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Hippocrates Invented Nothing: Popular Therapies in Healing Inscriptions

Heródoto, 2017
It has long been thought that the Hippocratic medicine in the Antiquity was opposed to the divine medicine: one was rational, the other was a mixture of superstition and religion.
Clarisse Prêtre
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The effects of royal jelly on human health: A narrative review of clinical studies

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Royal jelly (RJ) is a natural bioactive substance with documented effects on human health. This narrative review synthesizes evidence from clinical and clinically relevant experimental studies evaluating the therapeutic potential of RJ.
Georgios Goras, Andreas Thrasyvoulou, Evanthia Tsilimpokou   +2 more
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A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
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Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres, Joan Vallès, Teresa Garnatje, Airy Gras   +3 more
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Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho, Mazen Marouani, Takwa Boughanmi   +2 more
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Cephalic Deformation in Ancient Greek Medicine and through Artistic Works

Journal of Research on History of Medicine, 2017
Ancient Greek medical literature and ancient Greek art are two valuable sources, in order to be understood the concept of cephalic deformities and especially hydroceph-aly in Greek antiquity.
Konstantinos Laios, Marilita M. Moschos, Maria Piangou, Konstantinos Tsirozoglou, George Androutsos   +4 more
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Mixed feelings, mixed outcomes? When emotionally ambivalent framing enhances idea appreciation

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Despite growing interest in how linguistic strategies shape audience responses to innovative ideas, prior evidence on the benefits of using emotional language remains mixed. Building on research on emotional ambivalence and social evaluation, we introduce the concept of emotionally ambivalent framing (i.e., the combination of ...
Donato Cutolo, Denise Falchetti, Henrik Wesemann Lekkas   +2 more
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“I will not cut, even for the stone”: origins of urology in the hippocratic collection

International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2015
The Hippocratic Collection, including the most of ancient Greek medicine, remains still interesting, despite the recent advances that transformed definitely the urological healing methods.
E. Poulakou-Rebelakou, A. Rempelakos, C. Tsiamis, C. Dimopoulos   +3 more
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Benzimidazole Anthelmintic Compounds Albendazole and Fenbendazole Show Distinct Toxicity on the Nitrogen Fixing Bacterium Mesorhizobium loti and Its Symbiosis With Lotus japonicus

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Veterinary medicines, which reach the soil mostly through the application of contaminated manures, can affect beneficial soil microorganisms, such as nitrogen‐fixing rhizobia bacteria, which engage in important symbiotic associations with plants.
Polyxeni Gorgia, Stathis Lagos, Christina N. Nikolaou, Nikoleta Basdeki, Christos Papadopoulos, Dimitrios G. Karpouzas, Daniela Tsikou   +6 more
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Urinary Tract Infections in Ancient Greece and Roman [PDF]

Journal of Research on History of Medicine
This study aims to assess the diagnostic and treatment methods used in ancient sources for urinary tract infections and to discuss some ancient practices that are reminiscent of the methods used by modern medicine with an analogy-based approach.
Gülseren Mutlu
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