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HEALTH

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

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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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Eight Early Signs of Heart Trouble You Shouldn’t Ignore

How Genetic Testing Helps to Streamline Weight Loss

Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Rise of The Celebrity Quack

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

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The Top 10 Public Health Policy Issues for Election Year 2024

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Once-Resistant Rural Court Officials Begin to Embrace Medications to Treat Addiction

Medika Life - June 29, 2023

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. — Rachel Solomon and judges hadn’t been on the best of terms. Then Judge O. Duane Slone “dumbfounded” her. Solomon was given...

Mindset Hacks for Chronic Pain Flare-Ups

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The Latest Science on Stress

January 30, 2022

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Are You Exposing Yourself to This Potentially Lethal Chemical?

Michael Hunter, MD - April 5, 2022

ARE YOU EXPOSED EACH DAY TO PHTHALATES, chemicals in everything from makeup to plastic containers? A new study from New York University suggests that such exposure may...

COP28 Conversations — Join the Community in the Know – 28 Influencers to Follow

October 24, 2023

Plastics Have Made Their Way Into Our Brains and May Cause Neurologic Disorders

May 4, 2023

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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.

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DISEASES

Global Wellness Summit Charts $4.4 Trillion Sector Impacting Longevity

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - November 6, 2022

The Global Wellness Summit Charts the $4.4 trillion sector that Impacts Longevity. Wellness – It’s No Longer Just Nuts, Granola, Spas and Yoga

How Much is Too Much? The Link Between Alcohol and Cancer

Michael Hunter, MD - January 15, 2025

Even that glass of wine with dinner or that beer after work isn’t completely harmless.

Use Exercise to Improve Cognition

Michael Hunter, MD - January 18, 2022

NEW RESEARCH ADDS TO A GROWING body of evidence regarding how you can use exercise to improve your cognition. Here are the positive results, as...

Brad Pitt Believes He May Have an Inability to Recognize Faces, Prosopagnosia

Pat Farrell PhD - July 10, 2022

Once again we are reminded that unusual neurologic disorders can be found in anyone and the latest to indicate he has a problem is a stellar actor.

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

Deadly Superbug Candida Auris Hits Two Dallas Hospitals. Officials Won’t Name Hospitals

Medika Life - July 25, 2021

A drug-resistant strain of Candida Auris has been detected in two Dallas Hospital's. Officials are endangering public health by not identifying the hospitals.

What You Say on TeleHealth Doesn’t Stay on Telehealth. How Patient Data is Under Threat

March 29, 2021

The Complete Dummies Guide to Covid PCR Testing for Conspiracy Fans

March 25, 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

Worshiping at The Alter of Zach Bush’s Messianic Health Cult

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - May 15, 2021

Zach Bush examined again, in response to supporters of the alternative health community and the health cult Bush has built around himself. Is he a quack?

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

September 21, 2020

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

May 17, 2021