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Twitter’s Decision to Stand-down on COVID Misinformation Highlights a New Symptom — “Trust Deregulation”

If Twitter and Elon Musk Fail and Fall, Who Will Celebrate? Twitter and COVID misinformation monitoring.

ENVIRON

Securing our Economic Future Against Malaria

Malaria remains one of the greatest public health threats facing humanity.

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UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for an Endometrial Biopsy

An endometrial biopsy is a simple office-based procedure where a doctor removes a small amount of tissue from inside the uterine cavity. This procedure

DISEASES

Donating Blood is an Easy Way to Help Out During the Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has depleted our nation’s blood supply. Blood banks are seeking whole blood, plasma and platelet donors.

Is Colonoscopy Effective? A New Study Raises Questions

COLONOSCOPY LOWERS COLON CANCER MORTALITY, but only modestly. That is the researchers' conclusion after ten years of follow-up of a large randomized trial from Europe.

The Links Between Heart Disease and Mental Health

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.

Sickle Cell Disease in women

Sickle cell disease is a group of red blood cell disorders that are passed down from your parents. This means that sickle cell a genetic disease, and

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Rise of The Celebrity Quack

Goop is Gwyneth Paltrow's platform that is increasingly peddling personal health and advising her followers to use practices and products that are not medically suited

CARDIO

Strategies to Slash My Dementia Risk: My Journey to Promote Brain Health

A growing body of evidence suggests that the fight against dementia should begin earlier, before the brain changes that facilitate cognitive decline.

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Andrew Wakefield, the ultimate medical con on Medika’s Quack Scale

Andrew Wakefield is the greatest medical fraud of our generation. Guilty of malpractice, misleading the public, lying, falsifying data, and causing vaccine