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Mind over matter

Charlatan "cures" and "alternative" treatments are widespread and popular.  Despite...

Using Mortality to Compare the Health of Populations

New Insights Into Mortality Patterns of Early Modern Cities

Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality - Introduction

An introduction to the conference marking the 350th anniversary of the...

The White Plague

The third lecture in the series deals with tuberculosis, of all...

Genius or Madness?

"Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin...

The Great Pox

The sexually transmitted disease syphilis is generally thought to have been...

Personality and the Brain

Personality is partly inborn and mediated by brain structures, hormones...

The Black Death

Bubonic plague first swept Europe in the age of Justinian, in...

Twenty-first Century Threats: Malaria

In 1955, the World Health Organization announced an ambitious plan...