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More Evidence Linking Ultraprocessed Foods and Early Death

ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD CONSUMPTION AND PREMATURE DEATH are associated. That’s the finding of a new study from Brazil. Ultra-processed foods are industrial formulations of substances made from...

From Bread to Barriers: When Health-Care Access Becomes the Crime

Les Misérables was never truly about bread. Bread was the spark, hunger the condition, and desperation the predictable outcome of a system that was...

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 simple but searing: let...

Ruling Against the Disabled and Denying Social Security Benefits to Them

Wracked with chronic pain and unable to stand or sit for any length of time should result in disability benefits, but it doesn’t work that way.