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

"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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Don’t be fooled by this plant’s beautiful flowers. Even in ...

Research shows that eating more plant-based foods reduces risks for heart disease, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, and ...

A compound found in African wormwood -- a plant used medicinally for thousands of years to treat many types of illness -- could be effective against tuberculosis, according to a new study. A compound ...

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

“We often say that anybody who doesn’t believe that herbal medicines work has obviously never tried morphine,” Professor John Newton, consultant public health physician and Garden Fellow at The Royal ...

Share on Pinterest Most Americans would try a plant-based diet to prevent diabetes, a recent poll shows. Image credit: Maria Korneeva/Getty Images New research says people are willing to make dietary ...

You’ve probably noticed it. More people are passing on the steak, skipping dairy, or declaring themselves “plant-based” at ...

Playing an essential foundational role in an ecosystem, plants contribute to the well-being of human health by helping create resources like food and medicine. Therefore, to better understand how ...