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Oncology & Cancer

New research set to improve traditional Chinese cancer treatment

Dried skin secretions from toads could soon be used in a treatment for the benefit of cancer patients.

Mar 9, 2017

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Neuroscience

Novel Chinese herbal medicine JSK improves spinal cord injury outcomes in rats

A new study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that Chinese herbal medicine Ji-Sui-Kang (JSK), given systemically for three weeks after injury in rats, improved locomotor function, reduced tissue ...

Aug 19, 2013

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New anti-malaria drug findings reported

Artemisinin is derived from the leaves and flowers of the annual mugwort (Artemisia annua), and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. Chinese researcher Tu Youyou recently tested its effectiveness, ...

Jan 30, 2019

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Obstetrics & gynaecology

Does taking traditional Chinese medicine during pregnancy increase the risk of birth defects?

New research published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica has revealed a link between the use of traditional Chinese medicine during pregnancy and congenital malformations, including heart defects, in children.

Apr 19, 2023

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

More than half of COVID-19 patients have post-disease syndrome, finds research

The School of Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) found that 55% of the patients who sought medical treatment from the HKBU Chinese Medicine Telemedicine Center Against COVID-19 during the fifth wave of ...

Nov 10, 2023

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chinese turn to traditional remedies to fight COVID

As COVID-19 rips through China's vast population, making millions sick and fuelling a shortage of drugs, many are turning to old-school traditional medicines to battle the aches and pains of the virus.

Jan 20, 2023

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Medical research

'Gifts' from Chinese herbal medicine

Derived from a herb used to treat fevers some 1,700 years ago, the anti-malaria drug artemisinin is one of many treatments plucked from the treasure chest of ancient Chinese medicine and repackaged for a modern age.

Oct 6, 2015

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Medications

'Angong Niuhuang Wan' could reduce the side effects of thrombolytic therapy and extend therapeutic window for stroke

A research team led by Professor Shen Jiangang from the School of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) reveals that Angong Niuhuang Wan (AGNHW), a classical Chinese medicinal formula, ...

Feb 15, 2023

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Overweight & Obesity

Traditional Chinese medical herb may offer new anti-obesity strategy

Overweight and obesity have become a severe public health problem around the world. Current anti-obesity strategies are mainly aimed at restricting calorie intake and absorption. Now, Chinese scientists suggest in a new study ...

Nov 21, 2019

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