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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

I Had an Emotionally Healing Vaginal Birth After my C Section. Why VBAC May Be Right For You, Too

Preparing for: Vaginal Hysterectomy

Texas: Migraine Clinical Study Participants – Men and Women

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

Psychiatry Has an Identity Crisis, and It’s a Problem for Patients

Pat Farrell PhD - December 4, 2022

A subspecialty of medicine, psychiatry is caught in a scientific and philosophical wilderness and is attempting to find its way.

Better Care is Needed for Postpartum Depression

October 4, 2020

Are Direct Primary Care and Concierge Medicine Practices Too Expensive?

November 7, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Nuclear Energy: An Option to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals and a Lower-Carbon Economy

Christopher Nial - September 3, 2023

In the quest for a sustainable future, policymakers and environmentalists worldwide face the challenge of finding viable alternatives to fossil fuels

Dangers in Household Chemicals May Impair and Damage Brain Cells

March 28, 2024

Dementia’s Silent Thief: Could Microplastics Be the Culprit?

February 18, 2025

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

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 Cesarean Delivery (C-Section)

November 4, 2020

Preparing for an Endometrial Biopsy

October 11, 2020

DISEASES

Netflix Can Wait, Your Heart Can’t

Michael Hunter, MD - September 27, 2024

A new study showing that daily walking just under 4,000 steps reduces the risk of premature death from any cause, including cardiovascular disease.

Beans Are Now the Super Food That We All Need, So Get Ready for a New Diet

Pat Farrell PhD - March 13, 2025

Beans are one of the best sources of protein and a food that can last a long time on the shelf. Researchers are singing their praises.

The Importance of Breast Cancer Awareness

Dr. James Goydos - October 31, 2020

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide. While more commonly associated with women, it can also affect men

The Links Between Heart Disease and Mental Health

Medika Life - June 6, 2020

Research shows veterans, people with PTSD and their partners, racial minorities and women are at higher risk of developing heart conditions resulting from poor mental health.

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

Fact-Checking Prof. Roland Wiesendanger Covid Claims About Wuhan Laboratory

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - February 19, 2021

Prof. Roland Wiesendanger is a highly respected German scientist, claims Covid was released for the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a laboratory in Wuhan

Blocking Airflow During a Pandemic Helps the Covid Virus Spread. Open Your Windows

August 21, 2021

Product Recall: Amiodarone HCl Injection, USP and Tranexamic Acid Injection, USP

August 30, 2020

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?

Debunking Nicholas Wade’s Origin of COVID Conspiracy Theory

May 29, 2021

Gabor Maté’s Bizarre Ideas on Connections Between Stress and Disease

July 23, 2021