The ancient Greeks are widely seen as having been the founders of Western medicine more than 2,000 years ago. Although we now have a far more detailed and accurate picture of medicine, the ancient ...

As the Egyptian civilization faded, the Greek one emerged around 700 BC. The Greek civilization prevailed until "the end of antiquity" around 600 AD. The Greeks were great philosophers and their ...

Rika and Mike Rich are in the business of relaxation. The two acupressure practitioners own Second Wind Table and Chair Massage Co. and they don’t just beckon people to their studios, they bring their ...

When we think of medicine today, hospitals, doctors, treatments, we often forget how long it has been studied and practiced.

Ancient Egyptians practiced an unexpectedly sophisticated form of medicine, in some cases using remedies that modern pharmaceutical researchers are just starting to explore, report University of ...

Ancient Rome was a flourishing civilization that started around 800 BC and existed for approximately 1200 years. It started off in Rome, and grew into one of the largest and most powerful empires in ...

Over my 54 years, I’ve pinned my hopes on my parents, my teachers, my romantic partners, God. I’m pinning them now on a shrub. It’s called mastic, it grows in particular abundance on the Greek island ...

“When we think of medicine, we think of a prescription, a pill, but medicine comes in so many forms,” said Pi’iali’i Lawson, a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner. Lawson, who comes from a long line ...

A DNA analysis of soil revealed evidence of an ancient used to treat digestive health issues 5,000 years ago. A DNA analysis conducted on soil samples found within a Turkish cave system has revealed ...

Why me? Why now? Ancient religion blamed the gods, or your failings in not honouring the right one in the right way. Ancient medicine also explained illness in terms of what you had done wrong, but it ...