Many varieties of ancient Greek healing herbs grow on "Asclepius Path," Mount Kerketion, where god of medicine, Asclepius, ...

An ancient Greek relief sculpture featuring an ear may seem strange to some, but it was made with the hopes that someone ...

The work carried out in Epidaurus by the research team from the University of Athens under the direction of Dr. Vassilis Lambrinoudakis, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Athens, in ...

In a small valley of the Peloponnese the archaeological site of Epidaurus extends to different levels. The worship of Asclepius began there for the first time in the 6th century BC. but the main ...

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Steroids are an important group of agents used in fighting ocular inflammatory conditions. In fact, they are generally more potent than any non-steroidal anti-inflammatories currently available. With ...

In my April, What’s Your Diagnosis? column, I introduced some of you to the great Persian physician, Rhazes, known as the “Father of Pediatrics.” For this blog, I thought we would go back a bit closer ...