Category Archives: Alternative Medicine

China makes health capsules with human baby flesh

South Korea has intensified a crackdown on the smuggling of capsules from China containing the powdered flesh of dead babies, taken by some as a cure for disease or a way to boost sexual performance, a customs official said Tuesday. … Continue reading

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First oral supplement may treat wet macular degeneration and restore lost vision

Nutriceutical offers hope to those facing blindness There may be new found hope for patients whose vision is threatened when medicine injected directly into the eyes fails to cause abnormal blood vessels to recede. While injectable drugs called angiogenesis (an-gee-oh-jen-esis) … Continue reading

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Eastern medicine: Massage has therapeutic effects

  Massages are not just for pampering at spas and beauty parlors, according to Dr. Huynh Tan Vu, a lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine. Dr. Vu says that traditional eastern medicine has long proven that … Continue reading

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WSJ: Chinese Medicine Goes Under the Microscope

Scientists studying a four-herb combination discovered some 1,800 years ago by Chinese herbalists have found that the substance enhances the effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with colon cancer. Early studies show a traditional four-herb combination has cancer-treatment benefits. The herbs … Continue reading

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Dr. Wade Brackenbury, first chiropractor practices in Vietnam

While other doctors seemed to have more advantages working at already established organizations in Vietnam, it was a bit more challenging for Dr. Wade Brackenbury, an American physician who both practices medicine and runs his own business. Opening his own chiropractic … Continue reading

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