Medical articles
Treatment that does not compromise on pain
Kantaphong Thongrong, MD ⎮Dr. PYONG
Rehabilitation medicine specialist
Kantaphong Thongrong, MD, or Dr. PYONG, founder and chief executive of PYONG Rehabilitation Group and a specialist in rehabilitation medicine, sets out the thinking and the philosophy behind how he cares for patients, particularly those living with chronic pain, along with what he sees in the potential of technology to change the quality of life of people in Thailand in years to come — with quality of life and happiness as the highest goal
Alzheimer's and preventing dementia
Tara Rak-areekul, MD | Dr. Mink
Specialist in the nervous system and the brain
Thai society is ageing fast. Dementia, and Alzheimer's disease in particular, affects not only the patient's quality of life but weighs heavily on carers, on families and on society as a whole. Tara Rak-areekul, MD, or Dr. Mink, a specialist in the nervous system and the brain, underlines how important it is to look after "the brain's potential", or cognitive function, and why prevention is the most effective and worthwhile strategy of all
Inspiration and philosophy at work: a whole-person approach to caring for older people
Ornicha Thititagul, MD⎮Dr. Faangkaow
Specialist in geriatric medicine
Caring for older people is not only about treating disease, but about lifting quality of life and the capacity to live as high as it can go. Ornicha Thititagul, MD, or Dr. Faangkaow, a specialist in geriatric medicine, focuses on caring for older people as whole persons
Encouragement you can hold on to, in neurological rehabilitation
Somjet Tosamran, MD ⎮Dr. Toon
Specialist in neurology
The severity of neurological disease, particularly conditions that leave a patient unable to live, work or do things as they used to, can turn a life upside down in the space of a second. For Dr. Toon, as the doctor caring for these patients, being part of what gives a patient a better quality of life is the strongest motivation and the greatest value there is
Rehabilitation medicine and neurological conditions
Patthama Likitwittaya, MD⎮Dr. Pingping
Rehabilitation medicine specialist
Dr. Pingping, a rehabilitation physician, shares a powerful view of the discipline of recovery, which she likens to a "miracle" that lets patients who have lost the ability to live their lives stand on their own feet again. She sees rehabilitation medicine as the team whose work is to lift a patient's quality of life and ability back as close to what it was as possible
A psychiatrist on mental health — sleep problems affect one in three people in Thailand
Naphat Sirinimnualkul, MD ⎮Dr. Ken
Specialist in psychiatry and sleep medicine
Dr. Ken sets out what psychiatry really covers, the figures on mental health in Thailand, and why looking after mental wellbeing alongside the body matters
Dr. Ken shares a striking figure: around one in three people in Thailand has insomnia, and the rate climbs with age, with sleep problems usually arriving hand in hand with problems of mood
A cardiologist on whole-person care
Wissarut Sakulpaptong, MD⎮Dr. Vogue
Specialist in cardiology and vascular medicine
Wissarut Sakulpaptong, MD (Dr. Vogue), a specialist in cardiology and vascular medicine, offers a view of medicine in which every field has it in them to change how humanity lives
"We treat people. We don't only treat disease"
- Dr. Vogue
Women's health and the years of transition
Praewfun Surachai, MD⎮Dr. Praewfun
Specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology
Dr. Praew sets out how important it is to care for women at every stage of life, and particularly through the transition into menopause in an ageing society, arguing that understanding and managing that transition well is the key to a long and happy life
Rehabilitation medicine and stroke
Napassorn Khumchum, MD⎮Dr. Ing
Rehabilitation medicine specialist
"If we can treat a patient so that they can do things again, even just their daily routine a little better, so that they can live without feeling like a sick person — that is their hope, that our treatment can make them better"
- Dr. Ing
Cardiac rehabilitation and rehabilitation medicine
Sirinda Kittiprachakul, MD⎮Dr. Ning
Rehabilitation medicine specialist
Sirinda Kittiprachakul, MD, a rehabilitation physician, describes why cardiac rehabilitation matters: it is the discipline that aims to get patients with heart conditions back to ordinary daily life, including the activities they love, without feeling that the illness is a limit on them
Rehabilitation medicine and giving quality of life back to patients with office syndrome
Rawipa Khunnarong, MD⎮Dr. Praew
Rehabilitation medicine specialist
Dr. Praew, a rehabilitation physician specialising in pain, talks about the challenge of treating chronic pain and how much changing behaviour matters if treatment is to produce lasting results. What drew her to medicine was being "of use in a person's life" and making them happier
The role of technology and non-surgical treatment: ultrasound guided injection
Sirada Udombhakdibongse, MD⎮Dr. Dream
Rehabilitation medicine specialist
Sirada Udombhakdibongse, MD, or Dr. Dream, a rehabilitation physician, offers the view that the discipline of recovery looks after not only the body but the mind, with whole-person care as the goal
Office syndrome: chronic pain that comes from how we live
Thanit Tundamrongpong, MD⎮Dr. Aem
Rehabilitation medicine specialist
Thanit Tundamrongpong, MD, or Dr. Aem, a specialist in rehabilitation medicine, sets out his philosophy of patient care, putting prevention first and focusing on treatment that leads to long-term results, particularly in the pain conditions that come from the way we live