http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on traditional medicine and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/ Scientists should investigate herbal malaria remedies as they are more affordable for the very poor, the MIM meeting was told.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/herbs-have-a-role-in-fighting-malaria-conference-hears.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineFri, 06 Nov 2009 03:47:07 GMTComplementary medicine has saved the Peruvian government US$8 million in the last ten years, says a study.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/peru-complementary-medicine-cost-effective-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineThu, 22 Oct 2009 11:28:46 GMTExcitement about the potential of a plant root extract to combat swine flu is brought down to earth by a pandemics expert.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/concerns-over-herbal-swine-flu-remedy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineTue, 13 Oct 2009 12:43:20 GMTSouth African researchers are probing the AIDS-fighting potential of local plants, signalling a new alliance with healers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/scientists-and-healers-team-up-to-test-aids-remedy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineThu, 24 Sep 2009 05:31:13 GMTA successful bid by Peru to block patents based on its indigenous knowledge could inspire other nations in the fight against biopiracy.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/peru-s-patent-win-strikes-blow-against-biopiracy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineThu, 16 Jul 2009 02:28:29 GMTCould a tea made from bitter oranges and the leaves of an African tree help curb diabetes?http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/herbal-tea-gives-hope-to-diabetics.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineMon, 15 Jun 2009 02:08:28 GMTInternational bodies, governments and indigenous people must all help protect medicinal biodiversity, say Jeffrey A. McNeely and Sue Mainka.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/medicinal-biodiversity-needs-stronger-protection-e.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineWed, 29 Apr 2009 12:56:42 GMTThe anti-inflammatory properties of the traditional Amazonian medicine 'cat's claw' show promise in treating dengue fever, say scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/amazon-plant-could-tackle-dengue-fever-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineWed, 04 Mar 2009 02:56:53 GMTThe Indian government has made thousands of traditional medicines public property to curb patents by foreign companies.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/india-protects-traditional-medicines-from-patents.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineTue, 03 Mar 2009 03:07:17 GMTAlmost a third of medicinal plants could become extinct, risking lives and highlighting the need to provide incentives for protecting them.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/medicinal-plant-extinction-a-quiet-disaster-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineMon, 12 Jan 2009 02:33:14 GMTResearchers have found that more than half the plants in west Nepal have medicinal use — higher than that reported in previous studies.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/nepal-himalayas-lush-with-plants-of-medicinal-valu.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineMon, 05 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMTLaws to ensure native communities retain the rights to local knowledge are in reality a barrier to progress, says a report.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/laws-to-protect-native-knowledge-are-failing-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineFri, 28 Nov 2008 04:56:06 GMTXechem International, the US-based company that owns the rights to a promising sickle cell anaemia treatment, has filed for bankruptcy.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/bankruptcy-leaves-indigenous-sickle-cell-treatment.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineFri, 21 Nov 2008 04:34:18 GMTA Chinese company is suing the government for refusing to license its "effective" herbal HIV treatment.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/chinese-government-sued-for-denying-hiv-remedy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineThu, 20 Nov 2008 04:18:20 GMTProduction of a herbal-based sickle cell anaemia drug could be under threat as the companies involved are surrounded by allegations of corruption.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/sickle-cell-drug-mired-in-controversy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineMon, 30 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMTA round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/south-asia-news-in-brief-1-15-march-2008.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineThu, 20 Mar 2008 03:58:03 GMTAfrica and India are struggling in the fight against tuberculosis, say Richard E. Chaisson, Neil A. Martinson and Vikram Paralkar.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/uphill-struggle-against-tuberculosis.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineMon, 17 Mar 2008 03:57:19 GMTDecreasing supplies of medicinal plants are endangering South Africa's traditional medicine industry, says a report.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/traditional-medicine-supplies-falling-as-demand-ri.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineThu, 27 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMTTraditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/turning-plants-into-pills-in-kenya.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineThu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMTA research and development centre for Arab Bedouins has been reopened in southern Israel's Negev desert.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/israeli-bedouin-research-centre-gets-second-chance.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineFri, 07 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/