Enhanced technologies and research standards for plant research could help strengthen the contribution of traditional Chinese medicine to drug discovery. Plants can be frustratingly inconsistent.

A man in China who felt unwell and consulted a woman with a reputation for healing with acupuncture – despite not being formally trained – died after the treatment went horribly wrong.

52 Many unmet needs exist in the field of fibroid medicine, including a risk-prediction model; a staging system; large, randomized, comparative-effectiveness clinical trials; and methods for ...

But the cause of these issues is often surprisingly common: fibroids. Given just how many women develop fibroids (the NHS suggests around two in three women will develop at least one fibroid at ...

Thirteen indicators were used to calculate Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative ...

Uterine fibroids are the most common type of benign pelvic tumor amongst reproductive age women. They have a disproportionate impact on not only African American women but the diaspora as well. While ...

Participants attend a lecture on acupuncture during an event featuring traditional Chinese medicine at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. LIAN YI/XINHUA GENEVA — "I was ...

Uterine fibroids are benign (not cancerous) growths in the uterus. Also known as leiomyomas, fibroids affect most women at some point in their lives. They generally cause no symptoms or health ...

The majority of women with uterine fibroids are asymptomatic, consequently get less clinical attention and fibroid tumors often remain undiagnosed. [23,24] Symptomatic women typically complain ...

Uterine fibroids can cause constipation, especially if they are large or located in certain parts of the uterus. Fibroids are noncancerous growths that can form in or around the uterus.

Estrogen and progesterone may increase the risk for fibroids. During menopause, these hormonal levels are lower, reducing your risk for new fibroids. But, several menopausal factors may promote ...

with personal or close-lived experience of the condition – and racial ignorance and racism in medicine – contributes to ...