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Healthcare has to assume responsibility for its failure to address color based care in the industry. Gender and racial bias still permeate American Healthcare.

Tom Lawry’s AI in Health Asks the Question Leaders Need to Answer

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - September 29, 2026

Tom Lawry’s second edition of AI in Health arrives at precisely the moment health leaders need it. Artificial intelligence is moving from promising demonstration...

‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

Medika Life - April 21, 2025

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

The Evolving Landscape of Anti-Obesity Drugs

Christopher Nial - March 13, 2025

Obesity has become a global health crisis, with an estimated 16% of the world’s adult population classified as obese. The search for effective treatments is more urgent than ever.

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