An enigmatic early-1800s author (or is it 1974?) writes defining principles on how to swim with literal sharks and in the process becomes a med school legend.

Americans’ trust in two key pillars of health care plummeted from about 72% in April 2020 to 40% in January 2024, UR ...

Award-winning actor Courtney B. Vance will be narrating the first ever-audio edition of one of the most acclaimed literary ...

Indian herbalists make extravagant claims for ashwagandha. But recent research shows that it offers significant sexual ...

A northern Virginia judge determined embryos are not property that can be divided up, rejecting a previous analysis by the court saying such fertilized eggs could be considered ...

Tonic water didn’t stay in the medicine box for long. The first commercial tonic water was produced and patented in 1858 by ...

Baltimore is a city filled with rich culture, history and innovation. The city was the birthplace of “The Star-Spangled ...

Perhaps we should put commercial determinants of health reporter Sarah Todd on the case. For now, I’d suggest re-visiting her ...

Today, more women than men are entering medical school and pursuing a career in medicine. Who were some of the pioneering women physicians, and what challenges do contemporary women in medicine face?

In the 19th century, it was incredibly dangerous to be a child ... and a lot of them causing death,” said Howard Markel, a historian of medicine who has studied epidemics. Today, by contrast, less ...

The field’s failure to integrate medical services in the mid-20th century set the stage for its current troubles ...

The discussed topics, which ranged from the mistreatment of Black women in the Antebellum South to the relationship between women’s health and religious institutions, sought to add academic context to ...