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International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine
https://iastam.org
www.who.int/news/item/22...
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WHO Global Summit charts a bold future for traditional medicine
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Second Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, jointly organized with the Government of India, opens today, bringing together government Ministers, scientists, Ind...
https://www.who.int/news/item/22-12-2025-who-global-summit-charts-a-bold-future-for-traditional-medicine?fbclid=IwY2xjawO7bGdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETA0MFZCSnZIa1M4eml4cmhzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHt6jxByLZynJNGiKrpJvI4i41z9Q5Td1G3rYSIFl8Vc-HtySIMIAy09wP1eA_aem_aZbPFwKfS_MK49GcZC1oyQ
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Traditional medicine use is now a global reality: WHO
The vast majority of World Health Organization (WHO) member States say 40 to 90 per cent of their populations now use traditional medicine.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166563
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WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine is live now. This links to the programme as well as the live feed.
tm-summit.org
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Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine
The World Health Organization’s Global Summit on Traditional Medicine explores ‘Restoring balance: The science and practice of health and well-being’.
https://tm-summit.org
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IASTAM President Dr. Michael Stanley-Baker
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will speak at the WHO Summit on Traditional Medicine in Delhi. He will present a historical exhibit and join the panel "Standards, data and responsible AI – from ancestral knowledge to action".
tm-summit.org/speakers/
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"Among Tibetan Materialities: Materials and Material Cultures of Tibet and the Himalayas" - book launch: December 16, 2025.
hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book...
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Among Tibetan Materialities: Materials and Material Cultures of Tibet and the Himalayas | Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing
Dieses Werk steht unter der Lizenz Creative Commons Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International.
https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book/1522
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20 days ago
Great new issue out on Religion, Medicine and Women's Health in Asia, four very cool articles, shedding important theoretical light on little-studied aspects of Asian medicine. Congratulations to all the authors and editors!
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Potential expansion of Korean Medicine in rural Korea. Read the full article here:
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-11...
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Gov't eyes addressing regional doctor shortage by expanding traditional medicine services
The government is reviewing ways to expand the role of Korean traditional medicine doctors to help address a shortage of physicians in regional public health care. Traditional medicine doctors are als...
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-11-24/national/socialAffairs/Govt-eyes-addressing-regional-doctor-shortage-by-expanding-traditional-medicine-services/2461245
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Traditional Chinese Medicine: Taiwan’s Experiences & Global Practice workshop🌏 -15 Jan 2026 -Leiden, IIAS - In presence -Free, (but registration required) Info & registration:
www.iias.asia/events/persp...
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Perspectives on Traditional Chinese Medicine: From Taiwan’s Experiences to Global Practice | IIAS
https://www.iias.asia/events/perspectives-traditional-chinese-medicine-taiwans-experiences-global-practice
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Inauguration of Sorig Research Centre at the Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan. Read more on their page Faculty of Traditional Medicine:
www.facebook.com/NangpaiSorig...
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Ahead of the 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine (17–29 Dec, New Delhi & online), WHO’s Bulletin has released its first special issue on Traditional Medicine since 1977, featuring new research, reviews, and policy papers.
www.who.int/news/item/07...
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WHO Bulletin special issue on traditional medicine
In the run up to the 2nd WHO Global Summit in Traditional Medicine, 17-29 December in New Delhi and online, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a special issue dedicated t...
https://www.who.int/news/item/07-11-2025-who-bulletin-special-issue-on-traditional-medicine
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New Special Issue in Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry on the Tibetan Tukdam post-death meditative state (Ed. Tawni Tidwell). Exploring how life, death, and consciousness meet in this rare state.
link.springer.com/journal/1101...
centerhealthyminds.org/science/stud...
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https://link.springer.com/journal/11013/volumes-and-issues/49-2
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Between Land and Body 🌿 Join Mridul Surbhi (PhD, IIT Delhi) this Thursday, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM IST on Zoom for a talk on Amchi medicine in Kinnaur & Spiti — where healing meets land, lineage & life. 🔗 Zoom:
zoom.us/j/92358826919
Hosted by the Research Scholars Colloquium, Ashoka University.
