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Tackling Night Shift Worker Health Perils; Failure to Act Is Unhealthy

Pat Farrell PhD -
Shift work, in some professions, is unavoidable, but it also comes with mental and physical health issues, and workers need to begin to practice self-care to counteract these problems.

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

Does Walking Extend Life?

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Climate-proofing: How a Coney Island hospital rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy

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By Gaea Cabico, a freelance reporter in New York. On the night Superstorm Sandy hit New York in October 2012, seawater from the Atlantic Ocean...

Dangers in Household Chemicals May Impair and Damage Brain Cells

Climate Change is a Health Crisis, So Why is Health Adaptation Financing Still Lacking?

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Preparing for Cesarean Delivery (C-Section)

Macarthur Medical Center -
When the baby is delivered through an incision in the abdomen and uterus, it is called a cesarean section or C-section delivery. Information on the procedure

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

Preparing for: Endometrial Ablation

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CRISPR Technology To Simplify And Enhance CAR T Cancer Treatment

William Haseltine, PhD -
This is a series on the advances in CAR T, a remarkable immunotherapy treatment dubbed a “living drug.” This new therapy genetically modifies a patient’s cells to fight cancer, but current research efforts hope to treat autoimmune diseases, organ damage and more.

Research Drives AMD Treatments Toward Targeted Therapies

Deborah Ferrington PhD -
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness for those 55 years and older.

RAST, Radioallergosorbent antibody test

Medika Life -
RAST s a blood test using radioimmunoassay test to detect specific IgE antibodies, to determine the substances a patient is allergic to

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

Stephen Schimpff, MD MACP -
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

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You Don’t Need to be an Idiot to be a CovIdiot

Medika Life -
The term CovIdiot is misleading as it suggests anti-vax and anti-pandemic people are idiots. Nothing could be further from the truth and this perception prevents us reaching this demographic.

Who Not To Trust: A List of 10 Covid-19 Charlatans and “Medical” Snake-Oil Salesmen

Aspirin. Your Heart’s Best Friend, or Maybe Not

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

Pat Farrell PhD -
When GLP-1 medications like semaglutide began to gain attention, many people saw them as a breakthrough. For some people, these drugs help lower blood sugar,...

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

Stopping Middle-Age Spread

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

Robert Turner, Founding Editor -
Geert Vanden Boscche has made outlandish claims about the Covid vaccines and suggested they will end humanity. We debunk his claims with substantive sources.

Ivermectin is Dead and Buried Despite NIH Website Misstep and Twitter Buzz

Dr. Judy Mikovits on Medika’s Quack Scale

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