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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

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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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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

Does Walking Extend Life?

Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

8 Habits That Might Add Decades to Your Life

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

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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

Hair Loss: The Hidden Toll of Stress

Michael Hunter, MD - July 15, 2023

I LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE A YOUNGISH FACE. I turn a bit to discover a bald patch on the crown of my head....

Iconic Musician Joni Mitchell’s Shocking Health Revelation: Her Battle with Morgellon Disease

February 8, 2024

3 Tips for Incorporating Mental Health Into Your Corporate Well-Being Program

September 11, 2021

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Sustainability + Health Systems: US and EU Perspectives

Nicole Grubner - June 23, 2024

While health systems ready themselves to address the emerging health challenges that are resulting from climate change — according to the World Health Organization, “It...

Dementia’s Silent Thief: Could Microplastics Be the Culprit?

February 18, 2025

A Business Approach To Reducing Healthcare Costs

October 3, 2022

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Robotic Hysterectomy

Dr Jeff Livingston - October 12, 2020

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

Preparing for: Endometrial Ablation

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Colposcopy

June 25, 2020

DISEASES

Too Much of a Good Thing

Richard Hatzfeld - March 9, 2023

Antimicrobial resistance is not an American problem; it is a threat shared by every country

Vision and COVID-19

Michael Hunter, MD - February 1, 2023

THERE IS A GENETIC LINK BETWEEN COVID-19 RISK and the leading cause of vision loss in people 50 and older, age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Using Blood to Find Dementia

Michael Hunter, MD - May 4, 2022

Worldwide, an estimated 50 million individuals have dementia, with upwards of 70 percent having Alzheimer’s disease.

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

Blocking Airflow During a Pandemic Helps the Covid Virus Spread. Open Your Windows

Medika Life - August 21, 2021

We need to open our windows to reduce the transmission of Covid-19 in our buildings and classrooms. Fresh air helps remove viral particles from our environment.

Why Should I Critically Appraise Health News?

March 26, 2021

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

December 12, 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

America’s Frontline Doctors Want to Become the New Republic’s NIH

Medika Life - June 6, 2021

America's Frontline Doctors want you to call them now so they can prescribe dangerous medications based on a brief telehealth call, all for only $90

Who Not To Trust: A List of 10 Covid-19 Charlatans and “Medical” Snake-Oil Salesmen

September 21, 2020

Andrew Wakefield, the ultimate medical con on Medika’s Quack Scale

April 17, 2021