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The prescription says BID, TID or PRN, but is there a time of day instead of a number of hours between doses, to take your medication? Science thinks there may be.

A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox

Medika Life - March 29, 2024

Smallpox was certified eradicated in 1980, but I first learned about the disease’s twisty, storied history in 1996 while interning at the World Health...

How Fragmentation in U.S. Health Care Disrupts Standardized Medical Data

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - March 2, 2022

How Fragmented Healthcare policies from state to state affect the flow of medical data within the US. Data can only be managed effectively

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Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - August 14, 2026

Health innovation loves the language of efficiency: faster, smarter, automated, digital, self-service and AI-enabled. Those words open doors to opportunity because they promise to...

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