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A clinic for Bangkok’s poor, ailing masses -- backpackers included
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A clinic for Bangkok’s poor, ailing masses -- backpackers included

Deadly dog bites, STDs and pregnancy scares. One kind-hearted man’s clinic near Khao San Road deals with it all, and for free
Learning to be happy
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Learning to be happy

Happiness and stress are inversely correlated, according to the jovial folk at Bangkok's TRIA urban health retreat. We took a crash course in stress reduction and came out smiling
Want to guarantee the sex of your unborn child? Come to Bangkok
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Want to guarantee the sex of your unborn child? Come to Bangkok

A Melbourne woman reportedly plans to bypass Aussie rules by coming to Thailand, raising the usual ethics debates
Bangkok’s real-life body snatchers
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Bangkok’s real-life body snatchers

We go along for the ride with Bangkok's competitive merchants of death
The cutting edge: How surgery has become a top Asian attraction
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The cutting edge: How surgery has become a top Asian attraction

Where once the United States was the world's top medical tourism destination, now the tide has reversed as Asia offers high quality value-for-money hospital services
Everything you always wanted to know about sex... changes
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Everything you always wanted to know about sex... changes

A Bangkok sexual reassignment surgeon shares the graphic details behind these complex procedures
Under 18? No sex change for you
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Under 18? No sex change for you

Rather than put a damper on Bangkok's lucrative gender reassignment industry, new rules will likely give it an international boost
CNNGo Poll: Foods you'd never eat

There's nothing like a controversial food to split marriages and divide nations. Cast your vote for dishes you can't stomach.