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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

Punish the Lazy Obese, Shower Shame on Them, and Refuse Disability Benefits to Them?

No One Likes Taking Birth Control

Texas: Hot Flashes Clinical Study Participants – Women’s Health

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

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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

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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

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Saving Relationship Medicine with Direct Primary Care

Stephen Schimpff, MD MACP - August 28, 2022

Better Quality, Less Frustration and Reduced Costs. What a Bargain

Coronavirus and Physician Burnout Are Adding Fuel to the Fire

October 22, 2020

The Role of AI in Human Well-being and Mental Health: Exploring Two Crucial Dimensions

November 14, 2023

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

You Can Use Gardening As Exercise

Michael Hunter, MD - April 16, 2023

DID YOU KNOW THAT GARDENING CAN be an effective form of exercise? Today we explore how you can use gardening as exercise.

Where is our next plastic straw movement going to come from?

November 20, 2024

A Business Approach To Reducing Healthcare Costs

October 3, 2022

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UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

Dr Jeff Livingston - January 20, 2021

This article will help you prepare for a Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy. Understand what is involved in the procedure and

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Myomectomy

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Abdominal Hysterectomy

November 1, 2020

DISEASES

Monkeypox Outbreak: Stay Vigilant but Let’s Not Get Too Anxious

Isabella Soerjanto MD - July 31, 2022

WHO has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Is it as bad as COVID?

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

Pat Farrell PhD - May 4, 2023

The “wonderful” development of plastics in the 1940s brought about a change in our lives and may have created an incessant, hidden danger to our health.

Atherosclerosis, Arteriosclerosis or Hardening of the Arteries

Medika Life - June 18, 2020

Atherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque builds up inside your arteries. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body.

Road Noise Might Be One Reason Your Blood Pressure is High

Michael Hunter, MD - March 27, 2023

THERE IS AN LINK BETWEEN ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE and high blood pressure (hypertension).

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 Complete Dummies Guide to Covid PCR Testing for Conspiracy Fans

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - March 25, 2021

PCR tests have revolutionized many areas of Medicine and are very reliable tools that are dependent on being used correctly to ensure accuracy

Exposing the Dark World of Predatory Health

December 31, 2020

Why Your Breast Milk May Already Be Too Toxic For Your Child

May 13, 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

America’s Frontline Doctors Face Long Overdue Medical and Legal Censure

Medika Life - August 9, 2021

AFLDS or America's Front Line Doctors are about to come undone as state licensing authorities tighten restriction on medical misinformation

Kerri Rivera on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 22, 2020

Dr. Suzanne Humphries on Medika’s Quack Scale

December 5, 2020