In places like Uganda, mental health issues are often still linked to spirits. — -- Before the sun rises, psychiatric nurse Immaculate Owembabazi makes her way to a small district hospital in the ...

Last October, Arizona Medicaid approved coverage for traditional healing practices. Many agree it has helped expand access, ...

The visions started when Mirriam Bangisa was a child, coming to her while she slept. Bangisa would see herself wearing beaded clothing and performing traditional dances of her Xhosa tribe as she ...

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Cheryl Morales started the medicinal garden at the Aaniiih Nakoda College demonstration farm with only four plants: yarrow, echinacea, plantain and licorice root. After 10 years, the campus garden ...

BUSHBUCKRIDGE, South Africa (AP) — The walls of Shadrack Mashabane’s hut in the rural South African town of Bushbuckridge are covered with traditional fabrics, with a small window the only source of ...

Prior to my presentation during the 4th African Epilepsy Congress in Entebbe-Uganda, I had an opportunity to join in a side meeting of Epilepsy practitioners and elders from Africa. The subject of ...

Traditional healers from Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Philippines will give talks at the third Åmot Kumfirensia, or Chamorro medicine conference. The conference aims to preserve ...

In South Africa, practitioners of traditional medicine, including herbalists, midwives, and faith healers who claim to speak to ancestors, have historically practiced openly and freely. But the ...

During the 16 days of activism event at Uncle Tom’s Hall in Soweto, several healers told the commission the law, as it stands, does little to prevent abuse within their sector.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a leading cause of mental health disability worldwide, with over 112 million individuals suffering from the disorder at some point in their lives. It afflicts ...

Zimbabwe’s continuing economic crisis is making it difficult for most ordinary Zimbabweans to access formal health care, with many finding no option but to seek alternative services. A traditional ...