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

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

AI in Public Health: Revolution, Risk and Opportunity

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Beyond Stereotypes: The Exceptional Abilities That Make Autistic Minds Invaluable

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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

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How Unconscious Beliefs Distort Our Perception of Disability

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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

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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

Clinical Trials for Bacterial Vaginosis in Dallas, Forth Worth Area

Top 13 Ways to Cut Dementia

The PREGOPOWER App for expectant mothers

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

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

MENTAL

HEALTHY MINDS

The Vital Reflection: How Large Language Models Hold a Mirror to Humanity

John Nosta - November 17, 2023

Large Language Models have become more than tech achievements; they are vital reflections of humanity.

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

August 18, 2024

Company-Paid Concierge-Style Primary Care

October 13, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Climate Services and Public Health: Insights from the WMO 2023 Report

Christopher Nial - November 8, 2023

As the world warms at an alarming pace, the need for robust climate services to bolster health systems becomes increasingly critical.

Israel Incubators, Accelerators and Private-Equity Groups Champion Pressing Climate-Tech Innovation

August 23, 2023

Climate Change Has an Underbelly Few Are Considering

March 6, 2022

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UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Colposcopy

Dr Jeff Livingston - June 25, 2020

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

Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

June 3, 2020

Preparing for an Endometrial Biopsy

October 11, 2020

DISEASES

The Cognitive Renaissance: How Technology is Recalibrating Our Minds and Revitalizing Our Workplaces

John Nosta - September 22, 2023

By embracing the multi-dimensional relationship with technology, we're not just optimizing work; we are enriching life.

It’s Time to Reconsider Deadly Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy

Pat Farrell PhD - August 23, 2023

The little-talked-about or diagnosed syndrome may be more prevalent in healthcare than we know.

Lifestyle Changes Significantly Improve Cognition and Function in Early Alzheimer’s Disease for the First Time in a Randomized Controlled Trial

Medika Life - June 7, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time, a randomized controlled clinical trial has demonstrated that an intensive lifestyle intervention, without drugs, significantly improved...

Which Women’s Health Conditions Affect Men?

Krishma Patel - April 5, 2022

It is a given that the genetic makeup of men and women differs tremendously. The variations majorly lie in genes, anatomy, and hormone levels....

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

Kratom, the Undiluted Truth. Is it a Dangerous Drug or a Godsend?

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - December 12, 2020

There are two sides to Kratom and two distinct views of it in the public’s mind. Kratom users see the drug as a lifesaver. Some of them consume it for pain, others, as a means to wean themselves off opioids

Vaccines need to Distance Themselves from Covid. It is Imperative.

December 5, 2020

Will The Vaccine Stop Me From Catching COVID?

December 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

Debunking Nicholas Wade’s Origin of COVID Conspiracy Theory

Science Duuude - May 29, 2021

Nicholas Wade debunked by real virologists. His Origin of Covid theory is flawed. He misinterprets and misrepresents science and scientists. Wade is exposed

Roby Mitchell (Dr. Fitt) on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 23, 2020

Dr Joseph Mercola on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 17, 2020