General Health

Ukraine: Worn Hearts, Steeled Resolve

I have traveled to Ukraine nearly 20 times. Each visit deepens my respect for how people in conflict endure. This…

3 days ago

Global childhood vaccination remains resilient, but equity cracks are widening

In 2024, immunisation data from WHO and UNICEF show that while 115 million infants (89%) received at least one dose of DTP…

3 weeks ago

Restrictive practices in medicine are holding high-income countries back

A paper in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is part of a pattern: middle-income countries do a…

3 weeks ago

The Trauma of Witnessing Charlie Kirk’s Murder and PTSD

The psychological effects of public space shootings extend beyond physical harm because they create a broad psychological impact on everyone…

3 weeks ago

Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic

BOGALUSA, La. — Less than a mile from a century-old mill that sustained generations in this small town north of…

1 month ago

Mental Health Secrets Are Being Unraveled, and Inflammation Is the Culprit

Our body’s immune system creates surprising effects on mental health, which people need to understand. Until now, medicine has been…

1 month ago

If Our Children’s Fear Doesn’t Move Us to Act, What Will?

Twenty-five months ago, I wrote for Medika Life after yet another school shooting shook the nation. My plea then was…

1 month ago

The Missing Piece in America’s AI Strategy: Brain Capital

Co-Authored by Kelly O’Brien, MPA (left) and Harris Eyre, MD, PhD (right); Kelly O’Brien, MPA is Vice President of Prevention…

1 month ago

The Height Problem No One Wants to Talk About

As you enter a job interview you discover through instinct that the interviewer has already formed impressions about your leadership…

1 month ago

The Silent Additive: What Singapore Street Food Taught Me About Ultra-Processed America

I Ate More. I Weighed Less. In Malaysia, I ate like a poet unchained. Noodles in the morning. Spiced broth…

2 months ago

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