Health

“Double double toil and trouble” is a quote from Shakespeare’s Macbeth that conjures images of evil witches making potions in giant cauldrons. But the truth was that women persecuted as witches were probably legitimate healers […]

One of the earliest figures known to have faked an illness for personal advantage was Odysseus.This article was originally published on this website.

A new study has revealed that hidden social and cultural barriers—not just workload and pay—are driving nurses out of general practice and threatening the stability of primary care.This article was originally published on this website.

Because patient perceptions of radiation can influence their willingness to receive it as treatment, researchers recently examined how radiation therapy is represented in different forms of art.This article was originally published on this website.

At a London park, dozens of young people gathered, awaiting the starting signal, then screamed at the top of their voices—all in a bid to release tension.This article was originally published on this website.

Voluntary assisted dying is being debated in the Northern Territory (NT) parliament this week.This article was originally published on this website.

Novo Nordisk said Thursday it was buying US biotech firm Akero Therapeutics, which is developing treatments for a number of metabolic diseases, for $4.7 billion.This article was originally published on this website.

The inhalers people depend on to breathe are also warming the planet, producing annual emissions equivalent to more than half a million cars in the United States alone, researchers said Monday in a major new […]

Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday—the first in this year’s Nobel season.This article was originally published on this website.

The health care community has an important role in opposing the death penalty, argues an expert in The BMJ.This article was originally published on this website.