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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 Stereotypes: The Exceptional Abilities That Make Autistic Minds Invaluable

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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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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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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

North Texas Obgyns Need to Know About Monoclonal Antibodies for Covid-19

Startling Statistic: Growing Trend of Breast Cancer in Younger Females

Tennis Legend Has Ovarian Cancer

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

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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

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

Christina Vaughn - October 18, 2023

Part One: How Important Is Adequate Sleep And Rest?

Medical Buddhism

June 28, 2022

Is Grieving the Death of a Pet Silly and Abnormal?

October 3, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Hidden Danger in Your Cocoa: Unveiling the Heavy Metal Threat Lurking in Your Chocolate

Michael Hunter, MD - December 27, 2023

Recent findings have uncovered a hidden danger in some popular chocolates — a threat beyond calories and sugar content.

Environmental Innovation in Israel: A Laboratory for Climate and Sustainability Solutions

July 6, 2023

Bob Martineau on How Our Planet’s Wellness Impacts Our Own

May 31, 2021

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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: Robotic Hysterectomy

October 12, 2020

DISEASES

Nashville: Health Innovation Hits the Right Notes at ViVE 2025

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - February 16, 2025

More than 8,000 Health Leaders Gather in the Nation's Health Hub for ViVE as Chilly Weather Blows Down from the Nation's Capital.

Rethinking End-of-Life Planning With The Digital Twin

John Nosta - November 28, 2022

Rethinking End-of-Life Planning With The Digital Twin. How technology can help humanity in a difficult situation.

Texas Teachers Now Eligible for Covid-19 Vaccination

Dr Jeff Livingston - March 5, 2021

The Biden administration sent all states notice to change the vaccine categories. Texas vaccine providers may now vaccinate teachers and childcare workers

Use Exercise to Improve Cognition

Michael Hunter, MD - January 18, 2022

NEW RESEARCH ADDS TO A GROWING body of evidence regarding how you can use exercise to improve your cognition. Here are the positive results, as...

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

Fraudulent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Products

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - November 30, 2020

An essential resource from the FDA warning people about Covid-19 Scams and fake treatments. Over 139 products listed.

Mastering The Art of Tweet-Jacking During a Pandemic

March 31, 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

Simone Gold and America’s Frontline Con Artists Launch a Road Trip

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - May 9, 2021

America's Frontline Doctors (AFLD) and Simone Gold, disgraced medical quack, take their medical carnival show on the road in an RV, just like Medicine men of old.

America’s Frontline Doctors Want to Become the New Republic’s NIH

June 6, 2021

Debunking Nicholas Wade’s Origin of COVID Conspiracy Theory

May 29, 2021