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MENTAL

The Algorithm That Gave Me Pause Tonight and “Hooked” Me

I had never envisioned a computer responding to me and “telling” me that it had found something both interesting and challenging in our conversation....

ENVIRON

A Business Approach To Reducing Healthcare Costs

Do It By Improving Employee Health — It Works! This is the 13th article in a series on America’s dysfunctional healthcare system.

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

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

DISEASES

My Must-Do Bedtime Ritual

TURN YOUR NIGHT INTO AN OPPORTUNITY: You can use healthy habits to improve your oral health. Brush (and floss)! Let me give you three reasons why...

Is Social Media to Be Trusted for Health Information?

The Internet is an incredible wealth of information, not all of it truly scientific or health-promoting, but it can prove a quick way to garner details on health matters.

Diabetes Is Increased After Mild Covid-19

Long Covid after “mild” infection is common, can be devastating and can last for a long time. Among the Long Covid syndromes are intense fatigue, brain...

Spotlighting Emerging Dementia in Its Many Iterations and Stages

Dementia’s devastation may slip under our notice unless we recognize its many manifestations in behavior, speech, and mood.

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

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

Opioid overdoses related to illegally manufactured fentanyl (the most powerful of the opioids) represented the greatest contribution to the increasing numbers

CARDIO

Nutrition Advice Keeps Changing — And What Never Changes

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...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

How Medika’s Quack Scale Works

To help you sort out the schemers and con artists Medika has set up our own Quack Scale for you to easily and quickly identify healthcare professionals that pose a risk to your health and mental wellbeing.