(THE CONVERSATION) Restrictions on medical care for transgender youth assume that without the ability to medically transition, trans people will vanish.

For centuries, women have consistently outlived men, a trend consistent across various cultures. But in the cramped and unforgiving streets of Medieval England, this biological edge vanished.

A woman lost a body part after contracting a disease that caused a medieval plague. The 24-year-old began experiencing strong ...

For centuries, the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has housed hundreds of medieval medical texts ... the texts grant delightful insight into the folk medicine commonly practiced at the time. Many ...