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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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Shining a Light on Early Cancer Detection

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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

Here’s What You Need to Know About BRCA 1 and 2: The Breast Cancer Genes

How to Find Out If You Can Get Pregnant?

Tennis Legend Has Ovarian Cancer

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

Spotlighting Emerging Dementia in Its Many Iterations and Stages

Pat Farrell PhD - April 15, 2025

Dementia’s devastation may slip under our notice unless we recognize its many manifestations in behavior, speech, and mood.

Fear of Monkeypox Isn’t Irrational, It Makes Good Sense

July 31, 2022

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

November 28, 2023

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Climate Services and Public Health: Insights from the WMO 2023 Report

Christopher Nial - November 8, 2023

As the world warms at an alarming pace, the need for robust climate services to bolster health systems becomes increasingly critical.

PFAS Is a Culprit Affecting Health, and It’s in Packaging — But No More in the USA

March 3, 2024

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

October 24, 2023

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

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UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

Medika Life - June 3, 2020

Prepare yourself for a Hysteroscopic Polypectomy by learning more about what the procedure entails.

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy

January 20, 2021

DISEASES

How to Consult Dr. Google

Elizabeth Knight PhD - March 29, 2022

“OMG, am I dying?”“I read that this vaccine is dangerous”.“I want to try this new supplement, does it work?”“Is this normal, or. . .” Have...

Freedom May Be Anxiety-Provoking, So Should We Avoid It?

Pat Farrell PhD - November 10, 2022

One of the foremost psychoanalysts, Erich Fromm, wrote a provocative book many decades ago outlining how freedom related to anxiety.

The Future of Cancer Screening Is Here: A Simple Blood Test You Can Take at Your Doctor’s Office

Michael Hunter, MD - August 2, 2024

Recognizing an increasing risk in younger adults, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updated its guidelines in 2021, lowering the recommended screening start age from 50 to 45.

Chronic Pain Is Not Your Fault. Read That Again.

Anna Holtzman - March 30, 2023

Blaming ourselves for having chronic pain is a very common roadblock to healing.

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

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

February 19, 2021

America’s Frontline Doctors Face Long Overdue Medical and Legal Censure

August 9, 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

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

Medika Life - November 23, 2020

Dr Joseph Mercola scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. Mercola is the ultimate digital Quack cum snake oil salesman.

Debunking Nicholas Wade’s Origin of COVID Conspiracy Theory

May 29, 2021

Dr Joseph Mercola on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 17, 2020