Propagated sensation along the meridian exists objectively
However, as the propagated sensation along the meridian is a subjective feeling, there is no direct evidence for its presence.
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Researchers from the University of Malaya in Malaysia, with collaboration from researchers from the Universities of Portsmouth and Oxford in the United Kingdom, announce the creation of a...
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Media coverage of community-based traumatic events can disseminate psychological distress beyond the local community, and repeated media exposure may prolong or exacerbate trauma-related symptoms that...
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Use for 2 or more years of proton pump inhibitors and histamine 2 receptor antagonists (two types of acid-inhibiting medications) was associated with a subsequent new diagnosis of vitamin B12...
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