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#ABN2025
Prof Michael Stanley-Baker
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(Nanyang Technological University Singapore) who shared lessons from building Polyglot Asian Medicine. Rigour gives direction; humility builds bridges. That’s how we co-create between traditional and biomedical worlds.
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#ABN2025
: join IASTAM President
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for Situating Practice: How to Build Congenial Epistemic Spaces for Productive Transdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange on Traditional Medicine.
abnconf2025.bioethics-singapore.gov.sg/programme/ma...
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Main Conference
Keynote addresses, plenary sessions, panel discussions, and parallel tracks held across two full days.
https://abnconf2025.bioethics-singapore.gov.sg/programme/main-conference/
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Discover Singapore’s Healing Heritage! Explore how Traditional Chinese Medicine evolved from humble medical halls to innovative treatments at “Healing Heritage: A Journey Through the Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore.”
singaporeccc.org.sg/media_room/h...
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December 6–7 Yo San University presents Language as Medicine: Translation & Transmission in Chinese Medicine. A two-day virtual conference exploring how Classical Chinese medical wisdom lives on through translation and practice.
www.eventbrite.com/e/language-a...
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Language as Medicine: Translation & Transmission in Chinese Medicine
A Yo San University Symposium
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/language-as-medicine-translation-transmission-in-chinese-medicine-tickets-1527551019219
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Some fascinating seminars coming up (in-person only).
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If you are interested in medicine, animal studies and ecology you can attend ‘Medicinal Animals’ in Crisis: A Three-Part Symposium online this week, hosted at NUS in Singapore.
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9 October 2025 14:00 – 17:00 (SGT)
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/20251...
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Ministry of Ayush Inaugurates India’s First Integrative Oncology Research and Care Centre at AIIA Goa - This is, designed to bring together traditional and modern medical systems to offer patient-centric, evidence-informed oncology rehabilitation.
www.pib.gov.in/PressRelease...
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https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2172153
3 months ago
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As President of IASTAM, Michael Stanley-Baker
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has released a remarkable cache of drug names linking 12 South Asian languages with Malay and Chinese. A major step forward for cross-regional research on medical traditions.
www.facebook.com/reel/1079535...
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18 reactions · 14 shares | Polyglot Asian Medicine 2.0 releases 72,000 new drug names in 12 South Asian Languages. Kudos to Chris Khoo and 黃嘉宏, power developers, and also to Varuna Subramanya at TDU...
Polyglot Asian Medicine 2.0 releases 72,000 new drug names in 12 South Asian Languages. Kudos to Chris Khoo and 黃嘉宏, power developers, and also to Varuna Subramanya at TDU Bengaluru for providing...
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1079535694392147
3 months ago
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Singapore is testing 18 proposals to bring TCM into public healthcare. Andrea Heng & Hairianto Diman chat with NTU’s Yang Mingxiao on what it’ll take to make this trial succeed.
www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/cna93...
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CNA938 Rewind - Traditional Chinese Medicine no longer just an alternative
Singapore is evaluating 18 proposals under a sandbox initiative to incorporate certain traditional Chinese medicine treatments into public healthcare. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Yang Mi...
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/cna938-rewind/traditional-chinese-medicine-no-longer-just-alternative-5225771?page=6
4 months ago
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Panel 2 @
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(Vienna, Sept 18): Engaging Plurality, Negotiating Diversity 🌿 Bringing together scholars on Tibetan, Himalayan & Mongolian Sowa Rigpa traditions. Info:
mae.univie.ac.at/.../Panel_02...
Organized by Stephan Kloos & Barbara Gerke Online registration:
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https://mae.univie.ac.at/registration/
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Yin, Yang, and Machine Learning: The Convergence of TCM and AI
digest.headfoundation.org/2024/07/10/y...
