Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Editor’s Note

Amidst conflicts and changes in politics, climate and environment of our world, health sciences and alternative medicine have still been driven by the results from high-quality research papers conducted in varied settings around the world. The editorial team of AMJAM which includes Thai and international editors commit to select and publish great research articlesinAMJAM to disseminate advanced and evolving knowledge in the fields of medicine and alternative medicine to its readers. We are now in the process of quality improvement to be well-recognized as an international journal and eventually be accepted in world-renowned scientific citation databases. This process may take some time and our readers will notice these changessoon. For this current issue,AMJAM publishes original articles addressing anti-inflammatory property of different Thai traditional medicine remedies and impact of pterygium, one of the most common eye diseases on tear and dry eye symptoms. Brief research paper should be of interest for those taking care of preschool children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, while the case report section illustrates the interesting cases of warthin-like papillary thyroid carcinoma and hypertrophic pachymeningitis from neuro-behçet’s disease.

Thana Khawcharoenporn, M.D., M.Sc.
Professor of Medicine
Editor-in-Chief
Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine (AMJAM)