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Attacking the public health crisis of hepatocellular carcinoma at its roots
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract As the third most common cause of cancer‐related death worldwide with significant mortality rates in the United States, hepatocellular carcinoma has strong association with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) with a growing at‐risk population from the rise in chronic liver disease from alcohol use and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Hannah M. Lee +3 more
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Новые исследования Тувы, 2018 The article examines how “folk medicine” is practiced in the Republic of Tuva, with a special focus on the current legislation and substatutory acts. For our sources, we rely on the not-too-numerous publications on the rise and functioning of traditional
Valentina I. Kharitonova
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On Mexican Folk Medicine [PDF]
American Anthropologist, 1970 In this paper traditional medical beliefs and practices in a Mexican village are described and interpreted. The analysis focuses on the notion that health is a balance of hot and cold within the body. Several lines of evidence are used to reveal the metaphorical meanings of hot and cold, and these meanings are then seen to be related to structural ...
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From superstition to folk medicine
Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2016 n ...
Josep M. Comelles
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FOLK MEDICINE OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XX CENTURY
Вестник Брянского государственного университета, 2022 The article deals with the folk medical knowledge of the Russian North in the second half of the 20th century, which includes several subsystems.The studied issues of folk medical knowledge as a complex of rational and magical practices, as well as the ...
Mazalova N.E.
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The Concept of Wind in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2016 The use of folk medicine has been widely embraced in many developed countries under the name of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM) and is now becoming the mainstream in the UK and the rest of Europe, as well as in North America ...
Mehrab Dashtdar +4 more
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Marine Drugs, 2020 Five new perylenequinone derivatives, altertoxins VIII−XII (1−5), as well as one known compound cladosporol I (6), were isolated from the fermentation broth of the marine-derived fungus Cladosporium sp.
Fei Zhang +8 more
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Observations on plant usage in Xhosa and Zulu medicine
Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 1989 The holistic concept of Xhosa and Zulu traditional medicine and some differences from Western orthodox practice are briefly outlined. The transmission of herbal knowledge within various social groups is outlined.
A. Hutchings
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Image of a snake in Karelian folk medicine
Финно-угорский мир, 2021 Introduction. The article considers the use of animal products in Karelian folk medicine in the XIX – early XX centuries. Special attention is paid to the functions of a snake in the medical practice of Karelians in comparison with Veps, Finns and ...
Tatyana V. Pashkova
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Rahvameditsiini uurimisaine ja -meetodid [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2003 The treatise is an example of scholarly folk medicine discussions from nearly 50 years ago and provides an overview of the conclusive discussion at the I Nordic Folk Medicine Symposium, in 1961 held in Stockholm on the initiative of the Nordiska museet ...
Carl-Herman Tillhagen
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