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MENTAL

When Death Is Inevitable, Why Is Our DNR Ignored?

A peaceful death is what all of us wish for, and with that in mind, many will prepare a DNR form. Why do healthcare professionals ignore our requests?

ENVIRON

Am I Swallowing Microplastics Every Time I Chew Gum?

Researchers discovered that a single piece of gum can release 637 microplastic articles per gram

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Colposcopy

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

DISEASES

Gestational Diabetes, Risks and Treatment

Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy. Diabetes means your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high.

KFF Survey Shows Complexity, Red Tape, Denials, Confusion Rivals Affordability as a Problem for Insured Consumers, With Some Saying It Caused Them to Go...

Most Consumers Across Types of Insurance Had a Problem with Their Coverage in the Past Year, Including About Three-Quarters of Those Who Used a Lot of Care or Received Mental Health Services

Flipping the Script on Cancer Prevention

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

Why is Obesity Linked to Breast Cancer?

GENE CHANGES CAUSE CANCER, resulting in a loss of normal controls on cell growth, division, and spread. We know that being overweight or obese can...

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

Simone Gold and America’s Frontline Con Artists Launch a Road Trip

America's Frontline Doctors (AFLD) and Simone Gold, disgraced medical quack, take their medical carnival show on the road in an RV, just like Medicine men of old.

CARDIO

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

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...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Zach Bush, MD on Medika’s Quack Scale

Zach Bush, MD scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. Bush has become the poster boy for alternate/complementary health and mixes pseudoscience and mystical mumbo-jumbo with his own brand of traditional medicine