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Is Age-Related Muscle Loss Linked to Early Mortality?

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Beyond the Tech: The Most Important Leadership Priority in the Age of AI

Robert Sundelius, FACHE -

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Pat Farrell PhD -

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

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HEALTHCARE

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

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We Know the Health Ecosystem is Fragmented, Resulting in Rising Costs and Poorer Patient Outcomes, But What Are We Doing About It?

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Exclusive Medika Conversation with HIMSS Top Leadership – Inside Scoop on Key 2024 Priorities

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HIMSS 2024 will Feature Prominently in Medika Life Coverage

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Galen Growth + ViVE 2024 Champion Digital Health Innovation as a Salve for an Ailing US Health Ecosystem

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Understanding the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: Insights from a Major International Study

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Digital Health Trends Revealed – Exuberance Gives Way to Savvy Investors

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Psychiatry’s “Bible” Panel Comes Under Fire for Funding and Gifts

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Pursuing Happy Modernity: AI and Human Exploration in New Research-Based Tech

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JUST FOR WOMEN

Health & Pregnancy

Here is a Solution to Painful Sex

10 Top Tips to Drop Your Breast Cancer Risk

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization

The Top 10 Public Health Policy Issues for Election Year 2024

Benchmark KFF Survey: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 7% to Nearly $24,000 in 2023

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

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Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Rise of The Celebrity Quack

KEEP IN TOUCH

8 Habits That Might Add Decades to Your Life

Dr. Susan Love: A Legacy of Empathy and Empowerment in Medicine

Why Improving Women’s Health Around the World is Urgent

Longer Breastfeeding Results in Better School Achievement: Why Might That Be?

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The Quack Scale

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

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Video of Jordon Walker, Supposed Pfizer Researcher, Goes Viral

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We Call Out Reiner Fuellmich as a Fraud. The Covid Conspirator Investigated

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The Quack Scale

Fact-Checking Geert Vanden Bossche. Cashing in on Covid Misinformation

MENTAL

HEALTHY MINDS

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Michael Hunter, MD - March 15, 2022

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Hair Loss: The Hidden Toll of Stress

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ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Israel Incubators, Accelerators and Private-Equity Groups Champion Pressing Climate-Tech Innovation

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - August 23, 2023

Counsel, Connections and Cash are Today’s Start-Up Table-Stakes

New Money From CDC Can Reduce the High Rate of Birth Defects in Texas

July 11, 2021

It’s Time to Graduate from One-Time Use Plastic

August 1, 2023

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Myomectomy

Dr Jeff Livingston - June 3, 2020

Prepare yourself for a Hysteroscopic Myomectomy, an easy way to remove submucosal uterine fibroids.

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Robotic Hysterectomy

October 12, 2020

DISEASES

Preserving Health and Wellness and Preventing Chronic Diseases – America Does It Very Poorly

Stephen Schimpff, MD MACP - July 22, 2022

Assuring medical insurance for all Americans is an important goal, but it is far from sufficient to ensure we all get the best or even adequate care

CDC Lost Round One – But the Public Health Match Continues

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - December 9, 2022

Public health is now grappling with the most severe COVID threat: the “I don’t give a damn” variant.

Back pain as a symptom of Heart Attack

Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa - December 9, 2020

Back pain relating to a heart attack is called referred pain. It is diffuse and the source of the pain is difficult to pinpoint. More women experience this symptom

The Lifelong Exercise That Keeps Japanese Moving

Michael Hunter, MD - December 15, 2021

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HEALTHY MINDS

Is “Whataboutism” Killing Empathy?

April 16, 2024

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

April 16, 2024

From Skinner’s Operant Conditioning to Artificial Intelligence’s Algorithms

April 11, 2024

Guilt Is a Weapon, and We Need to Defend Ourselves

April 2, 2024

Surprising Connection Found: Missing Teeth At Birth Linked to Cancer Risk

March 18, 2024

Researchers Have Stepped Into the Weird World of Science Fiction

March 18, 2024

Updating Maslow’s Theory in the Ever-Evolving AI Era

March 13, 2024

SAFETY

DANGEROUS PRODUCTS

The Complete A to Z of Long Haul Covid Symptoms. What you Need to Know

Medika Life - April 27, 2021

A complete list of symptoms for Long Haul Covid or Chronic Covid Syndrome. Educate yourself about the symptoms and seek help from qualified healthcare professionals

The New Covid Vaccine Trials. Has Moderna Just Crossed an Ethical Line?

March 17, 2021

Debunking Bleach or Chlorine Dioxide as a Medical Treatment

November 27, 2020

CARDIO

HEART HEALTH

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

Pat Farrell PhD - April 16, 2024

Tobacco products have been proven to cause various cancers, but new nicotine-containing products are questionable, too.

HIMSS – Global Meeting Ground for Health Info Innovators to Secure Partnerships and Advance Care

March 4, 2024

Understanding the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: Insights from a Major International Study

February 25, 2024

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Dr Joseph Mercola on Medika’s Quack Scale

Medika Life - November 17, 2020

Dr Joseph Mercola scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. Mercola is the ultimate digital Quack cum snake oil salesman.

Why Polly Tommey Poses a Threat to Your Health and Your Children

April 14, 2021

Dr. Christiane Northrup on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 16, 2020