tcm

Didn't know about this one: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/04/us-korea-roh-idUSTRE7434TZ20110504 Saw it here first: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/acupuncturists-unconvincing-attempt-at-damage-control/

From here: PhD girl is killed by Chinese treatment I'm not claiming that evidence based medicine is perfect and errors can't happen, but this here is the really scary part about these "traditional" remedies: (bolding mine) They couldn't even find out what ingredients and substances were in...

While browsing the Daily Wail web site I found this not bad article on Chinese Medicine. Seems like there is still a bit of healthy scepticism lurking within some of their journalists after all.

I am a filmmaker making a documentary film about Traditional Chinese Medicine (or TCM). Are there any health professionals out there based near London (or visiting in February)who are strongly opposed to the supposed benefits of TCM and would like to use my film as a platform, if so I would very...

Good to see skeptics taking a stance in China: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061111.wxmedicine11/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home ...and the market focus will increasingly be shifted to the West where unregulated Traditional Chinese Medicine outlets are already...

I've been doing quite a bit of research into seahorses, as I'm planning on getting a pair or two for a species tank in Sept or so. Anyway, turns out that there is a huge problem with trade in seahorses for TCM (as there is for other threatened/endangered species). So I'm reading up on the "Take...

I found this article at the SF Chronicle today, http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/25/MNG9ACEIJF1.DTL TCM says that because the gall bladder and bile is purple that it has power. I am not some hysterical animal rights activist but in this case the poachers are going too...