Barbarian hordes invaded and sacked the Western Roman empire while under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs when taking on ...

A study published in the journal Antiquity suggested an ancient South American civilization spiked a beer-like drink with ...

Barbarian warriors in ancient Roman times may have used stimulants ... who were traditionally presumed to have made little use of drugs other than alcohol. "We therefore asked ourselves whether ...

A 240-year-old drug called digoxin could save the National Health Service (NHS) at least £100 million each year when treating older patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure.

Ancient Chinese used a treatment based on artemisinin (documented 168 BC), the active ingredient in some high-end drugs nowadays. Treatments with Quinine are known to the western world since the ...