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Global Alternative Medicine Industry
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Mon, 14 May 2012 04:16:00 -0700

Samples of traditional Chinese medicine are found to contain harmful ingredients
Traditional Chinese medicine is enjoying increasing popularity all over the world. But two recently published studies show that the treatments can be harmful. The papers focus attention on the fact that not all of the ingredients in TCM treatments are listed, or even legal, and that some can cause cancer. Read full article >>

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:20:25 -0700

California community fuses traditional, western medicine to help Hmong immigrants
California’s Central Valley is home to thousands of Hmong refugees from Laos, but local hospitals and doctors there have struggled to treat them. Traditionally Hmong were more likely to see a shaman than a doctor if they were sick, so many of them ended up getting treated in the emergency room. But that’s changing thanks to a program in Merced, Calif., called “Partners in Healing." A Hmong ...

Wed, 09 May 2012 10:31:35 -0700

Push for separate DGCI for traditional medicine
India could soon have two separate drug controller generals — one for allopathic medicine and the other for traditional medicine.

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:54:50 -0700

Traditional and complementary medicine seminar cum exhibition June 9-10
KUCHING: The Sarawak Traditional and Complementary Medicine Association will hold the first Sarawak Traditional and Complementary Medicine Seminar, [...]

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:28:44 -0700