TRENDING ON MEDIKA LIFE

EDITORS CHOICE

LATEST ARTICLES

OPINION & IMPACT
HEALTH

JUST FOR WOMEN

Health & Pregnancy

KEEP IN TOUCH

MENTAL

How Can We Address Increasing Violence Against Healthcare Personnel?

Violence against healthcare professionals is increasing, and we must address it in terms that will deter further injury and/or death.

ENVIRON

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

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...

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for Cesarean Delivery (C-Section)

When the baby is delivered through an incision in the abdomen and uterus, it is called a cesarean section or C-section delivery. Information on the procedure

DISEASES

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

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...

Can Food Ward Off Dementia? Two Diets Come Out on Top.

A RECENT NEW YORK TIMES newspaper column asks, “Can Certain Foods Really Stave Off Dementia?” Today we explore whether you can use diet to reduce your risk of suffering from this memory-robbing condition.

Do Probiotics Repair Antibiotic-Induced Gut Damage?

PROBIOTICS CAN HELP PREVENT (OR ATTENUATE) the negative changes in the composition of gut microbes associated with antibiotic treatment.

New Study Suggests Long-Lasting Immunity After COVID

There has always been uncertainty over how long immunity from SARS CoV-2 infection lasts. Is it three months? Six months? A year? Lifelong? Studies...

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

Fact Checking Vaccine Claims With Flawed Science: True

In a society that is bombarded with misinformation from every imaginable source, both official and otherwise, where, post pandemic, can we turn for reliable,...

CARDIO

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

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...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

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

Geert Vanden Boscche has made outlandish claims about the Covid vaccines and suggested they will end humanity. We debunk his claims with substantive sources.