The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The medical symbol of serpents wrapped around a staff is a familiar one in the field, decorating ...

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 ...

Asclepius had other daughters whose names mean ‘healthy glow,’ ‘medicine’ and ‘healing’. His two sons were Machaon and Podalarius, surgeons and healers of repute, who helped Greek soldiers who ...

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 ...

Most of us barely glance at the symbol for human medicine, let alone veterinary medicine. Without looking, what do you picture? I bet it is a staff with two snakes. It may or may not have wings at the ...

BEIJING – Med-tech firm Shanghai Asclepius Meditec Co. Ltd. says it has developed a hydrogen-oxygen nebulizer that can help relieve the shortage of ventilators, highlighting the potential of ...

The difference between studying and looting a site, which today seems evident to us, was not so clear in the early days of archaeology. Despite the efforts of professionals, in the early 20th century, ...