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Shining a Light on Early Cancer Detection

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

AI in Public Health: Revolution, Risk and Opportunity

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Beyond Stereotypes: The Exceptional Abilities That Make Autistic Minds Invaluable

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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

How Pregnant Women Can Cope With Nausea and Vomiting

Top 13 Ways to Cut Dementia

Phexxi; Have You Heard About This New Hormone-Free Contraceptive?

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

The Quack Scale

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

MENTAL

HEALTHY MINDS

Cher’s Severe, Hidden Disorder Chipped Away at Her Self-Esteem

Pat Farrell PhD - July 19, 2022

Always a student who struggled in school, Cher finally decided she was too dumb and left early. Now she knows she's not dumb but has a diagnosable disorder, dyslexia.

Once-Resistant Rural Court Officials Begin to Embrace Medications to Treat Addiction

June 29, 2023

Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Have Found Its Moment

December 29, 2024

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Do Trees Have Souls?

Nicole Grubner - August 18, 2024

What Trees Teach Us About Climate Change

You Can Use Gardening As Exercise

April 16, 2023

The Social Innovation Summit is the Other UN Changing the World

June 5, 2024

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Endometrial Ablation

Medika Life - June 3, 2020

Prepare yourself for an Endometrial Ablation by learning more about what the procedure entails.

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

January 20, 2021

Preparing for: Abdominal Hysterectomy

November 1, 2020

DISEASES

Toward a Sustainable Future: Collective Action, Innovation, and Governance

Christopher Nial - September 27, 2024

As the world grapples with the accelerating impacts of climate change, the urgency of sustainability efforts has never been clearer.

Lawmaker Takes on Insurance Companies and Gets Personal About His Health

Medika Life - June 9, 2022

California state Senator Scott Wiener shares his life experience bringing home the need to reconsider access to care pathways.

VIVE 2023 Made Several Wise Decisions in Coming To Nashville

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - March 27, 2023

ViVE2023, CHIME and Start Up Health Kick off a Four-Day Health Lollapalooza

Dallas County Reporting a Weird Rise in a Winter Virus This Summer Affecting Kids

Dr Jeff Livingston - July 12, 2021

A summer spike in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is spreading in North Texas.

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

The Simple Truth Ivermectin and HCQ Supporters Fail to Acknowledge

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - September 7, 2021

The simple truth about the efficacy of HCQ and Ivermectin in treating Covid. It doesn't work. Here are the facts they choose to ignore.

Fact-Checking Prof. Roland Wiesendanger Covid Claims About Wuhan Laboratory

February 19, 2021

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

March 4, 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

Kelly Brogan on Medika’s Quack Scale

Medika Life - November 16, 2020

Kelly Brogan scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. She poses a very high risk to both her patients and the general public and we recommend against following any of her advice.

Who Not To Trust: A List of 10 Covid-19 Charlatans and “Medical” Snake-Oil Salesmen

September 21, 2020

Scott Atlas on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 16, 2020