Stanley M. Burstein and Caleb E. Finch reveal how a work by classical physician Galen pioneered the idea of the ‘healthspan’.

Galen' s work on personal hygiene, which Prof. Greenwood regards as the most readable of his books, contains an admirable description of practical dietetics, ...

His work was so revered that it became the curriculum for medical students for centuries. But there was a major impasse in Galen’s oeuvre; dissecting a human cadaver in ancient Rome was not only ...

Galen’s 2nd-century CE treatise, ... Galen’s work reflects the broader context of Greco-Roman medicine, which stood at the crossroads of empirical observation and philosophical inquiry.