Traditional Chinese medicine

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

November 20, 2019Health & 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.

closeup of an acupuncturist's hands inserting needles

Is acupuncture a viable alternative to opioids for patients in pain?

September 25, 2018Health & Medicine

A mosquito is caught in a plastic box by a mosquito researcher in the eastern German town of Leipzig.

A Chinese pharmacologist who discovered a treatment for malaria in an ancient Chinese remedy gets a Nobel prize

October 5, 2015Medicine

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August 14, 2013Global Politics