Ancient Greek medicine is probably the basis of modern ... They also believed that a baby would enjoy better health if he/she was born on the seventh month rather than the 8th.

The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...

Ancient Greeks knew a thing or two when it came to herbs, and oregano is one that they simply could not do without.

Ancient Rome was a flourishing ... leaders began to realize the importance of public health. Greece's influence, nevertheless, on Roman medicine was huge. The first doctors in Rome came from ...

An ancient medicinal clay whose use stretches back at least 2,500 years has yielded insights that could help improve gut health in the modern age, a study reports. The clay in question—known as ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, public bathhouses were large, extravagant places where people would lounge in various water pools to clean themselves and cure their ailments. This Spanish import aims ...

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