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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

Longer Breastfeeding Results in Better School Achievement: Why Might That Be?

Have You Tried Exercising to Reduce Your Menstrual Pain?

How Genetic Testing Helps to Streamline Weight Loss

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

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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

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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

Tech Marches On, While Humanity Drags Its Feet

John Nosta - January 3, 2022

I thought it would be fun to look back at some of my predictions for health tech from almost a decade ago in Forbes....

Death Is Not A Failure

May 15, 2025

Stress Is Justin Bieber’s Greatest Enemy Now.

September 9, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Interactive Report Shows How Countries Prevent Global Epidemics by Stopping Infectious Diseases at the Start

Medika Life - October 12, 2022

Second Edition of ‘Epidemics That Didn’t Happen’ from Resolve to Save Lives Highlights Need for Continued Investment in Health Security

The Drink That Destroys Children’s Minds Forever

December 16, 2021

Schools May Foul the Drinking Water, Endanger and Damage Children

May 7, 2021

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

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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 an Endometrial Biopsy

October 11, 2020

Preparing for: Colposcopy

June 25, 2020

DISEASES

DNA, Dollars, and Dilemmas

John Nosta - July 12, 2022

Should advances in DNA sequencing go the way of Waze and credit cards?

Understanding the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: Insights from a Major International Study

Christopher Nial - February 25, 2024

Studies confirm that the known risks of COVID-19 vaccines are very rare and that the benefits outweigh the potential risks.

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

John Whyte MD - April 24, 2022

“You need to lose weight.” Doctors say that to patients every day. What they don’t do is tell patients how to do it. That’s...

No Hope for Older Patients in Cancer Clinical Trials Thanks to Bias

Pat Farrell PhD - June 16, 2022

Hope is one thing that can keep patients alive, but when older cancer patients are not even considered for clinical trials, how can they maintain hope?

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

The Evolution of Quinine to Hydroxychloroquine, Covid’s Snake Oil

Science Duuude - June 18, 2021

The evolution of Hydroxychloroquine. From malarial treatment to snake oil for curing Covid. America's love affair with quackery and snake oil explored

Covid Vaccines Just Took a Major Step Toward Regaining Credibility

March 19, 2021

Proving Vaccine Safety Without Relying on Science

December 21, 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

Kerri Rivera on Medika’s Quack Scale

Medika Life - November 22, 2020

Kerri Rivera scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. She poses a high risk to the general public and we recommend against purchasing any of her products..

The Dirtiest Dozen. Meet The Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Covid Health Grifters

May 2, 2021

Debunking Nicholas Wade’s Origin of COVID Conspiracy Theory

May 29, 2021