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Is Age-Related Muscle Loss Linked to Early Mortality?

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An Ageing Population Underlines Need for New Strategies to Improve Uptake of Adult Pneumococcal Immunisation

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From Skinner’s Operant Conditioning to Artificial Intelligence’s Algorithms

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LATEST ARTICLES

Beyond the Tech: The Most Important Leadership Priority in the Age of AI

Robert Sundelius, FACHE -

Is “Whataboutism” Killing Empathy?

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor -

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

Pat Farrell PhD -

Is Age-Related Muscle Loss Linked to Early Mortality?

Michael Hunter, MD -

An Ageing Population Underlines Need for New Strategies to Improve Uptake of Adult Pneumococcal Immunisation

Mark Chataway -

From Skinner’s Operant Conditioning to Artificial Intelligence’s Algorithms

Atefeh Ferdosipour -

New York Tackles Insulin Access Hurdles as Governor Hochul Takes on Therapy Costs

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor -

Guilt Is a Weapon, and We Need to Defend Ourselves

Pat Farrell PhD -

Health Equity & Inclusion in Action: Laying the Foundations for a Fairer, Healthier Future

Christopher Nial -

A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox

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HEALTHCARE

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

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A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox

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We Know the Health Ecosystem is Fragmented, Resulting in Rising Costs and Poorer Patient Outcomes, But What Are We Doing About It?

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Exclusive Medika Conversation with HIMSS Top Leadership – Inside Scoop on Key 2024 Priorities

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HIMSS 2024 will Feature Prominently in Medika Life Coverage

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Galen Growth + ViVE 2024 Champion Digital Health Innovation as a Salve for an Ailing US Health Ecosystem

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Understanding the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: Insights from a Major International Study

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Digital Health Trends Revealed – Exuberance Gives Way to Savvy Investors

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Psychiatry’s “Bible” Panel Comes Under Fire for Funding and Gifts

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Pursuing Happy Modernity: AI and Human Exploration in New Research-Based Tech

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Health Care and Its Deadly Biases Toward Women

Vaginal Yeast Infections

VIVE 2023 Made Several Wise Decisions in Coming To Nashville

The Top 10 Public Health Policy Issues for Election Year 2024

Benchmark KFF Survey: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 7% to Nearly $24,000 in 2023

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

Preparing for: Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)

Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Rise of The Celebrity Quack

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8 Habits That Might Add Decades to Your Life

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

Why Improving Women’s Health Around the World is Urgent

Longer Breastfeeding Results in Better School Achievement: Why Might That Be?

Life Science Dominates Boston in June as BIO (and DHIS) Take Over Bean Town

Clinics IV Life Launches a New Clinic Model to Change the Face of Charitable Maternal Care, Delivery to Impoverished Communities

The Quack Scale

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

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Video of Jordon Walker, Supposed Pfizer Researcher, Goes Viral

The Quack Scale

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

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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 Break Up With Your Therapist

Lisa Bradburn - March 22, 2021

Change your Therapist. If you are experiencing challenges with your therapist and feel your needs are unmet, here are personal suggestions on overcoming the situation

Is Innovation an Overused Idea? ViVE is Home to Real-World Health-System Evolution!

February 28, 2024

Hearing Loss Contributes to Mental Suffering and Dementia Despair

August 21, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Why I Stopped Taking Fish Oil

Michael Hunter, MD - October 18, 2023

A NEW STUDY ASSESSED HEALTH CLAIMS on fish oil supplement labels in the United States. It also examined doses of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic...

Hidden Risks: Unveiling the Dark Side of Sunscreen

May 25, 2023

Is the Solution to Clean Drinking Water, Energy, and Oxygen Right Under our Noses?

August 17, 2021

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Endometrial Ablation

Medika Life - June 3, 2020

Prepare yourself for an Endometrial Ablation by learning more about what the procedure entails.

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

June 3, 2020

DISEASES

Menorrhagia or Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Dr Jeff Livingston - June 7, 2020

Menorrhagia is menstrual bleeding that lasts more than 7 days. It can also be bleeding that is very heavy.and can affect your quality of life.

Finding Cancer: Ants Versus Dogs

Michael Hunter, MD - March 17, 2022

DO YOU KNOW THE FILM ALIEN VERSUS PREDATORS? Today, I want to put ants up against dogs, at least for detecting cancer in humans. We explore...

Coffee Lower Diabetes Risk, But There’s a Catch

Michael Hunter, MD - January 18, 2022

DO YOU DRINK COFFEE? IF YES, you may have a significantly lower probability of developing type 2 diabetes. Coffee consumption is inversely associated with the...

The Power of Lifestyle Choices – The Dose of Truth in “Heal Thyself”

John Whyte MD - April 24, 2022

“You need to lose weight.” Doctors say that to patients every day. What they don’t do is tell patients how to do it. That’s...

HEALTHY MINDS

Is “Whataboutism” Killing Empathy?

April 16, 2024

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

April 16, 2024

From Skinner’s Operant Conditioning to Artificial Intelligence’s Algorithms

April 11, 2024

Guilt Is a Weapon, and We Need to Defend Ourselves

April 2, 2024

Surprising Connection Found: Missing Teeth At Birth Linked to Cancer Risk

March 18, 2024

Researchers Have Stepped Into the Weird World of Science Fiction

March 18, 2024

Updating Maslow’s Theory in the Ever-Evolving AI Era

March 13, 2024

SAFETY

DANGEROUS PRODUCTS

America’s Frontline Doctors Face Long Overdue Medical and Legal Censure

Medika Life - August 9, 2021

AFLDS or America's Front Line Doctors are about to come undone as state licensing authorities tighten restriction on medical misinformation

Mastering The Art of Tweet-Jacking During a Pandemic

March 31, 2021

Will The Vaccine Stop Me From Catching COVID?

December 15, 2020

CARDIO

HEART HEALTH

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

Pat Farrell PhD - April 16, 2024

Tobacco products have been proven to cause various cancers, but new nicotine-containing products are questionable, too.

HIMSS – Global Meeting Ground for Health Info Innovators to Secure Partnerships and Advance Care

March 4, 2024

Understanding the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: Insights from a Major International Study

February 25, 2024

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Ivermectin is Dead and Buried Despite NIH Website Misstep and Twitter Buzz

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - September 1, 2022

Ivermectin is a global con, sold by unscrupulous doctors and healthcare professionals as a treatment for Covid. It doesn't work.

The Dirtiest Dozen. Meet The Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Covid Health Grifters

May 2, 2021

Scott Atlas on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 16, 2020