America’s new healthcare reform has certainly changed the face of the nation’s medical care system, but while the change may bring benefits to some, it also makes it harder for those seeking elective surgeries. Part of the new healthcare bill, passed in March, includes a 5% percent tax on elective...

The combination of two HIV vaccines on trail in Thailand have shown some success in protecting people from the autoimmune deficiency syndrome, AIDS. And in the hard-fought world of HIV research, that qualifies as a major breakthrough, says Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and...

Thailand is a country renowned for it’s transgender population. Home to many of the worlds best sexual reassignment surgeons, Thailand has an open and accepting culture towards those confused about their sexuality, and while many Thais may look upon ladyboys (Kathoey’s in Thai) as social misfits,...

An Indonesian women has given birth to the heaviest baby ever born in the country. The baby-boy, still unnamed, weighs 19.2 lbs (8,7kg) and is 24.4 inches (62cm) long. The boy was born by Caesarean section on Monday 21st at a public hospital in North Sumatra province. Dr. Binsar Sitanggang, a gynaecologist...

In the last week of November thousands of visitors flock to the town of Lop-Buri, Thailand, to watch and take part in the annual Monkey Festival. During the festival, locals lay out a lavish spread that the town’s 2,000 macaque residents are freely allowed to feast for the weekend. The monkeys have...

From horn cupping and medicinal mud; to bee stings, cow urine and fish facials, here are 11 of the strangest medical treatments in the world. The Lagoon Of Miracles The medicinal mud pond at the Lagoon Of Miracles in Chilca, Peru is said to cure everything from acne to rheumatism. Horn Cupping Treatment...

Since the dawn of civilization, the penis has been a symbol of power, fertility and man’s primeval instinct to mate. In the west, penis mythology has all but died out, but across Asia, a rich cultural heritage is keeping it alive. 5 Religions That Worship Penises. The Lingam The Lingam is the symbol...

Khagendra Thapa Magar, 17, is waiting to become the world’s smallest man. On his 18th birthday Khagendra will officially be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. His family had been so excited that they already made contact with Guinness to assure their son will officially take the title...

A British man has netted what’s considered the largest freshwater fish ever caught anywhere. Ian Welch, a freshwater biologist who was tagging stingrays in the Mekong region of Northern Thailand, Myanmar (Burma) and Laos, fought for 90 minutes to land the 770 pound (349 kg) stingray. Measuring 7 x 7...

Private hospitals in Thailand are now offering the chance to store stem cells found in the umbilical cord blood of newborn babies. The cord and blood inside is typically thrown aside as biological waste, but in Thailand, a country far from the political views and opinions of the western world, many parents...