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

AI in Public Health: Revolution, Risk and Opportunity

Christopher Nial -

Beyond Stereotypes: The Exceptional Abilities That Make Autistic Minds Invaluable

Pat Farrell PhD -

Clinic Notes: What My Patients Said This Week

Michael Hunter, MD -

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

Clinic Notes: What My Patients Said This Week

Hyperemesis Gravidarum in Pregnancy

How I Dropped My Blood Pressure (and You May Too)

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

Traumatized Kids Are Imperiled Adults in Mental Health Needs

Pat Farrell PhD - May 29, 2023

Early childhood is a time of learning, but some of the learning may have negative consequences later in life in terms of mental health.

Hope Is A Word I No Longer Use With COVID Copy

May 12, 2021

Freedom May Be Anxiety-Provoking, So Should We Avoid It?

November 10, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Beyond the Treadmill: Finland’s Surprise Twist on Longevity Unveiled

Michael Hunter, MD - December 20, 2023

A groundbreaking new study from Finland reveals a surprising twist on the relationship between exercise and longevity.

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

May 4, 2023

Nine in 10 ESG Practitioners See Strong Reporting as a Competitive Advantage

August 23, 2023

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

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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.

Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

January 20, 2021

DISEASES

The Future of Cancer Screening Is Here: A Simple Blood Test You Can Take at Your Doctor’s Office

Michael Hunter, MD - August 2, 2024

Recognizing an increasing risk in younger adults, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updated its guidelines in 2021, lowering the recommended screening start age from 50 to 45.

Feeling “Stuck” Is Part of Healing

Anna Holtzman - August 15, 2022

Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist

Eating Plastic in Every Bite We Take and Never Knowing the Effect on Our Health

Pat Farrell PhD - September 16, 2022

Microplastic has so infused our ecosystem and our bodies that it can be found in the deepest oceans as well as our organs and even our blood. Our internal environment is compromised and so is our heal

COVID Became a MedTech Proving Ground Pointing to Planetary Health Priorities

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - January 30, 2023

Medika Health Tech Hot Spot Travelogue – 1st Stop on the Global Ecohealth and Health Tech Tour - Tel Aviv! "Global State of Digital Health" is a travel guide to innovation.

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

Ivermectin is Dead and Buried Despite NIH Website Misstep and Twitter Buzz

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - September 1, 2022

Ivermectin is a global con, sold by unscrupulous doctors and healthcare professionals as a treatment for Covid. It doesn't work.

Debunking Bleach or Chlorine Dioxide as a Medical Treatment

November 27, 2020

The Evolution of Quinine to Hydroxychloroquine, Covid’s Snake Oil

June 18, 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

How Geert Vanden Bossche is Destroying American Herd Immunity

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - May 8, 2021

Geert Vanden Bossche presents a real and present danger to America's covid vaccination program. Data shows the growing reach and influence he enjoys in the US and Canada

How Medika’s Quack Scale Works

November 15, 2020

Dr. Edgar Suter on Medika’s Quack Scale

December 2, 2020