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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

Can Noise Help You Sleep Better?

Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy

Preeclampsia and Eclampsia in Pregnancy

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

The Lifelong Exercise That Keeps Japanese Moving

Michael Hunter, MD - December 15, 2021

How do the Japanese pull off the longevity feat. They achieve long lives. What is their secret to longevity? Found out here...

Unhappy or Depressed Teens and Social Media’s Involvement Isn’t So Simple

October 3, 2023

Longer Breastfeeding Results in Better School Achievement: Why Might That Be?

June 7, 2023

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Climate Tech May be Among the World’s Greatest Public Health Priorities

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - August 27, 2023

Every Step We Take, Every Move We Make May Will Impact Our Shared Climate Future – Israeli Start-Ups Seek to Set Us on the Right Path

Egypt Declared Malaria-Free: A Monumental Milestone in Public Health

October 22, 2024

Sustainability + Health Systems: US and EU Perspectives

June 23, 2024

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for an Endometrial Biopsy

Dr Jeff Livingston - October 11, 2020

An endometrial biopsy is a simple office-based procedure where a doctor removes a small amount of tissue from inside the uterine cavity. This procedure

Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

June 3, 2020

DISEASES

How Physicians Benefit From The Experience and Knowledge of Nurses

Christina Vaughn - February 4, 2025

Experienced nurses know what you need to know about your patients and their conditions.

AI is Transforming Health Delivery: A Five-Year Reflection

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - November 20, 2024

Beyond Hype AI, ChatGPT and LLMs Are Practical Tools for Improved Care and Optimized Processes

Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - June 26, 2020

Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis is a non-contagious inflammatory skin condition. It is a chronic disease characterized by dry skin

Why Waste Money on School Lunches for Poor Kids?

Pat Farrell PhD - August 28, 2022

Politics don't mix well with biology and child development, especially regarding nourishing lunches that promote educational efforts.

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

Deadly Superbug Candida Auris Hits Two Dallas Hospitals. Officials Won’t Name Hospitals

July 25, 2021

You Don’t Need to be an Idiot to be a CovIdiot

September 25, 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

Exposing America’s Frontline Doctors and Their Financial Empire Built on Hydroxychloroquine

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - January 13, 2021

America's Frontline Doctos, founded by Simone Gold is simply a poorly concealed business designed to sell Hydroxychloroquine to gullible consumers

Dr. Judy Mikovits on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 16, 2020

Worshiping at The Alter of Zach Bush’s Messianic Health Cult

May 15, 2021