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Yin, Yang, and Machine Learning: The Convergence of TCM and AI - Digest by The HEAD Foundation
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a form of complementary medicine that was first developed over two thousand years ago. The TCM concepts, such as ‘Yin’(阴) and ‘Yang’(阳), that are used to describe...
https://digest.headfoundation.org/2024/07/10/yin-yang-and-machine-learning-the-convergence-of-tcm-and-ai/
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Belated update: The 21st International Congress of Oriental Medicine (ICOM) took place in Taiwan on Aug 30–31, 2025. Theme: “Traditional Medicine: From Evidence-based to Integrative Medicine.” IASTAM VP James Flowers and members attended.
www.2025icom.org.tw/icom.php?cat...
4 months ago
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NIKOM and South Korea’s Health Ministry host the Intl. Symposium on Traditional Medicine, Sept 9–10, 2025. Theme: Korean Medicine + AI = The Future of Traditional Medicine. Watch live on YouTube! Visit the official website here:
koreanmedicine.org/pages/sub.ht...
4 months ago
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Modern pharmacology struggles to explain why people respond differently to the same drug. A new paper uses Ayurvedic principles and the Co.M.S. framework to shed light on drug behavior.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaim.2025.101203
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High-quality clinical trials and cohort studies demonstrate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine treatments using acupuncture and Chinese Proprietary Medicines (CPMs) for chronic and non-chronic diseases in Singapore.
annals.edu.sg/integrating-...
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Integrating traditional Chinese medicine into disease management in Singapore - Annals Singapore
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was introduced to the Singapore population by early Chinese immigrants from China.1 During Singapore’s colonial era,
https://annals.edu.sg/integrating-traditional-chinese-medicine-into-disease-management-in-singapore/
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IASTAM’s member Sarah Rivkin
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joins Qiological’s Michael Max to discuss translation as clinical practice where every word carries weight, diagnosis is translation, and the translator’s lens shapes both scholarship and clinical practice.
www.qiological.com/language-as-...
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Dr. Theresia Hofer will speak on “Deaf and Disability Activism in Tibet and the Himalayas”. 29 Aug 2025, 1–2:30pm NTU, School of Humanities, Meeting Room 2 (03-93) Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, she explores disability rights, sign language politics, and activism in Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal.
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🇮🇳 This Independence Day, for the first time, 150 medicinal-plant farmers were honored as special guests in Delhi. The Ministry of Ayush hosted them, highlighting the growing role of herbal agriculture in India’s future. 🌿
indianexpress.com/article/citi...
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First Independence Day, first medicinal farmer show
79th Independence Day today will be the first I-Day in Delhi for medicinal farmers coming as special guests from all corners of India.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/first-independence-day-first-medicinal-farmer-show-10190163/
5 months ago
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An interesting new study compares the use of diets, medicinal materials, and preparations in the Four Medical Tantras of Tibetan Medicine and the Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdaya Saṃhitā of Ayurveda. The final article will be published soon but you can sign up to be notified here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pha...
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Frontiers | A Quantitative Comparative Analysis of the Four Medical Tantras of Tibetan Medicine and the Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdaya Saṃhitā of Ayurveda: A Focus on Diet, Medicinal Materials, and Preparations
Aim of the study: This study aims to reveal and compare the use of diets, medicinal materials, and preparations as therapeutic means in the Four Medical Tant...
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2025.1595646/abstract
5 months ago
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Cosmetic acupuncture is becoming a popular alternative to Botox and other fillers for those looking for drug-free beauty treatments, as reported by The New York Times. See link to the full story in the comments👇 What do you think of this
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/s...
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That’s a Lot of Needles in Your Face
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/style/cosmetic-acupuncture-botox-notox-skin-care.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.aVam.upz9TDMg_urL&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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@piercesalguero.bsky.social
Therapy, contemplative practice, spirituality, energy work, life-coaching, intellectual learning.... it doesn't really matter where you start, just keep going.
