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Empathy and Health Excellence — The Superpower of Care Delivery

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OPINION & IMPACT
HEALTH

Empathy and Health Excellence — The Superpower of Care Delivery

Europe Reimagines Foreign Aid as Investment

Tariffs Can Upset the World of Healthcare and Medications

Consumer HealthTech: A Data-Driven Evolution in Health Engagement

A Turning Point for Global Health

Business of Health: When Patients Become Secondary to the System

To Patients, Parents, and Caregivers, Proposed Medicaid Cuts Are a Personal Affront

20 People Who are Transforming the Health Ecosystem Through Practical Paths to Apply AI – 2025 Roster

With RFK Jr. in Charge, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In

The Future of Health Information and Innovation: A Conversation with HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf

JUST FOR WOMEN

Health & Pregnancy

Coffee and Atrial Fibrillation

The Lifelong Exercise That Keeps Japanese Moving

PPD’s and The Risk of Hair Dye during Pregnancy

A Cycling Accident Saved My Life

A Guide for Men to Become Champions of Support for Endometriosis

Don’t Crystal Ball Patients’ Futures – AI Delivers Accuracy Right Now

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

Preparing for: Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)

Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Rise of The Celebrity Quack

KEEP IN TOUCH

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

Mothers of Color Can’t See if Providers Have a History of Mistreatment. Why Not?

Flipping the Script on Cancer Prevention

8 Habits That Might Add Decades to Your Life

Dr. Susan Love: A Legacy of Empathy and Empowerment in Medicine

The Quack Scale

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

Video of Jordon Walker, Supposed Pfizer Researcher, Goes Viral

The Quack Scale

We Call Out Reiner Fuellmich as a Fraud. The Covid Conspirator Investigated

Pfizer Confirms mRNA Vaccine Never Tested for Preventing COVID Transmission

The Quack Scale

Fact-Checking Geert Vanden Bossche. Cashing in on Covid Misinformation

MENTAL

HEALTHY MINDS

How To Respond To A Family Member Steeped In Addiction

Lisa Bradburn - July 26, 2022

A personal tale of two choices, and when the hardest decision is the honorable one.

Beat Your Anger By Using It to Your Advantage

August 1, 2023

Complex, Chronic Diseases Are Rampant Today

June 27, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Carbon Credits – The Dirty Word for Clean Cookstoves

Nicole Grubner - February 14, 2024

Home Appliances and Policymakers Look to Clean Cookstove Programs to Keep Local Communities and Global Climate Sustainable

COP28 Conversations — Join the Community in the Know – 28 Influencers to Follow

October 24, 2023

The intersection of Public Health and Sustainability: Why it Matters Now More Than Ever

July 9, 2024

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

Medika Life - June 3, 2020

Prepare yourself for a Hysteroscopic Polypectomy by learning more about what the procedure entails.

Preparing for: Vaginal Hysterectomy

October 27, 2020

Preparing for: Abdominal Hysterectomy

November 1, 2020

DISEASES

This Common Condition Could Increase Your Alzheimer’s Risk By 42%

Michael Hunter, MD - October 22, 2024

People ages 60 and above with untreated high blood pressure may be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Medicine and Hope Are Allies in Care

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - March 15, 2022

For centuries, scientists have pursued treatments and cures for pressing and frightening illnesses. Throughout that time, we have called upon shamans and mystics, spiritual...

Covid Masks: What You Should Know

Michael Hunter, MD - January 17, 2022

I SWAPPED OUT MY SURGICAL MASK for the N95 and KN94 ones. Given my newer masks are not inexpensive, how long can I wear one...

Liver Cancer, HCC (Hepatocellular Carcinoma)

Medika Life - June 23, 2020

Liver cancer includes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma). Risk factors for HCC include chronic infection with hepatitis B or C and cirrhosis of the liver.

HEALTHY MINDS

Empathy and Health Excellence — The Superpower of Care Delivery

April 6, 2025

Europe Reimagines Foreign Aid as Investment

April 4, 2025

Consumer HealthTech: A Data-Driven Evolution in Health Engagement

April 3, 2025

Strength Beyond Years: How Exercise Redefines Aging

March 18, 2025

Simple Touch Mandates a Significant Place in Health Fostering

February 25, 2025

“Lemonading” May Help Us Cope with Adversity in Our Lives

February 19, 2025

Love Addiction Can Signal Emotional Dependence in Some

February 18, 2025

SAFETY

DANGEROUS PRODUCTS

How My Breast Cancer Providers Have Compromised My Life

Christina Vaughn - October 4, 2021

Being poor can get you killed. A damning indictment of breast cancer Providers from a Medicaid survivor of a double mastectomy.

Mastering The Art of Tweet-Jacking During a Pandemic

March 31, 2021

Deadly Superbug Candida Auris Hits Two Dallas Hospitals. Officials Won’t Name Hospitals

July 25, 2021

CARDIO

HEART HEALTH

Beans Are Now the Super Food That We All Need, So Get Ready for a New Diet

Pat Farrell PhD - March 13, 2025

Beans are one of the best sources of protein and a food that can last a long time on the shelf. Researchers are singing their praises.

Multivitamins and Longevity: A Data-Driven Deep Dive

February 26, 2025

3 Habits of Highly Healthy People

January 26, 2025

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - May 17, 2021

Reiner Fuellmich is attempting the same thing he accuses the world of, massive deception, His Covid misinformation and con are intentional and

Fact-Checking Geert Vanden Bossche. Cashing in on Covid Misinformation

March 23, 2021

Dr. Sherrill Sellman on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 30, 2020