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“Deaf” Physicians’ Failure to Listen to Seriously Ill Patients

Too often, women’s medical concerns face a healthcare bias; lack of belief. When this happens, as in a recent case of ovarian cancer, the final...

ENVIRON

Nonstick Pans: The Truth About Safety and How to Use Them Right

We’ve all heard the rumors: nonstick coatings degrade over time, releasing harmful chemicals into our food. Is there any truth to these claims?

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UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Abdominal Hysterectomy

Prepare yourself for a Robotic Hysterectomy by learning more about what the procedure entails.

DISEASES

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

“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...

Coronary Heart Disease

Heart disease is a catch-all phrase for a variety of conditions that affect the heart’s structure and function. Coronary heart disease is a type of heart disease that develops when the arteries of the heart

Emphysema, a COPD

Emphysema is a type of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). COPD is a group of lung diseases that make it hard to breathe and get worse over time.

A Big Upside to Olive Oil

IT'S ONLY AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY, but a recent examination of 90,000 healthcare professionals in the United States suggests that consuming even a tiny amount of...

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

How My Breast Cancer Providers Have Compromised My Life

Being poor can get you killed. A damning indictment of breast cancer Providers from a Medicaid survivor of a double mastectomy.

CARDIO

Stopping Middle-Age Spread

  If you’re an adult in the U.S., you can expect to gain 10 to 25 pounds between your 20s and your 40s. Starting between...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Dr. Stella Immanuel on Medika’s Quack Scale

Dr. Stella Immanuel 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.