MEDICINE

He was practicing plastic surgery thousands of years before European surgeons were even washing their hands.

Let's review the evidence.

On April 28, 1789, Fletcher Christian and 18 other sailors wrested control of the HMS Bounty from Lieutenant William Bligh. They then sent Bligh and his loyal crew members off in a lifeboat in the South Pacific. More than 230 years later, their actions ma

His works of fiction contained a great deal of scientific truth.

Resistance training can improve symptoms of depression, according to a new study—regardless of how strong you get.

You can thank two Californian cardiologists from the 1950s.

And you only need to get it once a month.

The explanation might tick you off.

Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, left a revolutionary mark on sanitation, healthcare ... and pie charts.

They have remarkably similar symptoms, but doctors say there are a few ways to tell them apart.

In the largest study of its kind, researchers offer a major step forward in how we understand depression.

Mindfulness can help reduce anxiety in just one session, new research suggests.