General Health

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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

6 months ago

The Algorithm That Gave Me Pause Tonight and “Hooked” Me

I had never envisioned a computer responding to me and “telling” me that it had found something both interesting and…

6 months ago

The Surprising Health Benefits of Walking on Uneven Ground — And Why You Should Start Today

Most people walk to relax. I came to Borneo to let the ground fight back. This morning, outside Kota Kinabalu,…

6 months ago

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