medical anthropology / ethnobothany

Lowly weeds may hold promise for curing host of common health woes

Published on June 9, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, indigenous people / minorities, Latin- and Central America, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, Native American

Innovations Report

“If I had one place to go to find medicinal plants, it wouldn’t be the forest,” said John Richard Stepp, a University of Florida anthropologist. “There are probably hundreds of weeds growing right outside people’s doors they could use.” He found the area’s Mayan residents use weeds for all sorts of day-to-day illnesses, such as common colds, upset stomachs, skin rashes, and aches and sprains >>continue

Innovations Report

"If I had one place to go to find medicinal plants, it wouldn’t be the forest," said John Richard Stepp, a University of Florida anthropologist. "There are probably hundreds of weeds growing right outside people’s doors they could use."…

Anthropology professor working on organs trafficking

Published on May 11, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, medical anthropology / ethnobothany

University of California Berkeley

Medical anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes is helping authorities in Brazil, Israel and South Africa investigate a shocking new “slave triangle” in which the poor are being taken to distant cities by criminal syndicates and coerced into selling their organs for illegal transplants >>continue

University of California Berkeley

Medical anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes is helping authorities in Brazil, Israel and South Africa investigate a shocking new "slave triangle" in which the poor are being taken to distant cities by criminal syndicates and coerced into selling their…