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Regulator could strip alternative medicine charities of their status
British Homeopathic Association believes complementary and alternative medicine charities are being unfairly targeted by Charity Commission reviewCharities that promote unproven treatments for sick patients could be stripped of their charitable status under proposals being considered by the UK government ’s regulator.The Charity Commission is reviewing how it decides which organisations qualify as charities – a status that brings authority as well as tax breaks – after it received complaints that some organisations make unfounded claims about complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 18, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Alternative medicine Charities Science Health & wellbeing Society Life and style Science and scepticism Homeopathy Source Type: news
Thoughts on the importance of government regulated Chinese medicine terminology standardization
AbstractThe applications of a standardized Chinese medicine (CM) terminology are ultimately the translation and publication of literature, education, as well as scholarly and legal communication. Over the past 20 –30 years the amount of published CM literature, including clinical and experimental research, has increased exponentially. In addition, the numbers of professionally trained Western CM scholars and clinicians have been continuously rising, and they are now forming a considerable academic force th at should be taken seriously. Because of the continuous advancements of CM abroad, there is a strong demand for the ...
Source: Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine - June 3, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Between Colonial, National, and International Medicine: The Case of Bejel.
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In the 1920s and 1930s, doctors stationed in the Middle East and North Africa debated whether bejel, a form of endemic syphilis, was an Arab version of syphilis, or a separate disease altogether. Using their clinical experience in the region, they tried to weave this unfamiliar phenomenon into a civilizational narrative, which placed European civilization at the top of a hierarchy. The assumption was that there was something inherent to Islamic societies and their hygienic habits that accounted for this difference. After World War II, the eradication of bejel was declared to be one of the objectives of bo...
Source: Bulletin of the History of Medicine - December 27, 2017 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Kozma L Tags: Bull Hist Med Source Type: research
Zimbabwe:Govt Okays Traditional Medicine for Cancer Patients
[New Zimbabwe] Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo says government will not stop any cancer patient from turning to traditional medicine on top of the clinical treatment they were receiving from public health institutions.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 5, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
What Could the Midterm Elections Mean for Physicians? What Could the Midterm Elections Mean for Physicians?
The November 6 midterms could support the Trump administration ' s healthcare policy or further the government ' s gridlock. Experts weigh in on the election ' s potential effects.Medscape Business of Medicine
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - October 9, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Identifying strengths and weaknesses of the integration of biomedical and herbal medicine units in Ghana using the WHO Health Systems Framework: a qualitative study
The use of herbal medicines in developing countries has been increasing over the years. In Ghana, since 2011, the government has been piloting the integration of herbal medicine in 17 public hospitals. However...
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - October 22, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Bernard Appiah, Isaac Kingsley Amponsah, Anubhuti Poudyal and Merlin Lincoln Kwao Mensah Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Ghana: Annual Symposium On Plant Medicine Held in Accra
[Ghanaian Times] The annual symposium of the Centre for Plant Medicine Research (CPMR) was held in Accra yesterday, with a call on the government to initiate policies to prevent the depletion of the country's forest resource.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 9, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Genetics and genomic medicine in Iran
Attention has been focused on the field of genetics and genomics in Iran in recent years and some efforts have been enforced and implemented. However, they are totally not adequate, considering the advances in medical genetics and genomics in the past two decades around the world. Overall, considering the lack of medical genetics residency programs in the Iranian health education system, big demand due to high consanguinity and intraethnic marriages, there is a lag in genetic services and necessity to an immediate response to fill this big gap in Iran. As clarified in the National constitution fundamental law and re ‐emp...
Source: Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine - February 27, 2019 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Babak Behnam,
Maryam Zakeri Tags: GENETICS AND GENOMIC MEDICINE AROUND THE WORLD Source Type: research
Nigeria: Minister Warns Nigerians Seeking to Study Medicine in Ukraine
[Premium Times] The Federal Government has warned Nigerians seeking to study medicine in Ukraine to ensure the authenticity of the institution.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 10, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ethiopia: 5.2 Billion Birr Medicine for IDPs
[Reporter] The government of Ethiopia is in the process of buying a 5.2-billion-birr medicine in fear of potential epidemic outbreak at camps where Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) are sheltered. This was disclosed at a press briefing by the head of Prime Minister's Press Secretariat, Nigussu Tilahun on Thursday May 10, 2019.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 13, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Swaziland: More Deaths in Swaziland As Government Fails to Pay Medicine Suppliers
[Swazi Media] People have died in Swaziland / eSwatini as medicine has run out because the government has not paid suppliers.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 14, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lagos Seals 24 Pharmacies, Patent Medicine Stores
[Premium Times] The Lagos State Government says it has sealed 24 pharmacies and patent medicine stores in various parts of the state for illegal operation and operating beyond scope of pharmaceutical practice.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 9, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Native Medicine Tap in Progress
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi said government was in the process of tapping on indigenous medicine to help treat some non-communicable diseases. President Masisi said this during a meeting with US Congressman Michael McCaul of Global Health Act in Gaborone on February 20. Congressman McCaul is leading a delegation to Botswana which has so far visited Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence which offers cancer care and free treatment to HIV infected children, adolescents and young adults.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Emergency Rule: How to Bill for Telehealth and COVID-19 Tests Emergency Rule: How to Bill for Telehealth and COVID-19 Tests
The federal government has opened up more telehealth options to physicians nationwide. Here ' s how to properly code and bill for those encounters as well as coronavirus tests.Medscape Business of Medicine
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - March 20, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Opportunities and challenges of traditional Chinese medicine going abroad for COVID-19 treatment
We appreciate the work that Kai Zhang has done to highlight the treatment of COVID-19 in China via the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) [1]. COVID-19 initially occurred in China at the end of December 2019 [2]. The Chinese government began to build many shelter hospitals in Hubei Province to treat patients with COVID-19, and medical workers from all over the country rushed to Wuhan to provide assistance [3]. Among the medical staff supporting Hubei Province, there were more than 4500 members of China's TCM system.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - June 4, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Xiao-qing Huang, Meng-Yun Zhou, Yong-ran Cheng, Lan Ye, Ming-Wei Wang, Juan Chen, Li-jun Zhao, Zhan-hui Feng Source Type: research
