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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine stories: 3 news summaries

 Study: Even 'Fake' 
 Acupuncture 
  Eases Back Pain 

Back pain sufferers reported less pain with or without needles being used

May 12, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Acupuncture without the puncture helped relieve back pain in a new study, Reuters reports. Researchers divided patients with chronic back pain into several groups and discovered that the groups who received conventional acupuncture with needles and those who received simulated acupuncture with toothpicks reported greater—and almost identical—pain relief... More »

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acupuncture • alternative medicine • back pain • pain relief • Chinese medicine

Chinese Remedy Could Cut Cholesterol

Red yeast rice extract
is rich in active agent
in statin drugs

Jun 10, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese supplement could help lower cholesterol in patients unable to tolerate statin drugs, ABC News reports. Extract of red yeast rice, a form of fermented rice that has been used in China for many centuries in medicine and food, is naturally rich in the active ingredient in the drugs.... More »

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heart disease • cholesterol • statins • cholesterol lowering drug • Chinese medicine

Cheap Malaria Drug Holds Promise for Millions

It's based on 2000-year-old herbal remedy

Jun 4, 08 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The lives of millions of children  may be saved by a new technique for producing a malaria drug at a 10th of the cost of current treatments, making it accessible the world's most impoverished people, reports the Independent.  The technique involves inserting a dozen synthetic genes into yeast cells,... More »

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malaria • genetic modification • artemisinin • UC Berkeley • mosquito • World Health Organization • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • genetic engineering • Chinese medicine • synthetic biology • bioreactor • Artemesia annua • wormwood • Royal Society • Jay Keasling

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