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Mammogram Myth Busters: Too Many or Too Few? New Guidelines Explained

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Yes, You Can Change That Medical Consent Form

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LLM Cancer Mentor “Dave AI” Offers WAZE-like 24/7 Personalized Support, Making it a Game-Changer in Patient Care

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Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Health-System CFO

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The Rise of Consumer Health in Shaping Southeast Asia Treatment Accessibility

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Digital Health AI and Innovation Summit to Gather in Boston this Fall

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Understanding Transverse Myelitis

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Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

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Digital Health AI and Innovation Summit to Gather in Boston this Fall

Yes, You Can Change That Medical Consent Form

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Mammogram Myth Busters: Too Many or Too Few? New Guidelines Explained

Michael Hunter, MD -

Yes, You Can Change That Medical Consent Form

Pat Farrell PhD -

LLM Cancer Mentor “Dave AI” Offers WAZE-like 24/7 Personalized Support, Making it a Game-Changer in Patient Care

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor -

Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Health-System CFO

David Kirshner -

The Rise of Consumer Health in Shaping Southeast Asia Treatment Accessibility

Digital Health AI and Innovation Summit to Gather in Boston this Fall

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

Michael Hunter, MD -

Chatbots Can’t Be Trusted, and We Need Tools to Find Fact From Fiction in Them

Pat Farrell PhD -

The Recycling Lie – How Corporations Duped Us Into Drowning in Plastic

Christopher Nial -

New York Climate Week in an Election Year

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OPINION & IMPACT
HEALTHCARE

Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Health-System CFO

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Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

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A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox

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We Know the Health Ecosystem is Fragmented, Resulting in Rising Costs and Poorer Patient Outcomes, But What Are We Doing About It?

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Exclusive Medika Conversation with HIMSS Top Leadership – Inside Scoop on Key 2024 Priorities

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HIMSS 2024 will Feature Prominently in Medika Life Coverage

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Galen Growth + ViVE 2024 Champion Digital Health Innovation as a Salve for an Ailing US Health Ecosystem

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Understanding the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: Insights from a Major International Study

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Digital Health Trends Revealed – Exuberance Gives Way to Savvy Investors

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Psychiatry’s “Bible” Panel Comes Under Fire for Funding and Gifts

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JUST FOR WOMEN

Health & Pregnancy

Anthem Foundation and March of Dimes Address Health Inequity in Maternal Healthcare

HT World Correspondent and Medika Editor Gil Bashe Talks with the Medika50 Influencer Who Put Everything On the Line for Patients

Benchmark KFF Survey: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 7% to Nearly $24,000 in 2023

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

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

Preparing for: Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)

Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Rise of The Celebrity Quack

KEEP IN TOUCH

8 Habits That Might Add Decades to Your Life

Dr. Susan Love: A Legacy of Empathy and Empowerment in Medicine

Why Improving Women’s Health Around the World is Urgent

Longer Breastfeeding Results in Better School Achievement: Why Might That Be?

Life Science Dominates Boston in June as BIO (and DHIS) Take Over Bean Town

Clinics IV Life Launches a New Clinic Model to Change the Face of Charitable Maternal Care, Delivery to Impoverished Communities

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

The Quack Scale

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

The Quack Scale

Fact-Checking Geert Vanden Bossche. Cashing in on Covid Misinformation

MENTAL

HEALTHY MINDS

Saving Relationship Medicine with Direct Primary Care

Stephen Schimpff, MD MACP - August 28, 2022

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

How Many Pounds You Weigh vs How Fit You Are…

January 4, 2022

Strength Training and Sleep

March 6, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

The Top 10 Public Health Policy Issues for Election Year 2024

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - January 3, 2024

At this time of year, there is the expected stream of top-notch analyses about trends in health – from innovations to watch to people...

Our Health and Our Planet’s Health Are Intertwined

August 17, 2021

A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox

March 29, 2024

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

Medika Life - June 3, 2020

Prepare yourself for a Hysteroscopic Polypectomy by learning more about what the procedure entails.

Preparing for an Endometrial Biopsy

October 11, 2020

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Myomectomy

June 3, 2020

DISEASES

One in Five Deaths Among Young Adults is Due to Alcohol

Michael Hunter, MD - November 10, 2022

ONE IN FIVE DEATHS OF YOUNG ADULTS ages 20 to 49 is secondary to excessive alcohol use in the United States. For individuals ages 20 to 64, drinking-related deaths account for one in eight. These are the statistics offered by a new population-based study.

Aiding and Abetting a Virus

Richard Hatzfeld - February 21, 2022

Viruses are the ultimate freeloaders. The best among them — influenza, smallpox and SARS-CoV-2 — spread easily among human hosts while delivering high mortality...

The CBD Oil Scam- A Con That Relies on Confusing Correlation with Causation

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - June 22, 2020

CBD is one of the many chemical compounds called cannabinoids that is isolated from cannabis (marijuana). Marijuana contains over 400 chemicals of which, at least 120 are cannabinoids

Hospital Billing and Patient Experience

Lisa Miller - June 1, 2022

Healthcare billing creates problems for the patients' experience - why and what are our solutions?

HEALTHY MINDS

Is “Whataboutism” Killing Empathy?

April 16, 2024

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

April 16, 2024

From Skinner’s Operant Conditioning to Artificial Intelligence’s Algorithms

April 11, 2024

Guilt Is a Weapon, and We Need to Defend Ourselves

April 2, 2024

Surprising Connection Found: Missing Teeth At Birth Linked to Cancer Risk

March 18, 2024

Researchers Have Stepped Into the Weird World of Science Fiction

March 18, 2024

Updating Maslow’s Theory in the Ever-Evolving AI Era

March 13, 2024

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

The New Covid Vaccine Trials. Has Moderna Just Crossed an Ethical Line?

March 17, 2021

Mastering The Art of Tweet-Jacking During a Pandemic

March 31, 2021

CARDIO

HEART HEALTH

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

Michael Hunter, MD - April 28, 2024

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

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

April 16, 2024

HIMSS – Global Meeting Ground for Health Info Innovators to Secure Partnerships and Advance Care

March 4, 2024

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Prof Dolores Cahill is the Latest Quack to Commit Career Suicide

Medika Life - May 23, 2021

Prof. Dolores Cahill is a medical quack that offers up anti-vaccine advice and spreads misinformation on the SARS-CoV2 virus and the covid vaccines

Another AFLDS Quack, Meet Dr. Peterson Pierre

October 24, 2022

Calling Tomorrow. Has Time Proven Covid Quacks and Conspiracy Theorists Right or Wrong?

September 30, 2021