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At the 'AI for Good' Global Summit, WHO, ITU, and WIPO released a new technical brief, mapping the application AI traditional medicine - a roadmap harnessing this potential responsibly while safeguarding cultural heritage and data sovereignty.
www.who.int/news/item/11...
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WHO, ITU, WIPO showcase a new report on AI use in traditional medicine
At the AI for Good Global Summit, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released a new technical...
https://www.who.int/news/item/11-07-2025-who--itu--wipo-showcase-a-new-report-on-ai-use-in-traditional-medicine
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New study out on the history of Chinese medicine in Singapore. Congratulations Dr Yang Yan (NUS Chinese Studies).
fass.nus.edu.sg/srn/2025/06/...
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https://fass.nus.edu.sg/srn/2025/06/27/the-making-of-modern-chinese-medicine-in-singapore-actions-and-interactions-of-the-state-and-professional-organizations-1867-2013/
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New podcast on the potential harms of meditation. The ancient traditions and modern psychology agree - that there are risks in the practice, which should be undertaken attentively.
blackberyl.substack.com/p/39-when-me...
5 months ago
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2nd Vienna Academic Writing Workshop on 'Writing about Calamities in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Epidemics, End-of-Life Crises & Climate Disasters in Tibet and South Asia—Historical and Contemporary Perspectives'
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A new study evaluated 7 large language models for TCM diagnostic and treatment performance using a real-world acupuncture case, comparing their outputs with three professional acupuncturists across five domains:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Evaluating the role of large language models in traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment recommendations - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Evaluating the role of large language models in traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment recommendations
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-025-01845-2
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Open position in South East Asian History at Nanyang Technological University.
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Southeast Asian History
Young and research intensive, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is ranked among the world’s top universities. The School of Humanities (SoH) at NTU Singapore is committed to ...
https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/NTU-Main-Campus-Singapore/Assistant-Associate-Full-Professor-of-Southeast-Asian-History_R00021350
5 months ago
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New AI-driven search tool provides automated summaries about traditional medicines in scientific literature. While not comprehensive, and still black-boxed, this could be useful to kick-start new research.
consensus.app/search/mecon...
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Meconopsis Horridula Sowa Rigpa - Consensus
Danggui, also known as Angelica sinensis or Chinese Angelica root, is a key herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), especially valued for its use in women’s health, blood-related conditions, and a...
https://consensus.app/search/meconopsis-horridula-sowa-rigpa/qKRy1zZdQXywdzeU7uA6Mw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=clipboard
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tibeto-logic.blogspot.com/2025/07/foun...
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Found! An Old Medical History Manuscript, Author Now Known
https://tibeto-logic.blogspot.com/2025/07/found-old-medical-history-manuscript.html?m=1
6 months ago
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New Scholarship Alert! Apply now for the Joseph Needham Foundation Awards for research on science in Asia: - Research Grant: $3,000 - Essay Prize: $500 Open to grad students, early career scholars, independent. Deadline: Dec 1, 2025 Apply:
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6 months ago
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An interesting paper from Siddha Medicine - Standardization of the traditional Pudam process in the manufacturing of Siddha medicine Anna Pavala Chendooram by using an innovative electrical device -
www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S097...
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S0975947625000324
6 months ago
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Exciting news from Singapore MOH: 18 evidence‑based TCM proposals are under review to be integrated into public healthcare:
www.straitstimes.com/singapore/he...
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MOH studying 18 proposals to integrate TCM into public healthcare
The ministry will also jointly launch an award for exemplary TCM practitioners. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/moh-studying-18-proposals-to-integrate-tcm-into-public-healthcare
6 months ago
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Don’t miss this capstone talk by Asian Medicine editor Prof Pierce Salguero
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where he explores the rise of Buddhist medicine, offers advice on developing research across career stages, and shares insights on publishing in Asian Medicine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4kE...
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Buddhist Medicine: The Global in the Local / The Local in the Global
YouTube video by NTU School of Humanities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4kE0WrlZ4Q
6 months ago
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