I am the odd man out in a family of medical folk. My maternal grandfather was a physician; his daughter, my mother, was a medical technologist; my mother-in-law, a nurse. My brother is a physician; so ...

Now known as the father of medicine, Hippocrates is credited with writing many manuals advising readers on how to deal with a variety of illnesses and ailments. One of his texts, On Regimen In Acute ...

Ancient Greek physicians, including Hippocrates, challenged myths about epilepsy, shifting from divine to medical explanations.

Hippocrates' ancient wisdom, "Let food be thy medicine," remains profoundly relevant today. His emphasis on nutrition as the ...

Gregory Elder, a Redlands resident, is a former professor of history and humanities at Moreno Valley College and a Roman Catholic priest. This photo is from about 2017. (Courtesy Photo) In this time ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The coronavirus offers us the opportunity to recognize the importance of a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about contemporary culture and the arts. Lane Fox’s work begins with a study of bodies in Homer and a striking insight: ...

Even throughout medical school and his work as a physician, Dr. Jon Hallberg, a professor of family medicine at the University of Minnesota, never let go of his interest in the arts. After working ...

Theodosis Diakoyannis is 84 years old and smokes two cigarettes a day ‘for health reasons’. ‘I have no doubt that if Hippocrates were alive he would have found beneficial uses for tobacco,’ he says of ...

Professor Jiri Dvorak, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Schulthess Clinic, Lengghalde 2, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland; jiri.dvorak{at}kws.ch If you wish to reuse any or ...