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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

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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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

Understanding Uterine Fibroids (leiomyomas)

A Neglected Weight Loss Tool

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

CDC: Over One Million “Excess Deaths” from COVID

Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa - February 16, 2022

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control published a report on the number excess deaths related to COVID-19. "Excess deaths" are those deaths that occurred...

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

April 16, 2024

3 Tips for Incorporating Mental Health Into Your Corporate Well-Being Program

September 11, 2021

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

New York Climate Week in an Election Year

Cullen Burnell - April 26, 2024

Will 2024’s Conference Move the Needle Toward Sustainability Policy Imperatives?

Watching the Pigs

November 19, 2024

Why Fossil Fuel Industry Efforts Must be Monitored Before and During COP28

June 16, 2023

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Robotic Hysterectomy

Dr Jeff Livingston - October 12, 2020

Prepare yourself for a Robotic Hysterectomy by learning more about what the procedure entails.

Preparing for an Endometrial Biopsy

October 11, 2020

Preparing for: Colposcopy

June 25, 2020

DISEASES

US -India Health Partnerships: A Blueprint for Global Health Innovation

Aman Gupta - December 10, 2024

India’s rapidly evolving health sector and the U.S.’s unparalleled expertise in innovation and investment create a powerful synergy for collaboration.

Takeaway and Delivery Meals Make You Fat, Start Cooking Your Own Food

Isabella Soerjanto MD - August 2, 2022

In this global era, people want something faster and more straightforward. Many people prefer takeaway or using food delivery services to save time.

ViVE and HIMSS – Apples to Apples? Apples to Oranges?

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - March 14, 2024

Buzz on “X” On These Two Back-to-Back Meetings Is An Invitation to Rally Health Industry Priorities

Untangling the False Binary of “Medical vs. Mind-Body”

Anna Holtzman - November 27, 2022

One of the common stumbling blocks that can come up on the path of chronic pain recovery is confusion about whether or not a mind-body approach is right for you.

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

What are Vitamins and What Role do They Play in Your Health?

Medika Life - May 5, 2021

Learn about vitamins, what they help for, how they work and what they can and cannot do. Find out which pills are a waste of money and why.

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

March 15, 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

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.

Dr. Sherrill Sellman on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 30, 2020

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

September 21, 2020