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If Gambling Is a Damaging Addiction, States Should Cease Lotteries

States run lotteries, offering winners multimillions, and then turning around and offering gambling rehab programs is a contradictory process.

ENVIRON

Step Aside, Coffee — The Health Benefits of Tea

WHILE TEA APPEARS TO HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS, most research investigations have been done in regions where green tea is the predominant type.

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

This article will help you prepare for a Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy. Understand what is involved in the procedure and

DISEASES

Overwork Is Rewiring Your Brain. Here’s What Neuroscience Wants You to Know

Most days, I aim radiation at tumors. But the most profound insights sometimes come in the quiet moments between treatments. I see a lot of overworked...

Don’t Be Fooled — Not all Fruits and Vegetables are “Dirty.”

I RECENTLY READ ABOUT THE "DIRTY DOZEN," a group of pesticide-containing fruits and vegetables. The Environmental Working Group gives us a "dirty dozen" list of fruits...

Common Medications Probably Make Back Pain Worse

New research provides evidence that common drugs used to treat back pain may be leading to more chronic pain.

Why is Obesity Linked to Breast Cancer?

GENE CHANGES CAUSE CANCER, resulting in a loss of normal controls on cell growth, division, and spread. We know that being overweight or obese can...

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SAFETY

How Medika’s Quack Scale Works

To help you sort out the schemers and con artists Medika has set up our own Quack Scale for you to easily and quickly identify healthcare professionals that pose a risk to your health and mental wellbeing.

CARDIO

AISAP Rural Health Breakthrough in Ghana is a Blueprint for Solving Cardiology Deserts

Access to cardiac care remains one of the most pressing, yet overlooked, crises in global health. In the United States, nearly half of all...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Who Not To Trust: A List of 10 Covid-19 Charlatans and “Medical” Snake-Oil Salesmen

The list below will highlight, by name, some of the most prominent purveyors of Covid-19 falsehoods. You may have already fallen for their self-serving propaganda.