Psychiatry often espouses brain disease explanations for mental disorders. Psychiatry pursued brain disease models due to ...

Today, more women than men are entering medical school and pursuing a career in medicine. Who were some of the pioneering women physicians, and what challenges do contemporary women in medicine face?

INTRODUCTION -- ANATOMY: Hippocrates of Cos -- Anatomy according to Galen -- Medical illustration -- Renaissance art -- The first modern medical classic -- A missed opportunity -- Looking for a ...

Ancient medicine has evolved over time, some practices were bizarre, whereas some we use even now, from the concept of informed consent to several medicinal ingredients. Decades and centuries of ...

One fresh spring afternoon twelve years ago, a stout, bald American and a compact, bright-eyed young Swiss lingered over lunch in Leipzig’s famed Auerbach’s Keller. “This is the place,” said Dr.

The combined history of the Division of Preventive Medicine (DOPM) and the Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) at UAB traces a shared legacy of innovation in clinical care, research, and ...

Every March, National Women’s History Month serves as an opportunity to celebrate the groundbreaking accomplishments of women throughout history. From the earliest days of medicine, women have made ...