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Health: Integrating modern & traditional medicine

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Bringing together traditional and modern medicine faces numerous challenges that stem from differences in how each is practiced, evaluated and managed. What are researchers doing to bridge the gap?

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Traditional medicine matters

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Merging medicine

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New methods, old drugs

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Mixing old and new

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