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Chatbots Are Coming for MH, and There Are Many Sides to This New Therapy Tool

Chatbots may appear to address the dearth of mental health services in rural areas or for those with limited income, but with this digital advance come untold, possibly unrealized, difficulties and even dangers.

ENVIRON

It Hits Your “Pits” to Stop Odors, But Are They Safe?

Smelling pleasant, or at least not smelling, is the order of the day. New products promising to quell odors all over your body have hit the market, and we need information on them.

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for an Endometrial Biopsy

An endometrial biopsy is a simple office-based procedure where a doctor removes a small amount of tissue from inside the uterine cavity. This procedure

DISEASES

Promise, Progress and Perspective: Key Takeaways from SABCS 2025

The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) is one of the largest gatherings where researchers, patients, and drug developers come together to present, discuss...

Health Care and Its Deadly Biases Toward Women 

In 2020 in the U.S., the maternal mortality rate for non-Hispanic Black women was 55.3 deaths per 100,000 live births, 2.9 times the rate for non-Hispanic White women.

Type 2 Diabetes, Risks and Treatment

Type 2 diabetes, the most common type of diabetes, is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high.

It’s Not Us vs. Them: What the Terminator Teaches Us About AI and the Future of Health

“I know now why you cry. But it is something I can never do.”– The Terminator, T2: Judgment Day That moment, when the T-800, a...

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

Cleverly Using Semantics to Deceive and Avoid Licensing as a Therapist?

Coaching, without a doubt, is big business, and it is estimated to bring in $11B in 2021. There is little control over the use of the term “life coach,” and it is an unregulated industry

CARDIO

From Bread to Barriers: When Health-Care Access Becomes the Crime

Les Misérables was never truly about bread. Bread was the spark, hunger the condition, and desperation the predictable outcome of a system that was...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

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

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