Whoever started putting the ancient Greek icon on American public health officers’ uniforms had it confused with another snake-and-staff symbol. The caduceus is the “Born in the U.S.A.” of ...

In the world of medicine, one of the most recognised yet often misunderstood symbols is the Caduceus. From ambulances to hospital logos and doctors’ vehicles, the Caduceus frequently appears as ...

Like the caduceus and the lab coat, the stethoscope is a symbol of modern medicine. But some doctors are starting to doubt its worth. “It’s a relic,” said Eric Topol, a cardiologist and ...

There are actually two versions of the symbol. The winged version is known as a caduceus and the stick is actually a staff that was carried by the Olympian god Hermes. In Greek mythology ...

The U.S. Army Medical Corps chose the caduceus as its symbol in 1902. "Since then the politics of health care have grown more twisted and tangled than the two snakes entwined around the staff in a ...

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here claiming that many doctors in the country were by mistake using the Greek symbol Caduceus, consisting of a ...