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Ancient medicine has evolved over time, some practices were bizarre, whereas some we use even now, from the concept of informed consent to several medicinal ingredients. Decades and centuries of ...

The mixture of honey and vinegar, also known as oxymel, has been used as a medical treatment throughout history and now scientists have established that this combination could have modern applications ...

A new research project will uncover the rich history of herbal medicine in Wales, exploring how plants were used to treat ...

One fresh spring afternoon twelve years ago, a stout, bald American and a compact, bright-eyed young Swiss lingered over lunch in Leipzig’s famed Auerbach’s Keller. “This is the place,” said Dr.

Henrietta Lacks, often called the ‘Mother of Modern Medicine,’ has left a legacy that transcends generations and continues to save millions of lives. She was born in Roanoke on Aug. 1, 1920, to Eliza ...

Every year, students entering Harvard medical and dental schools write their own oaths about how they pledge to interact with each other and care for themselves, their patients, and the larger ...

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For more detail on these diverse ingredients in traditional Chinese apothecaries go here. Items not to scale. Photographed at Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, Santa Monica, ...

Keeping people healthy enough to work has long been a core component of health care provision in the Western world. During the long eighteenth century, imperial administrators, plantation owners, ...

WHEN SERENA WILLIAMS struggled to breathe after giving birth in 2017, she knew something was wrong. She also suspected what it was. Six years earlier the tennis champion had endured a pulmonary ...

At the entrance of Perkins Library is the Mary Duke Biddle Room, a gallery room that showcases recurring exhibits. Off to the side is the Josiah Charles Trent History of Medicine Room. Though small, ...