Now a team of Brazilian scientists has put that tradition through a modern stress test: standardized extracts, controlled ...

Humans have utilized plants in medicine for thousands of years. As a matter of fact, the Sumerians were the first to record ...

A plant used in Brazilian medicine has scientific potential to help people with arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

"My registered name is Hemerson Dantas dos Santos, but you can add ‘Pataxó Hãhãhãi’ at the end, which is the Indigenous people I belong to." This is how the interview began, conducted by Medscape’s ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant — the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported ...

London — Chimpanzees in the wild use medicinal plants to treat their injuries or illnesses, according to a study from the University of Oxford that researchers say is the most in-depth analysis to ...

Source: Safruddin, Armas, Ulil Azhari, Adami, used with permission. The wild Sumatran orangutans of the Suaq Balimbing research area in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, have been the subjects ...