As Asia Pacific emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the region plans to fall back on traditional and complementary medicine to enhance health care delivery with support from the WHO.
Nov 15, 2021
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Plants can hurt us (we see you, poison oak), but they can also heal. Many of modern medicine's powerful drugs, like aspirin, trace their roots back to leaves, bark and flowers.
May 13, 2021
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The pilot study, centered on a combination of 13 traditional medicinal compounds used in China early on in the coronavirus outbreak, will test if the mixture is safe for COVID-19 patients and whether a larger study can then ...
Mar 8, 2021
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Just as the four seasons bring changes in nature, they also impact how our bodies assimilate and metabolize food. Research indicates winter brings higher metabolic rates compared with summer, and so it calls for energy efficient ...
Feb 16, 2021
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The discovery of new drugs is vital to achieving the eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Africa and around the world. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have identified traditional ...
Dec 31, 2020
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The results of a pre-clinical study led by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest how a compound derived from the thunder god vine—an herb used in China ...
Dec 14, 2020
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The World Health Organization endorsed Saturday a protocol for testing African herbal medicines as potential treatments for the coronavirus and other epidemics.
Sep 19, 2020
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Curcumin, a natural compound found in the spice turmeric, could help eliminate certain viruses, research has found.
Jul 17, 2020
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A drink made from a bright-green fern-like plant is being promoted in African countries as the go-to cure for COVID-19.
May 21, 2020
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Guidance from the federal government is straightforward: The best way to protect yourself from COVID-19 is to avoid being exposed to the coronavirus. That guidance includes advice on how to disinfect your home, protect and ...
Apr 22, 2020
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