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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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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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The Lifelong Exercise That Keeps Japanese Moving

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Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

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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?

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The Quack Scale

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

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Pfizer Confirms mRNA Vaccine Never Tested for Preventing COVID Transmission

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Michael Hunter, MD - March 15, 2022

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Why Healthcare Organizations Need to Be at the Forefront of Climate Change Activism

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Climate Tech May be Among the World’s Greatest Public Health Priorities

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - August 27, 2023

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An Honest Explanation of Climate Denial

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The Drink That Destroys Children’s Minds Forever

December 16, 2021

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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: Endometrial Ablation

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization

June 3, 2020

DISEASES

New Study Suggests Long-Lasting Immunity After COVID

Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa - July 15, 2021

There has always been uncertainty over how long immunity from SARS CoV-2 infection lasts. Is it three months? Six months? A year? Lifelong? Studies...

UCHICAGO MEDICINE, SINAI JOIN CHICAGO ARC AS HEALTHCARE PARTNERS FOR HEALTH EQUITY INNOVATION

Medika Life - July 22, 2022

First-of-its-kind, health equity-focused venture collaborative to connect global innovators with leading health institutions to improve patient care

Three Heart Benefits of Dark Chocolate

Michael Hunter, MD - April 29, 2022

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”― Charles M. Schulz - Dr. Michael Hunter explores the benefits of dark chocolate.

Genome Editing and Cellular Therapies Show Promise for Treating Blood Disorders, Cancers

Medika Life - December 6, 2020

Three studies report promising results in the use of cutting-edge genome editing and cellular therapies for hard-to-treat blood disorders and cancers.

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

Dr. Steven Quay to Brief U.S. Congress On Origin of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Medika Life - May 21, 2021

Dr. Stephen Quay is scheduled to tell Congress that a laboratory in Wuhan was the most likely place for the origin of Covid.. His research, published in January

Vaccine Passports. Where Does Your State Stand? A List of all 50 States

July 7, 2021

Debunking Bleach or Chlorine Dioxide as a Medical Treatment

November 27, 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

Prof Dolores Cahill is the Latest Quack to Commit Career Suicide

Medika Life - May 23, 2021

Prof. Dolores Cahill is a medical quack that offers up anti-vaccine advice and spreads misinformation on the SARS-CoV2 virus and the covid vaccines

Nobel-Winning Virologist David Baltimore Eats Wuhan Crow

June 10, 2021

Another AFLDS Quack, Meet Dr. Peterson Pierre

October 24, 2022