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MENTAL

Could Chronic Tardiness Signal Unresolved Past Trauma?

Deep self-reflection reveals this has been true for me.

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: Midurethral Sling

A mid-urethral sling is the most common type of surgery used to correct stress urinary incontinence or a leaky bladder. A small, supportive material of synthetic mesh is placed under the urethra to give support.

DISEASES

Coffee Good for Your Heart, But There is a Caveat

WHICH OF THESE IS THE MOST ACCURATE observation regarding coffee consumption? A. Habitual coffee drinking increases your risk of atrial fibrillation, a condition marked by an irregular and...

When Your Back Hurts, Sometimes It’s Better Not Knowing Exactly Why

Yet, there is the human desire to KNOW what is going on inside our bodies. There are also costs to knowing that you have a disc protrusion, or osteoarthritis, or degenerative disc disease.

Can At Home-Health Dx Testing Move Primary Care Back into the Preventive Care Front-Seat?

Health Industry veteran Pouria Sanae, CEO of ixlayer, is Changing How Consumers Use Home-Based Diagnostic Tests to Make Patient-Physician Connections More Effective.

How To Respond To A Family Member Steeped In Addiction

A personal tale of two choices, and when the hardest decision is the honorable one.

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

Deadly Superbug Candida Auris Hits Two Dallas Hospitals. Officials Won’t Name Hospitals

A drug-resistant strain of Candida Auris has been detected in two Dallas Hospital's. Officials are endangering public health by not identifying the hospitals.

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

Dr Joseph Mercola 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.