Thai deputy PM quits over clashes

Mr Chavalit said he would take responsibility for the police intervention

A senior government minister in Thailand has resigned after violent clashes between police and protesters.

Deputy PM Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said he was stepping down to take responsibility for the clashes, which injured at least 65 people.

The unrest came just hours before new Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat delivered his inaugural speech.

Police fired teargas to disperse anti-government protesters trying to block the road leading to parliament.

The protesters say Mr Somchai and his recently ousted predecessor, Samak Sundaravej, are just proxies for former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.

Mr Thaksin, Mr Somchai's brother-in-law, was forced from office in a military coup in 2006.

The protesters have been occupying the grounds of government buildings for six weeks, but the demonstration had so far been largely peaceful.

They are members of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), a group that wants to replace the one-man, one-vote system with a system in which some of the representatives are chosen by professions and social groups rather than the general electorate.

'Necessary' police action

After a month of relative calm, the conflict which has paralysed Thailand's government has flared up again.

Police said the tear gas was "absolutely necessary"

Several thousand PAD protesters broke out of the compound where they had been staying and marched to the parliament building late on Monday.

They tried to seal off the building by putting up barriers of old tyres and barbed wire.

Maj Gen Anan Srihiran told Reuters: "It was absolutely necessary for police to use tear gas to break up the crowd."

Petpong Kumtonkitjakarn, from the Erawan Medical Centre, told the Associated Press that two protesters were seriously hurt.

"One of them lost his leg, another was hit with shrapnel in the chest," he said.

The protesters have now regrouped; they've locked some lawmakers inside the building and cut off their power supply.

The spark that re-ignited the protests was the arrest of two of the PAD's leaders over the weekend - arrests that appear to have been brought on deliberately, as both men already had warrants served on them and yet they chose to leave the safety of the compound.

The new government says it wants to start negotiations with the PAD, but it is also pushing ahead with controversial plans to amend the constitution, a key grievance of the protesters who see it as part of a plan to rehabilitate Mr Thaksin.

Mr Somchai made his debut speech to parliament on Tuesday

The alliance says the government must resign because of its links to Mr Thaksin, who lives in the UK and has requested political asylum there.

It accuses him of corruption and abuse of power while he was in office, and has also suggested that Mr Thaksin and his allies have a hidden republican agenda, a serious charge at a time when the country is beset by anxiety over the future of the monarchy.

The alliance turned its attention on Mr Somchai after he replaced Samak Sundaravej, who was dismissed in September after a court found him guilty of a conflict of interest charge for hosting a cookery programme.

Health care for women in Bangkok - understanding the difference

Various circumstances in medical research have shown that even diseases have their way of differentiating between men and women. While certain health disorders affect only women or only men (due to the obviously different body structures), other ills are common to both sexes, but their incidence is, again, a matter of delineation between the two. In a specialized Bangkok hospital, patients of both sexes will find the most appropriate treatments, in some of the world's most professional therapy environments. Such professional assistance in a Bangkok hospital carries health care to a very closely knit patient-physician relationship, which means better understanding of patient needs and better prospects of rapid recovery.

Back to the issues relating to gender distinction and frequency of diseases, it has been noticed, for instance, that heart attacks and strokes occur more recurrently with men than with women. On the other hand, for both types of health disorders, women are more expected to die from them rather than men are. Most likely, this happens because women generally experience such health issues at an older age than men do - regularly, about five to seven years later than men. Opportunely, health care for women in Bangkok, but for men as well, has gained a lot from the results of research and has reached high levels of expertise in Bangkok hospital centers.

Apart from heart diseases, Bangkok hospital units deal successfully with depression issues (generally observed to occur double the times with women as compared against the incidence with men), irritable bowel syndrome (also very frequent with women), migraine, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, osteoporosis and so on. Women also have a propensity to going through warning signs in a somewhat different manner as compared to how men experience warning signs. For instance, stern chest pain is more frequent with women in heart conditions. Even more, women are likely to react in a special way to therapy.

The specialized domain of health care for women in Bangkok assesses the impact of the main risk factors among women for a variety of health conditions. For instance, in the case of the so common heart disease, you will most likely be advised to avoid smoking, lack of exercise, contraceptive pills and guided towards the best manners of dealing with menopause, high blood fat levels, high cholesterol levels, obesity and diabetes. These are the main risk factors - the factors that increase heart disease occurrences or aggravate it where it is already present.

Indeed, smoking does not affect women alone. Tobacco determines the constriction of blood arteries both for women and for men. Chronic arterial damage is also in line if you smoke - whether you are a man or a woman. Constricted arteries and arterial damage increase the incidence of heart attacks. However, when combined with contraceptive pills, smoking can reach an amazingly higher risk degree for the heart health of women. Contraceptive medication presents a high risk of formation of blood clots; smoking also leads to the development of such clots. Now it is easy to understand why the two factors put together increase the risk of heart disease with women.

Menopause is critical because estrogen levels decrease dramatically at this point in the life of a woman. The hormone is crucial for the health of blood arteries and of the heart. To what concerns lack of exercise, cholesterol and fat levels alarmingly high, obesity and diabetes, they also have a negative impact on the health of blood arteries. Specialized personnel in the centers of health care for women in Bangkok will know how to indicate to you the best treatments of heart conditions and the best manners of staying away from the large amount of risk factors.

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Six Topics of the historical Lan Na Style in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai National Museum, this is the main traditional museum of the north of Thailand, Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai National Museum is as well the center place for education for students, workers or any kind of people who want to explore the place, tradition and culture of the northern Thailand as it is called as Lan Na Style.
Chiang Mai National Museum is divided into six topics. The topic one is the background of the natural and cultural of the Lan Na Kingdom with the geology, ecology, geography, and prehistoric settlement of the north of Thailand. The topic two is the history of the Lan Na Kingdom of Chiang Mai which is the peak of its glory and when controlled by Burma during 1555 – 1796. The topic three is the city of Chiang Mai which was under the Kingdom of Siam. It was from the time when Chiang Mai regained the freedom from Burma to the reestablishment in 1782. Topic four is the trade and economy of the Lan Na Kingdom from 1782 to 1939. Topic five is the modern way of life and social development. Topic six is the development of the Lan Na Art Style, and the history of art in Thailand from the past to the present. These are all six topics that Chiang Mai National Museum arranged for visitors to explore.
Chiang Mai National Museum is very comfortable area. Beside those main areas, there is rest area that the museum provides for visitors to rest any time during the tour. In any parts, they are explained to visitors of what are they and how they are, so that visitors can learn and understand easily.
Chiang Mai National Museum is situated in Muang District. It is in the major town of the province, so that is as well very convenience area. Public transportations are available for visitors. Chiang Mai National Museum Admission Fee is only 30 Baht per person. The museum is available on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 09.00 am – 04.00 pm.

Posted by Miss.Kanistha Rattanapisit  Thai Nationality
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