Amazonian

It's a powerful, hallucinogenic drug which has been used by Amazonian tribes for centuries.Yet ayahuasca's use isn't just confined to shamanistic rituals deep in the jungles of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador — or young Western travellers…

Chagas disease affects approximately 6 million people only in Latin America and is one of the leading causes of death in this region. This infectious disease, also called American Trypanosomiasis, is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi…

As scientists around the world seek for solutions for Alzheimer's disease, a new study reveals that two indigenous groups in the Bolivian Amazon have among the lowest rates of dementia in the world. An international team of researchers…

A remote Amazonian tribe who've puzzled scientists for decades may hold clues to beating dementia.Experts have found rates of the memory-robbing disorder are up to 11 times lower among the indigenous Tsimane community, compared to…

“During birth, the girl dies so that the woman transformed into a mother can be born.” —Brazilian proverbIn November of 2021, a 60-year-old Indigenous midwife from the Sateré-Mawé ethnicity named Miriam de Alencar Pereira accompanied a…