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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

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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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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

VIVE 2023 Made Several Wise Decisions in Coming To Nashville

Baby Born With Protective Antibodies After Maternal Covid-19 Vaccination

Health Care and Its Deadly Biases Toward 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

Does Walking Extend Life?

Michael Hunter, MD - December 12, 2021

Walking can boost memory, as well as lowering your risk for diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.

Company-Paid Concierge-Style Primary Care

October 13, 2022

Lifestyle Changes Significantly Improve Cognition and Function in Early Alzheimer’s Disease for the First Time in a Randomized Controlled Trial

June 7, 2024

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...

Parkinson’s: What’s Behind the Fastest-Growing Brain Disease?

April 25, 2023

Discovering a Simple Solution: Boiling Tap Water Effectively Removes 90% of Microplastics.

March 3, 2024

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for Cesarean Delivery (C-Section)

Macarthur Medical Center - November 4, 2020

When the baby is delivered through an incision in the abdomen and uterus, it is called a cesarean section or C-section delivery. Information on the procedure

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

January 20, 2021

Preparing for: Colposcopy

June 25, 2020

DISEASES

Testicular Cancer, Symptoms and Treatment

Medika Life - June 1, 2020

Testicular cancer starts in the male gland known as a testicle or testis. It is most often found in men aged 15 - 44 years.

Vaping Kills Brain Cells? Do We Demand Action?

Pat Farrell PhD - September 17, 2024

College student vaping is more dangerous than anyone admitted until research evidence showed it does severe damage.

Why I Stopped Taking Fish Oil

Michael Hunter, MD - October 18, 2023

A NEW STUDY ASSESSED HEALTH CLAIMS on fish oil supplement labels in the United States. It also examined doses of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic...

Why I Stopped Drinking Diet Coke

Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa - July 29, 2023

For more than a year, I have stopped consuming diet soda. My go to drink was Diet Coke, and it was not uncommon for...

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

Why Should I Critically Appraise Health News?

Julian Willett, MD - March 26, 2021

Critical appraisal of healthcare news and opinion is essential in the modern world. This simple act can guide more informed decisions.

The Mechanics of Vaping and Its Medical Impact on Your Health

February 12, 2021

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

August 21, 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

America’s Frontline Doctors Face Long Overdue Medical and Legal Censure

Medika Life - August 9, 2021

AFLDS or America's Front Line Doctors are about to come undone as state licensing authorities tighten restriction on medical misinformation

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

April 17, 2021

Dr Joseph Mercola on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 17, 2020