Body Beat

By dhahn ()

"People often look at alternative medicine as quackery," says Chelsea Strayer (GRS'12), a doctoral candidate in anthropology. "They think it's all in the patient's head and that nothing is actually happening that will benefit the patient." Strayer [...]disagrees. She has worked with the Asante people of Ghana for the past seven years and has found evidence that their healing rituals lower stress levels, allowing the body to become more relaxed.
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