Baduanjin, a traditional Chinese mind-body practice, reduced blood pressure to a similar extent compared with routine brisk walking over 1 year in people with slightly elevated BP, researchers ...

Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence that poop was used medicinally more than 2,000 years ago.

I can afford the membership fee, but I’m torn about the ethics of being part of this growing trend. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist ...

One quarter of the physician workforce in the US is made up of international medical graduates (IMGs), according to the Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). All of those ...

With the rapid rise in consolidation from hospitals and private equity firms, the old-fashioned private medical practice, run and managed by one or two physicians, is no longer the norm. Only 42% of ...

When you think of medieval medicine, images of quackery and superstition might spring to mind. However, the truth is far more nuanced. Medieval medicine was a blend of ancient wisdom and emerging ...

Geography, demographics, religion, technology, and a state’s institutions determined why certain states exercised power and how different regions developed the way that they did. This piece is the ...

Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...

Sebastian Jäger, "Wound Man" (c. 1580), ink and paint on parchment, painted in Vienna, Austria, held in UCLA's Louise M. Darling Medical Library, MS Benjamin 8, fol. IVv (photo by Jack Hartnell) Even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre religious healing rituals as easily as the notion of Dark Age medicine.

The law allows foreign doctors a pathway to practice in North Carolina, but only with a partial license. The law requires applicants to be eligible for certification from the Educational Commission ...