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MENTAL

How Do Therapists And Coaches Know If They’re Impacting Clients?

How can therapists and coaches who work in private practice gauge how well they are impacting clients? Defining client success is a difficult undertaking

ENVIRON

COP29 Opening Ceremony: Leaders Call for Bold Action Amid Global Climate Crisis

A central issue at COP29 is the need for increased climate finance to support developing countries in mitigating and adapting to climate impacts

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Colposcopy

Our Preparing for series allows a patient to properly prepare themselves for a procedure. Answers about how long the procedure will last, what’s involved, what to expect

DISEASES

Human First: Reclaiming Empathy in Our Love Affair with Health Tech

We are a species enamored with technology. I count myself among the early adopters who eagerly embraced gadgets promising to reshape how we live...

Medicaid at a Crossroads: Safe AI, Shifting Policy and the Stakes for People’s Health

Medicaid is one of America’s most complex and essential Federal health programs, serving more than 70 million people. Its design, Federal standards, and state-level...

Too Old to Live? The Scourge of Ageism in Medicine Cannot Be Denied

Insidious, calculated disregard for our older patients is not acceptable, and it should be called out for what it is — ageism in all its ugliness.

Five Lessons I Learned From Having a “Brain” Tumor

The neurosurgeon told me he would not know if the tumor was benign or malignant until we got the final pathology results.

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

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

Ivermectin is a global con, sold by unscrupulous doctors and healthcare professionals as a treatment for Covid. It doesn't work.

CARDIO

AISAP Rural Health Breakthrough in Ghana is a Blueprint for Solving Cardiology Deserts

Access to cardiac care remains one of the most pressing, yet overlooked, crises in global health. In the United States, nearly half of all...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Dr. Christiane Northrup on Medika’s Quack Scale

Dr Christiane Northrup scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. She poses a high risk to both her patients and the general public and we recommend against following any of her advice.