Western medicine
Americannoun
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After graduating, she began practicing conventional Western medicine at a clinic by day, and needling animals in their living rooms on evenings and weekends.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
The astounding discovery that could link Eastern and Western medicine.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Kurvilla, who studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and taught global health policy at Boston University, said that "40 percent or more of biomedical Western medicine, pharmaceuticals, derive from natural products".
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
They practised strict veganism and, as they had done with wider society, turned their back on Western medicine.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024
I come from a country where people are more likely to visit sangomas—shamans, traditional healers, pejoratively known as witch doctors—than they are to visit doctors of Western medicine.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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