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Tackling Night Shift Worker Health Perils; Failure to Act Is Unhealthy

Shift work, in some professions, is unavoidable, but it also comes with mental and physical health issues, and workers need to begin to practice self-care to counteract these problems.

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Preparing for: Midurethral Sling

A mid-urethral sling is the most common type of surgery used to correct stress urinary incontinence or a leaky bladder. A small, supportive material of synthetic mesh is placed under the urethra to give support.

DISEASES

Will Blood Glucose Become The New Blood Pressure?

The utility of simple and watched-based measurements can put blood glucose on everyone’s radar.

Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis

Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis is a non-contagious inflammatory skin condition. It is a chronic disease characterized by dry skin

Adult Bedtime Stories: Researched Fact or Clever Marketing?

The pandemic has worsened insomnia experienced by adults in the US. It is a disturbance that adds to the difficulties the virus has wrought...

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

For three decades, the yearly mammogram breast cancer screening, but a recent guideline update has thrown a wrench into this familiar routine.

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SAFETY

Covid Vaccines Just Took a Major Step Toward Regaining Credibility

There will be no enforced Covid vaccinations across Europe and the US. You may not realize this, but the law prevents the enforced administration of EUA medicines

CARDIO

Nutrition Advice Keeps Changing — And What Never Changes

For decades we’ve been told to avoid eggs, butter, whole milk, and red meat. Then eggs were declared acceptable again. Butter quietly returned to many...

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Zach Bush, MD on Medika’s Quack Scale

Zach Bush, MD scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. Bush has become the poster boy for alternate/complementary health and mixes pseudoscience and mystical mumbo-jumbo with his own brand of traditional medicine