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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 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

Here is a Solution to Painful Sex

How My Breast Cancer Providers Have Compromised My Life

Physically Fit? My 4 Fitness Pillars

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

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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

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

Medicine’s Greatest Fallacy: The Doctors Will Fix Me Now

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - December 30, 2022

Your health is the most precious thing you possess and the thing you are most likely to take for granted.

Fish Oil Reversal: New Study Says Supplements Might Not Be What You Think for Heart Health

May 31, 2024

How Suboxone Set Me Free From Opiate Addiction

June 2, 2021

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Hidden Risks: Unveiling the Dark Side of Sunscreen

Michael Hunter, MD - May 25, 2023

DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE SELECTING A SUNSCREEN? Unlike during my youth, we now have a myriad of sunscreen options.

Reimagining a World for Health and Environmental Health for Sustainable Well-Being – Part 2

May 20, 2022

You Can Use Gardening As Exercise

April 16, 2023

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for Cesarean Delivery (C-Section)

Macarthur Medical Center - November 4, 2020

When the baby is delivered through an incision in the abdomen and uterus, it is called a cesarean section or C-section delivery. Information on the procedure

Preparing for: Midurethral Sling

June 3, 2020

Preparing for an Endometrial Biopsy

October 11, 2020

DISEASES

Does Botox Drop Anxiety?

Michael Hunter, MD - December 23, 2021

WITH DISEASE SPREAD AND DEATHS, large outbreaks of Covid-19 infection are associated with fear and grief. I don't know about you, but the limits on...

The Power of Lifestyle Choices – The Dose of Truth in “Heal Thyself”

John Whyte MD - April 24, 2022

“You need to lose weight.” Doctors say that to patients every day. What they don’t do is tell patients how to do it. That’s...

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

Pat Farrell PhD - February 18, 2022

The smiling older woman proceeded to briskly walk through the automatic doors of the pharmacy, her tiny dog wearing a red vest, bravely attempting...

It’s Time to Up Our Messaging Game Ahead of Another Winter with COVID

Richard Hatzfeld - September 23, 2023

This is not the time to roll out stale messaging delivered by a carousel of health officials trying to convince the public to get the test kits.

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.

The Facts About Fetal Cells and Covid Vaccines Explained

May 7, 2021

How to Embark Safely on the Path to Alternative Health

May 4, 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

Kerri Rivera on Medika’s Quack Scale

Medika Life - November 22, 2020

Kerri Rivera scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. She poses a high risk to the general public and we recommend against purchasing any of her products..

The Dirtiest Dozen. Meet The Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Covid Health Grifters

May 2, 2021

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

May 17, 2021