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The Double-Edged Sword of “Brutal Honesty”

Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa -
"I don't mean to sound harsh. And I owe you honesty." I almost always say this when I speak to families about the...

Dementia Remains One of Our Most Serious Mysteries

Music Therapy and Dementia — Surprising Findings

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Confronting Climate Change — Includes Considering Its Naysayers

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor -
Noise Eats Science for Breakfast Almost Always — Do We Have the Luxury of Time to Get this Right?

Step Aside, Coffee — The Health Benefits of Tea

Dementia’s Silent Thief: Could Microplastics Be the Culprit?

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Preparing for: Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization

Dr Jeff Livingston -
During a laparoscopic tubal ligation out-patient procedure, the fallopian tubes are tied, cut, or removed to permanently prevent pregnancy. Tubal surgery blocks the pathway between the uterus and ovaries preventing sperm from reaching the egg.

Preparing for: Vaginal Hysterectomy

Preparing for an Endometrial Biopsy

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Melanoma, a skin cancer

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Cells that make melanin and are found in the lower part of the epidermis. Melanin is the pigment that gives skin its natural color. When skin is exposed to the sun or artificial light, melanocytes make more pigment and cause the skin to darken.

Surprising Creativity Associated with Some Forms of Dementia

Pat Farrell PhD -
We think of dementia as the overarching destruction of the brain resulting in an inability to perform daily tasks or interact appropriately, but that’s not always the case.

Chagas disease (T. cruzi infection) or American trypanosomiasis

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It is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to animals and people by insect vectors and is found only in the Americas

Is Happiness Related to Alzheimer’s and a Specific Hormone?

Pat Farrell PhD -
The search for the many factors related to the development of Alzheimer’s goes on, and now there’s a new prospect: serotonin.

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Opioids. Everything you need to know about America’s Most Lethal Drugs

Robert Turner, Founding Editor -
Opioid overdoses related to illegally manufactured fentanyl (the most powerful of the opioids) represented the greatest contribution to the increasing numbers

What You Say on TeleHealth Doesn’t Stay on Telehealth. How Patient Data is Under Threat

Perrigo Voluntarily Recalls Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Aerosol

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Nutrition Advice Keeps Changing — And What Never Changes

Stephen Schimpff, MD MACP -
For decades we’ve been told to avoid eggs, butter, whole milk, and red meat. Then eggs were declared acceptable again. Butter quietly returned to many...

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

GLP‑1 Medications in Later Life: Why the “Miracle Shot” Needs a Senior‑Specific Safety Lens

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Dr. Suzanne Humphries on Medika’s Quack Scale

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Dr. Suzanne Humphries scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. She poses a high risk to the general public and we recommend against following any of her advice.

Worshiping at The Alter of Zach Bush’s Messianic Health Cult

Debunking Nicholas Wade’s Origin of COVID Conspiracy Theory

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