America’s founders accepted the reality of human selfishness. But, they also said people were capable of thinking...
Medicine
Explore the history of medicine from ancient healing practices to modern breakthroughs — stories of science, struggle, and survival.
Two places in particular have been suggested as the original ‘birthplace of inoculation’. Edward Jenner (1749–1823), a...
Libertarians are known for an idiosyncratic concept of individual liberty. As the super-contagious Delta variant of Covid rips...
Ancient and medieval people often looked to the stars in times of medical uncertainty. This article, The...
“There is a cult of ignorance in America, and there always has been.” Behold, if you dare, dumb...
Technological advancements have changed the way we do things in our everyday life. It improves and develops...
LGBGT+ communities in the U.S. were well equipped to get residents health and social services early in...
Advice on how to deal with the 1918 pandemic will sound familiar to use today. By Dr....
New variants of the COVID-19 virus can be more contagious and cause more severe disease than the...
George Washington knew the horrors of smallpox from personal experience. Health officials are welcoming celebrity endorsements of...
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest public health threats in the world. The Big Idea A new...
Different factors contributed to the learned medicine tradition through the more open attitudes of Renaissance humanism. Introduction...
Health research and privacy protections both provide valuable benefits to society, and the two topics are interrelated....
Entities that must follow the HIPAA regulations are called “covered entities.” This doesn’t include everyone. Introduction Most...
HIPAA is widely misunderstood and taken to mean something it doesn’t – and assumed to provide protections...
After settling in Binghamton, Kilmer set to work developing and selling homeopathic remedies. The Bottle This bottle...
The English word pharmacology or pharmacy derives from the Greek word pharmakon, which means both remedy and poison,...
As a newspaper editor, he covered the outbreak of yellow fever; as an historian, he searched for...
He raised donations to pay local doctors to perform the procedure and to pay poor families for...
People have adopted some substance in their quest to stay active and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Among...
Patients struggling with chronic health conditions are dependent on medications for sustaining health and improving their quality...
Exploring the widespread worry in Georgian Britain that immunity came with beastly side effects. By Erica X....
How do vaccines trigger and train the immune system, and what is the role of herd immunity?...
Roman medicine was highly influenced by the Greek medical tradition. Introduction Medicine in ancient Rome combined various techniques...
Dr. Conis’s current research focuses on scientific controversies, science denial, and the public understanding of science. Elena...
If you had to be ill in ancient times, the best place to do so would probably...
The best physicians were well schooled in pharmaceutical lore, with an armamentarium of drugs. By Dr. John...
Exploring the wandering life of the marsus and druggist and their ambiguous position within society. By Dr....
Our early ancestors had complex relationships with psychoactive plants. By Dan Reist, Nicole Bodner, and Rielle Capler...
It is not a secret that the way we take care of our minds, bodies, and general...