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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

Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

Cancer Diaries: It’s Marathon, Not a Sprint

Oriahnn; A Drug to Stop Heavy Periods for Women With Fibroids

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

Look Deep! Pressure and Risk in the Health Setting

Narinder Singh - August 14, 2023

The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) released its top 10 patient safety concerns for 2023, including alarming issues such as violence against healthcare staff,...

Defeating My Wisdom Teeth

February 21, 2023

Complex, Chronic Diseases Are Rampant Today

June 27, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

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

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - May 17, 2024

President Biden’s and President Trump’s Environment Policies and Your Vote — Debate On!

Multi-drug Resistant Bacteria Found in Dog Food

July 14, 2021

Is it Safe to Breastfeed my Baby? Breastmilk and Environmental Toxins

May 24, 2021

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: Colposcopy

June 25, 2020

DISEASES

The Best Diet Move I’ve Made

Michael Hunter, MD - April 14, 2022

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR: THE “DIRTY DOZEN” fruits and vegetables proclamation. Let’s look at this annual (and controversial) ranking of non-organic fruits and vegetables...

ViVE 2025: Breakthrough Moments in Health Innovation

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - February 17, 2025

How AI Startups and Industry Giants Are Reshaping Health Systems, Reducing Costs, and Improving Patient Care

Business of Health: When Patients Become Secondary to the System

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - March 13, 2025

Can the Health System Align Around a Common Goal — Better Health

Does Walking Extend Life?

Michael Hunter, MD - December 12, 2021

Walking can boost memory, as well as lowering your risk for diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.

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

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

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - September 1, 2022

Ivermectin is a global con, sold by unscrupulous doctors and healthcare professionals as a treatment for Covid. It doesn't work.

Perrigo Voluntarily Recalls Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Aerosol

October 28, 2020

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

March 15, 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

Kerri Rivera on Medika’s Quack Scale

Medika Life - November 22, 2020

Kerri Rivera scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. She poses a high risk to the general public and we recommend against purchasing any of her products..

Dr. Christiane Northrup on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 16, 2020

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

September 1, 2022