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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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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

Covid-19 Moms at Higher Risk for Preterm Labor, Study Suggests

Aspirin. Your Heart’s Best Friend, or Maybe Not

Syphilis. What you Need to Know About This Sexually Transmitted Infection

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

First Drug Synthesized by AI Goes into Clinical Trials

Dr Sohail Merchant - November 18, 2020

If all goes well, thanks to artificial intelligence, we may soon have a new AI-synthesized drug capable of assisting OCD patients in managing their symptoms and thus leading normal lives.

Saving Relationship Medicine with Direct Primary Care

August 28, 2022

Music Enhances Mood, Boosts Memory, and Plays a Role in Aging

September 20, 2023

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

The Power of Words

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - July 9, 2021

Harnessing Communications Across Disciplines to Heal Our Environment. The power of words must be translated into meaningful actions

An Honest Explanation of Climate Denial

September 10, 2023

Dangers in Household Chemicals May Impair and Damage Brain Cells

March 28, 2024

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Robotic Hysterectomy

Dr Jeff Livingston - October 12, 2020

Prepare yourself for a Robotic Hysterectomy by learning more about what the procedure entails.

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

January 20, 2021

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

June 3, 2020

DISEASES

Shining a Light on Early Cancer Detection

Jim Smith - May 25, 2025

Cancer that is diagnosed at an early stage, before it has grown and spread through the body, is more likely to be treated successfully. This...

Preserve Your Mind With a Positive Belief System and Reduced Stress

Pat Farrell PhD - April 16, 2023

Aging doesn’t have to mean a steady decline in your brain power if you do one simple thing, and that involves your outlook on life.

Monkeypox: What You Need to Know

Michael Hunter, MD - May 24, 2022

Monkeypox is a virus endemic in parts of West and Central Africa. The condition is a less virulent form of smallpox.

Is My Drink Plotting My Downfall? Xylitol Explained

Michael Hunter, MD - June 19, 2024

I thought the story of scary bug-eyed fish with fiber-optic lights protruding from their foreheads would be my story of the week. But then I saw scary...

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

These Vaccinated Groups are Still at Risk of Severe Covid, UK Study Finds

Medika Life - October 7, 2021

Post Covid-19 vaccination, some patient groups are still at risk of developing severe Covid, according to findings from a new UK study.

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

March 17, 2021

The Simple Truth Ivermectin and HCQ Supporters Fail to Acknowledge

September 7, 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

Roby Mitchell (Dr. Fitt) on Medika’s Quack Scale

Medika Life - November 23, 2020

Dr Joseph Mercola scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. Mercola is the ultimate digital Quack cum snake oil salesman.

Dr. Stella Immanuel on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 25, 2020

Debunking Nicholas Wade’s Origin of COVID Conspiracy Theory

May 29, 2021