Imagine a healthcare system where the precision of Western medicine meets the compassion of holistic healing. A system where ...

The latest phone, the latest diet, the latest miracle drug. So when Western medicine comes armed with cutting-edge technology and clinical trials, we assume it must be superior. After all ...

Dr. Janet Tootoosis, Vice Dean of Indigenous Health at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine, has spent years ...

Acupuncture remains a contentious subject among Western doctors, though many agree it’s effective at treating some symptoms. Photographed at the U.S. National Library of Medicine This story ...

"I grew up as a traditional woman within my community … and I always felt that if I were to ever get sick, that I would just undergo traditional medicine and not western," said Whitebean.

TCM offers a solution to this problem, as it’s far cheaper than western medicine. Furthermore, it does not require anything like the same level of training for practitioners. In less developed nations ...