There's this place in LA where you can literally drink the extract of a mountain ant, which has adaptogenic properties and can give you an energy boost. I know this, because I did a shot of mountain ...

The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is leading an effort to turn plants into better medicines. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge explains what we already know about herbal remedies — and what ...

Lanny Kaufer managed to keep the opus about his life’s work rather apolitical. But there’s no denying that Western medicine’s century-old ignorance of the health benefits that grow naturally in our ...

Long before modern pharmaceuticals, our ancestors turned to plants to find cures for ailments from infections to parasites to fevers. A new study by Harvard researchers reveals the deep roots of that ...

Husband-and-wife duo Travis Gumbs and Cynthia Cervantes have officially entered the wellness space with a new brand targeting holistic healing. Medicinal Plant Index, founded this year by Gumbs with ...

In one of the most diverse studies of the non-random medicinal plants selection by gender, age and exposure to outside influences from working with ecotourism projects, researchers worked with the ...

Cancer remains one of the leading global causes of mortality, with an estimated increase in cases due to lifestyle, environmental, and genetic factors. Despite advancements in treatment, cancer's ...

Jeremiah Waweru Gathirwa receives funding from: Internal Research Grants of the Kenya Medical Research Institute and further funding from the International Foundation for Science Ruth Monyenye ...

We consulted a Chinese medicine doctor to get all the intel needed before trying medicinal herbs and plants (including super-trendy mushrooms). There’s this place in LA where you can literally drink ...