Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chinese healthcare companies are expanding overseas to serve growing expatriate communities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Distinct Healthcare plans to open a clinic in Dubai this year, while Gushengtang eyes 50 centers in the region.
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A small randomized, double-blind trial suggests that MRI-based measures of brain structure may help predict which patients with major depressive disorder will show early symptom improvement after treatment with the traditional Chinese medicine Yueju Pill. In the four-day study, Yueju Pill and escitalopram were both associated with lower depression rating scores, but only Yueju Pill was linked to a rise in blood levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).