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A Pandemic-inspired Lifestyle: How a virus and MR may change our lives

The physical world of major cities must change. Of this, there is no doubt because technology has opened vast fresh opportunities to work collaboratively from afar.

ENVIRON

Am I Swallowing Microplastics Every Time I Chew Gum?

Researchers discovered that a single piece of gum can release 637 microplastic articles per gram

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Colposcopy

Our Preparing for series allows a patient to properly prepare themselves for a procedure. Answers about how long the procedure will last, what’s involved, what to expect

DISEASES

Restrictive practices in medicine are holding high-income countries back

A paper in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is part of a pattern: middle-income countries do a lot of primary care...

Teaming Up Two Biotech Winners to Fight Cancer: CRISPR and CAR T

Advances in CAR T, a remarkable immunotherapy treatment dubbed a “living drug.” This new therapy genetically modifies a patient’s cells to fight cancer, but current research efforts hope to treat autoimmune diseases, organ damage and more.

Hesitant to Discuss Weight with Your Patients?

Five Tips for Women’s Health Providers to Address Obesity

Being Sensitive Doesn’t Mean You’re Broken

So, if you’re someone who seems to be highly sensitized to stress, you might get the impression that there’s something “wrong” with you. (Spoiler alert: there’s not.)

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SAFETY

Will The Vaccine Stop Me From Catching COVID?

That is currently being studied, and the data are not out yet. This is critical to know, actually. We know that the vaccine prevents symptomatic Covid disease, but we don’t know if it prevents people from catching the virus

CARDIO

At HLTH Europe, BBC StoryWorks Shines a Light on Women’s Health and the Challenge of Navigating Care

Conversations about women's health are not new. Researchers, clinicians, patient advocates and policymakers have spent decades drawing attention to disparities in care, gaps in...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Zach Bush, MD on Medika’s Quack Scale

Zach Bush, MD scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. Bush has become the poster boy for alternate/complementary health and mixes pseudoscience and mystical mumbo-jumbo with his own brand of traditional medicine