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Since approximately 400 BC, there has been records of the Hippocratic oath, with its earliest forms originating between 3-5 BC. It is one of the oldest binding documents in medicine and is known universally through various sources-lately more from pop culture-but we should know much more than just the surface level information, and we should rediscover the true principles of ethics it is based upon. Considerations of the body and mind in relation to health and treatment can

Long before lab tests or X-rays, doctors believed four bodily fluids called the humours controlled your health. If you had a fever, felt sad, or just felt “off”, it was because of your humours, apparently.  The idea of the four humours dates back to ancient Greece, around 400 BCE. The father of medicine, Hippocrates, introduced the concept as a way to explain how the body worked. He believed the human body was made up of blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Each humor

Death is the one thing we are all guaranteed to experience, yet have a difficult time discussing. And as a teenager, it isn’t something we often dwell on at our young age. But the reality is, according to the National Institutes of Health, there were approximately 1 million patients receiving end-of-life care in the United States in 2011, cared for by approximately 2.3 million caregivers, demonstrating that end-of-life care affects not just those in it, but those surrounding

Medical research is not as objective as you might think. Despite the substantial advancements in biomedical science over the past century, the development of women’s health research tells a more complicated story. Across multiple specialties, conditions that affect primarily women have been underfunded, underresearched, and, at times, clinically minimized. The effects of this are measurable, with women consistently struggling to get the help they need in a medical setting. Fo

What is Psychopharmacology? The prefix “psycho” originates from the Greek word  psykhē , roughly translating to  “soul,” “mind,” and “spirit,” with the base word “pharmacology” itself being a combination of the Greek prefix “pharma” meaning “drug” and the Greek suffix “ology” meaning “study of” ( Wikipedia Foundation, 2005 ). Pharmacology is the study of how chemical compounds and molecules such as drugs and/or medication interact with the human body, with two main areas of f

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Recent years have seen a noticeable rise in the use of anti-aging products among teens aged 10 to 17. This shift may be due to various...

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‘When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use; when diet is right, medicine is of no need.’ With the exponential population growth,...

As the world embraces artificial intelligence, we must weigh its speed and efficiency against the risks of bias, privacy breaches, and loss of human insight in healthcare.