Galen of Pergamon was the most influential ancient Greek physician after Hippocrates and is considered the father of pharmacology.
He developed medical tools for surgery and dissection and wrote many volumes of his discoveries and observations, and was one of...
The Greek government has announced plans to send a Greek astronaut into space within the next two years, marking a milestone with both symbolic and practical significance for the country.
Speaking at the "Greece in Orbit – Greece in Space:...
Silphium is a word not many of us have heard before, and there is good reason for this. This was not just another herb used in ancient medicine. Instead, the silphium plant was the kind of thing that was...
The first realistic depiction of an ancient Greek outpatient clinic is on a drawing on a small vase created in Athens around 470 BC and is now on display at the Louvre Museum in France.
The drawing on the vase,...
Very few figures of the ancient Greek world of medicine loom as large as Diocles of Carystus, even though he is not as widely known as he should be.
Diocles was born in the 4th century BC and was a...
Injectable peptides are the new anti-ageing trend sweeping the beauty industry. But are they safe?
By Timothy Piatkowski, Bahareh Ahmadinejad & Samuel Cornell
These compounds are promoted on social media as tools for skin repair, collagen production and “cellular rejuvenation”. They...
The Byzantine Empire is mostly known for its achievements in art and architecture, but not many people know that the Byzantines also made remarkable contributions to medicine and science.
Building on the foundations of ancient Greece and the Greco-Roman richness...
Exposure to environmental toxins known as “forever chemicals” may significantly increase the likelihood of developing multiple sclerosis, according to new research that sheds light on the interplay between pollutants and chronic disease.
A study analyzing blood samples from hundreds of...
