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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

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How Unconscious Beliefs Distort Our Perception of Disability

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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

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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

Colostrum, Breastmilk’s Magical Ingredient and What it Contains

Here is a Solution to Painful Sex

No One Likes Taking Birth Control

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

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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

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

MENTAL

HEALTHY MINDS

Do Medications Have Psychiatric Side Effects?

Pat Farrell PhD - October 6, 2020

Every medication, every procedure, comes with its share of side effects or dangers, some of which are missed by the most acute eyes.

Never Feel Ashamed or Afraid to Speak up About Postpartum Depression

October 17, 2020

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

May 2, 2025

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Vaping Kills Brain Cells? Do We Demand Action?

Pat Farrell PhD - September 17, 2024

College student vaping is more dangerous than anyone admitted until research evidence showed it does severe damage.

A Business Approach To Reducing Healthcare Costs

October 3, 2022

Why Your Breast Milk May Already Be Too Toxic For Your Child

May 13, 2021

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)

Dr Jeff Livingston - June 3, 2020

A loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is a treatment to remove abnormal cervical cells to prevent cervical cancer.

Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Midurethral Sling

June 3, 2020

DISEASES

Too Much of a Good Thing

Richard Hatzfeld - March 9, 2023

Antimicrobial resistance is not an American problem; it is a threat shared by every country

Vaping Kills Brain Cells? Do We Demand Action?

Pat Farrell PhD - September 17, 2024

College student vaping is more dangerous than anyone admitted until research evidence showed it does severe damage.

Nonstick Pans: The Truth About Safety and How to Use Them Right

Michael Hunter, MD - November 11, 2024

We’ve all heard the rumors: nonstick coatings degrade over time, releasing harmful chemicals into our food. Is there any truth to these claims?

A Vignette of Life as a Pediatric Cancer Mom

Erica Johansen - March 16, 2022

A hugely moving insight into the life of a parent of a pediatric cancer victim. We always feel deeply for young patients, but the parents bear their own kind of trauma.

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

Opioids. Everything you need to know about America’s Most Lethal Drugs

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - March 15, 2021

Opioid overdoses related to illegally manufactured fentanyl (the most powerful of the opioids) represented the greatest contribution to the increasing numbers

mRNA Technology, Human DNA and The Traffic Flow of Genetic Material

April 10, 2021

Debunking Bleach or Chlorine Dioxide as a Medical Treatment

November 27, 2020

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

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - May 17, 2021

Reiner Fuellmich is attempting the same thing he accuses the world of, massive deception, His Covid misinformation and con are intentional and

Debunking Nicholas Wade’s Origin of COVID Conspiracy Theory

May 29, 2021

Exposing America’s Frontline Doctors and Their Financial Empire Built on Hydroxychloroquine

January 13, 2021