Research in 2002 concluded that this is the world's funniest joke:Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone an...

People have been concerned about constipation for...  ...doesn’t mean the worry is gone. Each era of history had its cure-alls and fads, from patent medicine to laxatives to a high-fiber diet to probiotics....  ...iet to probiotics. Maggie Koerth-Baker traces the history

There is a myth that medical science did not progr...  ...Empire and the Renaissance than it was about its history and culture. Anyway, some believe that medieval p...

For hundreds of years before we learned to treat communicable diseases with antibiotics, the most effective treatment was quarantine. Oh, it wasn’t a great treatment for a sick patient, but it helped protect a comm...

Experiments in transferring blood between animals occurred as early as the 1660s, back when people really had no idea of what was in blood, or how it differed between individuals. In 1667, a transfusion of blood into a h...

(Image: Medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium by Conrad Gesner)The illustrious Dr. John Pechey was a member of the College of Physicians in London. His book A Plain Introduction to the Art of Physick explains how to treat...

Nobody ever claimed a visit to the doctor wa...  ...of the lower points in the Karolinska Institute's history ) Moniz was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1949.Walter...