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Shining a Light on Early Cancer Detection

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Overwork Is Rewiring Your Brain. Here’s What Neuroscience Wants You to Know

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LATEST ARTICLES

For Leaders, When Is it Time to Speak Out for Science?

AI in Public Health: Revolution, Risk and Opportunity

Christopher Nial -

Beyond Stereotypes: The Exceptional Abilities That Make Autistic Minds Invaluable

Pat Farrell PhD -

Clinic Notes: What My Patients Said This Week

Michael Hunter, MD -

Shining a Light on Early Cancer Detection

Overwork Is Rewiring Your Brain. Here’s What Neuroscience Wants You to Know

Michael Hunter, MD -

How Unconscious Beliefs Distort Our Perception of Disability

Pat Farrell PhD -

Back to the Future of Medicine: The Physician Reimagined

Retreating from the Opportunity of a Century

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Beyond Data: Why Human Decisions Are Shaped by Facts, Feelings—and the Fire Within

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor -

OPINION & IMPACT
HEALTH

For Leaders, When Is it Time to Speak Out for Science?

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Retreating from the Opportunity of a Century

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Beyond Data: Why Human Decisions Are Shaped by Facts, Feelings—and the Fire Within

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Trump’s Drug Price Gambit: Cheaper for America, But Who Pays the Price?

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How Real-World Evidence Proves the Power of Patient Engagement

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How the growing trade war could affect biopharma intellectual property

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

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A Digital Turning Point in Migraine Care: CT-132 FDA Approval to Market is a Win for Patients and Proof that Clinical Evidence Matters

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Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson’s Health Wake-Up Call

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Empathy and Health Excellence — The Superpower of Care Delivery

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JUST FOR WOMEN

Health & Pregnancy

Clinics IV Life Launches a New Clinic Model to Change the Face of Charitable Maternal Care, Delivery to Impoverished Communities

Open letter to Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France on the Iran Regime’s Repression of Women’s Rights

Flipping the Script on Cancer Prevention

Your Body Ages in Leaps: Stanford’s Surprising Findings at Ages 44 and 60

Hot Flash Hack: The Latest Breakthrough for Menopausal Relief

A Cycling Accident Saved My Life

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

Preparing for: Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)

Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Rise of The Celebrity Quack

KEEP IN TOUCH

The Top 10 Public Health Policy Issues for Election Year 2024

Benchmark KFF Survey: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 7% to Nearly $24,000 in 2023

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

Mothers of Color Can’t See if Providers Have a History of Mistreatment. Why Not?

Flipping the Script on Cancer Prevention

The Quack Scale

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

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Video of Jordon Walker, Supposed Pfizer Researcher, Goes Viral

The Quack Scale

We Call Out Reiner Fuellmich as a Fraud. The Covid Conspirator Investigated

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Pfizer Confirms mRNA Vaccine Never Tested for Preventing COVID Transmission

The Quack Scale

Fact-Checking Geert Vanden Bossche. Cashing in on Covid Misinformation

MENTAL

HEALTHY MINDS

Sheba Medical Center Selects Two Digital Startups for Integration into Newly Expanded Rehabilitation Ward

Medika Life - November 28, 2023

Israeli Startups Cognishine and Kemtai Will Begin a Pilot Program at Sheba to Provide Physical, Cognitive and Emotional Rehab Support for Injured Soldiers ARC Innovation...

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, I Hate You and the Way I Look!

March 14, 2023

Why We Sacrifice Personal Freedom to Protect Other People

September 26, 2020

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

The Ripple Effect of War: Conflict is Shattering the Ukrainian Public Health System

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - September 27, 2024

Beyond the Battlefield Citizens Confront a Different Enemy — Despair, Disease and Death

COP28 Conversations — Join the Community in the Know – 28 Influencers to Follow

October 24, 2023

Distinct Paths: How White House Climate Policies Shape Innovation and Our Future

May 17, 2024

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Colposcopy

Dr Jeff Livingston - June 25, 2020

Our Preparing for series allows a patient to properly prepare themselves for a procedure. Answers about how long the procedure will last, what’s involved, what to expect

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Myomectomy

June 3, 2020

DISEASES

Invisible Disabilities Need Our Attention and Understanding Like No Others

Pat Farrell PhD - August 26, 2024

Subtle differences in behavior and ineptness in social interactions are only some of the overt symptoms of neurodivergent disorders.

#HIMSS23 Brings Renewed Energy to the Global Health Information Table

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - April 19, 2023

AI, ChatGPT, Health at Home and Interoperability are the Hot Topics at HIMSS23

Jane Fonda Has Lymphoma. What Oncologists Want You to Know

Michael Hunter, MD - September 6, 2022

I HAVE LYMPHOMA, OFFERS THE ACTRESS JANE FONDA. More specifically, she has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph system. Fonda anticipates six months of chemotherapy.

The Truth about Douching

Dr Jeff Livingston - July 11, 2020

Doctors recommend that you do not douche. Douching can lead to many health problems, including problems getting pregnant. Douching is also linked to vaginal infections and sexually transmitted infections

HEALTHY MINDS

Beyond Stereotypes: The Exceptional Abilities That Make Autistic Minds Invaluable

June 1, 2025

Clinic Notes: What My Patients Said This Week

June 1, 2025

How Unconscious Beliefs Distort Our Perception of Disability

May 23, 2025

Beyond Data: Why Human Decisions Are Shaped by Facts, Feelings—and the Fire Within

May 21, 2025

Death Is Not A Failure

May 15, 2025

Cancer Isn’t Random: What 42% of Diagnoses Have in Common — and How You Can Lower Your Risk.

May 2, 2025

When Is Exercise Not Exercise, and Is That Good Enough?

May 2, 2025

SAFETY

DANGEROUS PRODUCTS

Fraudulent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Products

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - November 30, 2020

An essential resource from the FDA warning people about Covid-19 Scams and fake treatments. Over 139 products listed.

The New Covid Vaccine Trials. Has Moderna Just Crossed an Ethical Line?

March 17, 2021

COVID B.1.1.7 - How Widespread Is It in the U.S. and How Worried Should We Be?

January 16, 2021

CARDIO

HEART HEALTH

This 5-Minute Habit Could Help Prevent a Dangerous Heart Condition.

Michael Hunter, MD - April 23, 2025

At 7:28 a.m., the sidewalk was still damp from last night’s Seattle area rain. I stepped outside, tea still warming my throat, and began walking...

Beans Are Now the Super Food That We All Need, So Get Ready for a New Diet

March 13, 2025

Multivitamins and Longevity: A Data-Driven Deep Dive

February 26, 2025

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Dr. Edgar Suter on Medika’s Quack Scale

Medika Life - December 2, 2020

Dr. Edgar Suter scores 4 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. We recommend seeking alternate medical care for a trustworthy and reputable source.

Ivermectin is Dead and Buried Despite NIH Website Misstep and Twitter Buzz

September 1, 2022

Roby Mitchell (Dr. Fitt) on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 23, 2020