Due to ageing of the population, the incidence of cardiovascular diseases will increase in
the coming years, constituting a substantial burden on health care systems. In particular …

It is usually assumed that Galen is one of the fathers of anatomy and that between the
Corpus Galenicum and the Renaissance there was no major advance in anatomical …

This paper investigates some of the ways that Chinese medicine has been transferred to the
Western world and to Islamic territories. During the Golden Age of Islam (8th to 13th century …

The cardiology and field of cardiovascular approaches are often mentioned as of the earliest
concerns throughout the history of mankind civilization. During the golden ages of Islamic …

This review deals with the origin of the term “angiogenesis”, with an attention to John Hunter
who is credited with this neologism. A part of the literature refers to a Hunter's work dating …

Pemphigus is an autoimmune blistering skin disease that is strongly associated with
different environmental factors. Among these, nutritional factors are considered to trigger …

Since the dawn of medicine, the human heart and the cardiovascular system were of wide
spread interest to scientists. Despite this long-lasting history, the true concept of the blood …

The historical period called the Middle Ages, a long interval between the 5th and the 15th
centuries, is still commonly known as the Dark Ages, especially in the area of health …

糖尿病心肌病(diabetic cardiomyopathyꎬDCM) 是糖尿病患者发生心力衰竭和死亡的重要原因
ꎮ 过度自噬导致心肌受损ꎬ 可能是DCM 的发生发展机制之一ꎮ 本文对自噬在DCM …

History of anatomy is as long as the history of medicine itself. Development of this basic
science was not possible without the dedicative effort of those physicians and scholars who …