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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

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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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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

The Top 10 Public Health Policy Issues for Election Year 2024

Plan B Is Not an Abortion Pill

Dense Breasts: The Hidden Risk You Can’t Ignore

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

The Difference Between A Psychiatrist, Psychologist, and Psychotherapist

Lisa Bradburn - June 12, 2020

A High-level overview showcasing the differences and similarities between psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy,

How Past Sexual Abuse Can Show Up As (Harm) OCD

February 19, 2024

Self-indulgent Are Scamming the System with “Emotional Support” Animals

February 18, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

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

Christopher Nial - November 11, 2024

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

When Plans Shift: The High Stakes of Climate Innovation

March 5, 2025

The Second Leading Cause of Lung Cancer Will Surprise You

August 28, 2022

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Myomectomy

Dr Jeff Livingston - June 3, 2020

Prepare yourself for a Hysteroscopic Myomectomy, an easy way to remove submucosal uterine fibroids.

Preparing for Cesarean Delivery (C-Section)

November 4, 2020

Preparing for: Endometrial Ablation

June 3, 2020

DISEASES

Do You Have an Autistic Child?

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - November 24, 2020

We need your help. Share your experience with other parents to warn of the dangers of treating autism with quackery and harmful chemicals and products.

Consumer HealthTech: A Data-Driven Evolution in Health Engagement

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - April 3, 2025

Despite Record Funding, Clinical Validation Gap Threatens Long-Term Growth of Consumer HealthTech Market

Beware of How You Hydrate This Hot Summer

Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa - July 3, 2021

Sometimes, drinking just water can be very dangerous in the summer heat.

Flipping the Script on Cancer Prevention

Richard Hatzfeld - August 4, 2023

We continue to lose many of the battles we should win against cancer.

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

Aspirin. Your Heart’s Best Friend, or Maybe Not

Medika Life - October 13, 2021

Aspirin is used by over 29 million Americans daily to prevent CVD and Stroke. New advice suggests we may want to rethink our use of the drug

What are Vitamins and What Role do They Play in Your Health?

May 5, 2021

Debunking Common Coronavirus and Covid Misconceptions, Myths, Lies, and Fairytales

April 12, 2021

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

Nobel-Winning Virologist David Baltimore Eats Wuhan Crow

Science Duuude - June 10, 2021

Nicholas Wade suggested the Wuhan laboratory was a possible source for the coronavirus. He used David Baltimore smoking gun comment to validate his theory.

Kelly Brogan on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 16, 2020

Robert F Kennedy Jnr Appropriates Racism and Apartheid To Fuel Vaccine Fear

March 28, 2021