MEDICINE

The practice of drilling or scraping a hole into the skull’s cranial vault has been performed for thousands of years.

Get tips for what to pack in a go-bag, including the essentials you should definitely have stashed away before a natural disaster strikes.

Public health officials are concerned that we could move back into a situation like that of the early 20th century, before antibiotics were discovered.

You might think they’re unnecessary, because so many people have had their tonsils removed—but tonsils actually serve an important role in your immune system.

It's 200 times thinner than human hair, and you won't find it at Olive Garden anytime soon.

This ancient symbol, also called the Staff of Hermes, depicts two snakes intertwining around a stick that is capped by wings. It’s used as a medical logo, but for almost all its roughly 5000-year history, the caduceus had nothing to do with medicine. 

A case study of a man in Australia is highlighting the return of a disease associated with Elizabethan sailors and polar explorers.

Barring some dramatic medical advancements, living into your eighties remains the best-case scenario.

Science reinforces that it’s never too late to stop smoking.

Not only is there a chronic shortage of organ donations in the U.S.—there multiple myths about the process.

The unusual respiratory illness was named for a 1976 outbreak among attendees of an American Legion conference.

Caffeine is just one of the things that may be to blame for the irritating spasms.