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Christmas Gift Vouchers Available now with Care Cure Acupuncture

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Surprise a loved one this Christmas with a Care Cure Acupuncture Voucher and allow them to choose from our range of soothing treatments. Reflexology - €40 - 30 minutes - €70 for 1hour Chinese Massage/Acupressure €40 for 30 minutes Acupuncture - €50 for 45 minutes Cosmetic Acupuncture €60 including facial massage Ear Candling - €30 for both Ears Cupping €20 Free Consultation is offered before any treatment so we can provide the most beneficial therapy for Health and Well Being. Call 086-2159282 to buy today or pop into your local Care Cure Acupuncture Clinic in Galway City, Tuam, Loughrea, Longford, Dun Laoghaire. http://ow.ly/ VIHkD

Nobel win prompts debate over roles of traditional Chinese medicine, science

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Tu Youyou has become the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize, for her work in helping to create an anti-malaria medicine. The 84-year-old's route to the honour has been anything but traditional.   (Beijing) - China's Tu Youyou collects her country's first Nobel Prize for medicine next week for extracting an anti-malarial drug from a herb mentioned in a traditional text, but her award has prompted debate over the role of science in the practice. Tu derived artemisinin from sweet wormwood, which she found cited in a 4th century traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) document as a fever treatment, developing a crucial weapon in the global fight against the mosquito-borne disease as resistance to other treatments spread. Traditional medicine is a source of cultural pride in some Chinese quarters, with Beijing planning to expand its provision, and even Premier Li Keqiang seized on the Nobel award, hailing Tu's discovery as "a great contribution of T