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A woman's face with needles in it

Chinese medicine is getting WHO recognition. Some doctors are alarmed.

Health & Medicine

For the first time, The World Health Organization is including a section on traditional Chinese medicine in its upcoming guide for diagnosing and classifying diseases. 

Farmer Pepe Casanas poses with a scorpion near his armpit in Los Palacios, Cuba.

Scorpion venom? This Cuban farmer swears by it.

Health & Medicine
Yoga class in Washington, DC

If you’re looking for the one true yoga, you’re out of luck

Health & Medicine

The things people do for faith

Lifestyle & Belief

Yoga Now Standard Treatment for Vets with PTSD

Conflict & Justice
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