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Clinic Notes: What My Patients Said This Week

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Shining a Light on Early Cancer Detection

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Overwork Is Rewiring Your Brain. Here’s What Neuroscience Wants You to Know

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Fifty of the Most Impactful Tech Innovators in Digital Health in 2021

Empathy and Health Excellence — The Superpower of Care Delivery

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The Medika Life 50 – The Most Influential Voices in Health for 2022

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AI in Public Health: Revolution, Risk and Opportunity

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For Leaders, When Is it Time to Speak Out for Science?

AI in Public Health: Revolution, Risk and Opportunity

Christopher Nial -

Beyond Stereotypes: The Exceptional Abilities That Make Autistic Minds Invaluable

Pat Farrell PhD -

Clinic Notes: What My Patients Said This Week

Michael Hunter, MD -

Shining a Light on Early Cancer Detection

Overwork Is Rewiring Your Brain. Here’s What Neuroscience Wants You to Know

Michael Hunter, MD -

How Unconscious Beliefs Distort Our Perception of Disability

Pat Farrell PhD -

Back to the Future of Medicine: The Physician Reimagined

Retreating from the Opportunity of a Century

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Beyond Data: Why Human Decisions Are Shaped by Facts, Feelings—and the Fire Within

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor -

OPINION & IMPACT
HEALTH

For Leaders, When Is it Time to Speak Out for Science?

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Retreating from the Opportunity of a Century

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Beyond Data: Why Human Decisions Are Shaped by Facts, Feelings—and the Fire Within

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Trump’s Drug Price Gambit: Cheaper for America, But Who Pays the Price?

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How Real-World Evidence Proves the Power of Patient Engagement

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How the growing trade war could affect biopharma intellectual property

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‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

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A Digital Turning Point in Migraine Care: CT-132 FDA Approval to Market is a Win for Patients and Proof that Clinical Evidence Matters

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Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson’s Health Wake-Up Call

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Empathy and Health Excellence — The Superpower of Care Delivery

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JUST FOR WOMEN

Health & Pregnancy

Gestational Diabetes, Risks and Treatment

Pregnancy FAQs for the Covid-19 Pandemic

Helena Hospital Awarded $50,000 for Helping Women with Postpartum Mental Health

Your Body Ages in Leaps: Stanford’s Surprising Findings at Ages 44 and 60

Hot Flash Hack: The Latest Breakthrough for Menopausal Relief

A Cycling Accident Saved My Life

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

Preparing for: Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)

Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Rise of The Celebrity Quack

KEEP IN TOUCH

The Top 10 Public Health Policy Issues for Election Year 2024

Benchmark KFF Survey: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 7% to Nearly $24,000 in 2023

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

Mothers of Color Can’t See if Providers Have a History of Mistreatment. Why Not?

Flipping the Script on Cancer Prevention

The Quack Scale

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

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Video of Jordon Walker, Supposed Pfizer Researcher, Goes Viral

The Quack Scale

We Call Out Reiner Fuellmich as a Fraud. The Covid Conspirator Investigated

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Pfizer Confirms mRNA Vaccine Never Tested for Preventing COVID Transmission

The Quack Scale

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

MENTAL

HEALTHY MINDS

Fish Oil Reversal: New Study Says Supplements Might Not Be What You Think for Heart Health

Michael Hunter, MD - May 31, 2024

Fish oil supplements, which boast high omega-3 fatty acids, EPA, and DHA, have been a mainstay in heart-healthy routines for years.

Look Deep! Pressure and Risk in the Health Setting

August 14, 2023

The Power of Lifestyle Choices – The Dose of Truth in “Heal Thyself”

April 24, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Climate Tech Visionaries: Innovating for a Sustainable Future

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - February 4, 2025

Israel-Based and Global-Facing Entrepreneurs Champion 2050 Net Zero Priorities

The Recycling Lie – How Corporations Duped Us Into Drowning in Plastic

April 28, 2024

The Urgent Call to Decolonise Global Health

August 26, 2024

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Abdominal Hysterectomy

Macarthur Medical Center - November 1, 2020

Prepare yourself for a Robotic Hysterectomy by learning more about what the procedure entails.

Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

January 20, 2021

DISEASES

The Medical Device That May Lead to Harm in People of Color

Pat Farrell PhD - December 13, 2022

Testing medical equipment is aimed at ensuring that it applies to every patient, regardless of their race, but one piece missed the mark.

Life Science Dominates Boston in June as BIO (and DHIS) Take Over Bean Town

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - June 7, 2023

Health Pros Gather in Boston to Explore How Culture and Structure May Stall Needed Health System Changes

Chlamydia: The Most Common Bacterial STI and How to Avoid It

Dr Jeff Livingston - May 26, 2020

Chlamydia, caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease in the United States

How Do We Americans Stack up Healthwise? Very Poorly!

Stephen Schimpff, MD MACP - July 17, 2022

Despite all, we spend on healthcare (over 4 trillion dollars or nearly 20% of GDP,) we are not a healthy population. So, how unhealthy are we? Very!

HEALTHY MINDS

Beyond Stereotypes: The Exceptional Abilities That Make Autistic Minds Invaluable

June 1, 2025

Clinic Notes: What My Patients Said This Week

June 1, 2025

How Unconscious Beliefs Distort Our Perception of Disability

May 23, 2025

Beyond Data: Why Human Decisions Are Shaped by Facts, Feelings—and the Fire Within

May 21, 2025

Death Is Not A Failure

May 15, 2025

Cancer Isn’t Random: What 42% of Diagnoses Have in Common — and How You Can Lower Your Risk.

May 2, 2025

When Is Exercise Not Exercise, and Is That Good Enough?

May 2, 2025

SAFETY

DANGEROUS PRODUCTS

Mastering The Art of Tweet-Jacking During a Pandemic

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - March 31, 2021

Covid conspiracies rely on tweet-jacking fact based tweets from reputable sources, appropriating the tweet and then subverting it for their own agenda.

Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Rise of The Celebrity Quack

March 15, 2021

How Medika’s Quack Scale Works

November 15, 2020

CARDIO

HEART HEALTH

This 5-Minute Habit Could Help Prevent a Dangerous Heart Condition.

Michael Hunter, MD - April 23, 2025

At 7:28 a.m., the sidewalk was still damp from last night’s Seattle area rain. I stepped outside, tea still warming my throat, and began walking...

Beans Are Now the Super Food That We All Need, So Get Ready for a New Diet

March 13, 2025

Multivitamins and Longevity: A Data-Driven Deep Dive

February 26, 2025

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Dr. Sherrill Sellman on Medika’s Quack Scale

Medika Life - November 30, 2020

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

Dr. Stella Immanuel on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 25, 2020

Exposing America’s Frontline Doctors and Their Financial Empire Built on Hydroxychloroquine

January 13, 2021