Long considered a disease introduced to America by European colonizers, leprosy may in fact have a much older history on the ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, San Servolo and San Clemente housed patients suffering from pellagrous insanity, a condition ...

Discover the fascinating journey of lemons from their origins in Southeast Asia to becoming a global culinary and medicinal ...

Background Diagnostic errors cause substantial preventable harms worldwide, but rigorous estimates for total burden are lacking. We previously estimated diagnostic ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

E VER SINCE the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in the 1940s, debate has raged over their exact age.

Background: Fistulizing perianal Crohn’s disease poses a treatment challenge, and researchers postulate that this phenotype in young male patients could have a worst outcome. Objective: Thus, the aim ...

Donald Niedekker’s evocative fictional reckoning with the expedition, “Strange and Perfect Account From the Permafrost,” is ...

In a paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, researchers have shed light on an unusual double discovery.

“Lead poisoning has been linked to increased rates of miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant mortality as well,” the study noted ...

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

The Wall Street Journal called on former President Biden, now 82 years old, to disclose his disease history to the public after he announced on Sunday that he has stage 4 prostate cancer.