Science Meets Real Life

1 SC200 | Assignment Resour ces You can learn more about how drugs are developed and approved in the US here: How Drugs are Developed and Approved. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/HowDrugsareDevelopedandApproved/ Top 5 Advances in Mdical Technology. (2016). Retrieved from https://www.asme.org/engineering -topics/art icles/bioengineering/top -5-advances -medical -technology While there are many advances in modern medicine, there are still many cultures around the globe that highly value and rely on traditional treatments and remedies. For example, ginger is a well -known Chinese herbal remedy, or the lesser known ayahuasca; an Amazonian plant mixture used in Urarina shamanic ceremonies. You can learn more about ayahuasca and other traditional remedies here: Hallucinogenic Amazonian Medicine Stimulates Generation of New Brain Cells. (2016).

http://www.iflscience.com/brain/hallucinogenic -amazonian -medicine -stimulates -generation -of-new - brain -cells/ World Health Organization, Traditional Medicine: Definitions. (2016). Retrieved from http://www.who.int/ medicines/areas/traditional/definitions/en/ United Nations. (2009). Economic and Social Council [Press release]. Retrieved by http://www.un.org/press/en/2009/ecosoc6385.doc.htm