YEREVAN TO HOST "TRADITIONAL AND MODERN MEDICINE INTEGRATION" INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.04.2009 12:58 GMT+04:00

3rd "Traditional and Modern Medicine Integration" International
Conference will kick off in Yerevan on April 28. The two-day event was
initiated by Traditional Medicine University (TMU) will bring together
specialists from four countries – Iran, Georgia, Russia and Tajikistan.

Goal of the conference is to provide doctors and researchers with
information and experience exchange opportunity.

According to some reasons, preventing information dissemination on
traditional medicine is western or so called modern medicine. The main
reason is the wrong idea about traditional medicine that major doctors
have. "One of possible options to solve the problem is organization
of periodical forum even on international level, to let doctors
and researchers exchange information and experience," Head of TMU
International Relations Department Ali Namavar told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Relevance of traditional and modern medicine integration is stipulated:
first, technological achievements in modern medicine lets more
correctly diagnose diseases; second, with the help of traditional
medicine patients may be treated cheaper and without drug side effects.

"It is not at secret that in major cases traditional medicine can
totally substitute the western. So that is why sometimes traditional
medicine is called alternative medicine," said Ali Namavar.