Weighty problem

Amnuayporn Thongprapai, weighing almost 275kg, greets members of the public after she is lifted from her third-floor apartment in Kannayao district by an elevator. APICHART JINAKUL Getting 40-year-old Amnuayporn Thongprapai from her third floor room to hospital was not just a matter of calling an ambulance.
It took a special hydraulic elevator, a large pallet on wheels and the dismantling of her room’s balcony.
You see, Ms Amnuayporn weighs almost 275kg and she can’t walk. In fact, before yesterday, she hadn’t left her room in three years.
She was badly in need of help. According to Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra, who was present during the transfer, she has high blood pressure in addition to her weight problems, two cysts on one leg and bedsores.
Doctors believe her condition was caused by an abnormal function of the thyroid gland.
Deputy Bangkok Governor Malinee Sukhavetchavorakij said a team of doctors headed by the BMA General Hospital director would care for Ms Amnuayporn.
Her hospital stay is expected to last for one year and will be paid for by City Hall.

Ebola

23 August 2010
Scientists developing a drug to treat the Ebola virus have been given permission to test it on humans. Authorities in the United States approved limited clinical trials after the treatment was shown to be effective in monkeys.
ReporterIain Mackenzie

Ebola is even more deadly to monkeys than humans. If they get it they die. However in tests, the new treatment cured 60% of them. It also proved 100% effective in dealing with the closely-related Marburg virus. The hope is that these results will be replicated or even bettered when the drug is given to humans.
Ebola has killed around 1,200 people since it was discovered during the mid-1970s in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo. So far, outbreaks have been limited to Africa where it's thought to be carried by fruit bats.
Ebola can be transmitted through contact with bodily fluids. Symptoms include nausea and vomiting, with victims suffering internal bleeding and organ failure before they die. The virus's high mortality rate has led to fears that it could be used in bioterrorism.
Funding for research into Ebola was stepped up in the United States following the attacks of September 11th 2001. The new treatment has been developed by the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, along with a private company called AVI-BioPharma. Details of the research appear in the science journal Nature Medicine.

Miss Thailand Universe 2010

Fonthip Watcharatrakul ,nicknamed Pook Look (born July 19, 1990 in Bang Bo, Samut Prakan) is Miss Thailand Universe 2010. Fontip Watcharatrakul was crowned Miss Thailand Universe 2010 by Chutima Durongdej, Miss Thailand Universe 2009. Fontip Watcharatrakul stands 5'7" (170cm) represented Thailand in the Miss Universe 2010 ;))

Biography
Watcharatrakul was born and raised in Bang Bo, Samut Prakan.
She was primarily educated from Ratwinit Bangkaeo school in Samut Prakan, Thailand.
She is currently studying for her Bachelor of Law degree at Assumption University in Thailand

Pageantry
Watcharatrakul was crowned Miss Thailand Universe 2010 on March 20, 2010.
In August 2010, she represented Thailand in Miss Universe 2010 held at Las Vegas and won two special awards: Miss Photogenic and Best National Costume award.

How to made sandwich ;))