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Atefeh Ferdosipour -
For more than three years, I have been working on a simple but powerful question: how can we design educational technology that draws inspiration...

Iconic Musician Joni Mitchell’s Shocking Health Revelation: Her Battle with Morgellon Disease

“Lemonading” May Help Us Cope with Adversity in Our Lives

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A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox

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Smallpox was certified eradicated in 1980, but I first learned about the disease’s twisty, storied history in 1996 while interning at the World Health...

You Can Use Gardening As Exercise

COP29 Opening Ceremony: Leaders Call for Bold Action Amid Global Climate Crisis

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Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

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Prepare yourself for a Hysteroscopic Polypectomy by learning more about what the procedure entails.

Preparing for: Colposcopy

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization

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Four Ways COVID has Changed Health Tech

John Whyte MD -
Like most tech lovers, I’m excited about the upcoming CES conference.  I won’t be attending in person but will be watching it very closely...

An Ageing Population Underlines Need for New Strategies to Improve Uptake of Adult Pneumococcal Immunisation

Mark Chataway -
The following article is based on expert discussions taken from the MSD Pneumococcal Vaccination Policy Roundtable that took place in Cape Town, South Africa...

How Too Much Iron (or Too Little) Puts Your Health at Risk

Michael Hunter, MD -
IRON DEFICIENCY IS COMMON in humans. On the other hand, excessive iron (for example, with hemochromatosis) is associated with an increased risk of developing several cancers, including breast, colorectal, liver, and prostate.

Is My Drink Plotting My Downfall? Xylitol Explained

Michael Hunter, MD -
scary headlines proclaiming that the sweetener xylitol — in the gum that I am chewing as I write — is linked to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and early death

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Texas Listeria Outbreak Leads to Tyson Chicken Recall

Dr Jeff Livingston -
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced a recall of over 8 million pounds of ready-to-eat chicken after a Listeria outbreak in Texas was detected by the Whole Genome Sequencing Project.

68 Percent of Patients With Mild COVID-19 Get New Diagnosis Within 6 Months

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

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

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor -
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...

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

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

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Debunking Nicholas Wade’s Origin of COVID Conspiracy Theory

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Nicholas Wade debunked by real virologists. His Origin of Covid theory is flawed. He misinterprets and misrepresents science and scientists. Wade is exposed

Nobel-Winning Virologist David Baltimore Eats Wuhan Crow

Roby Mitchell (Dr. Fitt) on Medika’s Quack Scale

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