, said that as much as 98% of COVID-19 fatalities were the people who were 60 years old and over, […]
Covid-19 directly infects kidney cells and can cause severe damage to the vital organ, according to a scientific study which proves a link between serious infection and organ failure. In a report published in the scientific journal Cell Stem Cell on Friday, a group of researchers suggested that Covid-19 can cause serious complications affecting a […]
A Chula research team has developed a screening strip kit to detect the early stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that’s easy to use, yields quick results, increasing the chance of being cured for patients, and helping to cut over 10 billion baht of the ever-increasing annual healthcare costs for CKD patients. The CKD screening […]
A 64-year old man, who suffered from kidney disease, died one day after he received his AstraZeneca vaccine jab and his daughter thinks that his death might be linked to the vaccination. A joint team of police, health officials and rescue workers in Thailand’s northeastern province of Udon Thani was rushed to the house of […]
BANGKOK, 18 February 2017 (NNT) – According to the Nephrology Society of Thailand, renal failure is a common condition and has become one of the top 20 diseases found in Thailand. The Nephrology Society of Thailand and the National Health Security Office co-hosted an international conference this week to discuss causes of kidney disease and […]
A woman with kidney disease has died after receiving an experimental stem cell treatment at a private clinic in Thailand, and a postmortem examination of her kidneys revealed that the treatment was almost certainly responsible for her death. Last week we reported that Costa Rica’s health ministry had closed a stem cell clinic that catered […]
