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Folk Medicine

Assigning itself a Herculean task, the World Health Organization took the first step today toward becoming the global watchdog over unconventional medicine. The organization, a branch of the United Nations, has long focused on Western medicine, but it is CHICAGO -- That nonstop crying of a baby with colic has some parents turning to popular folk remedies. Unfortunately, there's no good evidence they work, according to a review of 15 studies. The results don't surprise New York City mom Leni Calas, 32. Healer, shaman, medicine man were just some of the titles given to those who practiced folk medicine. Many of these naturally occurring remedies involved the use of plants. The usage came mostly from trial and error, with the remedies then passed down from Suspended from a helicopter, a critically endangered black rhino (sedated) takes a 10-minute flight to a vehicle destined for a new habitat safe from poachers. Biologists and game park officials in South Africa say that rhinos are being slaughtered at the The schedule for the 53rd annual Philadelphia Folk Festival, to be held from Aug. 15 to 17, has been announced. The multigenerational attractions at the this year's fest, which will once again take place at the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford near March 8, 2005 - Using folk remedies to treat common childhood illnesses may be a cultural phenomenon rather that a result of lack of access to medical care, a new study suggests. Researchers found folk remedies like cool baths and isopropyl alcohol to .

HOUSTON – Maria didn't mean to poison her children. Quite the opposite. Worried about her daughters' lack of appetite, the young Houston mother was merely following her grandmother's advice when she gave the two girls and a niece a dose of "greta" — a Most Russians aren't as leery of the medical community as Beisebayeva is, but many of them put a surprising amount of faith into what is known in Russia as narodnaya meditsina, or people's medicine, a disturbing reliance on folk remedies and healers that .

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Folk Medicine

Another Picture of folk medicine :