Tag: aukkarapon
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Thai king’s medical condition has ‘overall not yet stabilized’: palace
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Aukkarapon Niyomyat BANGKOK (Reuters) – The health of Thailand's 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has “overall not yet stabilized”, the palace said on Wednesday. The statement from the palace follows one on Sunday saying the king was in an unstable condition after receiving haemodialysis treatment, which…
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Thai king’s medical condition has ‘overall not yet stabilized’: palace
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Aukkarapon Niyomyat BANGKOK (Reuters) – The health of Thailand's 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has “overall not yet stabilized”, the palace said on Wednesday. The statement from the palace follows one on Sunday saying the king was in an unstable condition after receiving haemodialysis treatment, which…
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Dying for a pee: Cape Town’s slum residents battle for sanitation
By Paola Totaro CAPE TOWN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Siphesihle Mbango was just six years old when her friend, Asenathi, begged her to go with her to the toilet then ran outside alone – and was never seen again. “We were at the crèche and she wanted me to go with her,” but I told…
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Changes in depression symptoms tied to lung cancer survival
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – – Worsening depression symptoms are associated with shorter survival for lung cancer patients, particularly those in the early stages of disease, according to a new U.S. study. Conversely, when depression symptoms lift, survival tends to improve, researchers found. “Surprisingly, depression remission was associated with a mortality benefit as they…