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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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Pat Farrell PhD -

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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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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

Dairy Fats Reduce Your Risk of Heart Attack, New Study Finds

Texas: Hot Flashes Clinical Study Participants – Women’s Health

Hair Straightening and Cancer — What Oncologists Want You to Know

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

Raising Children With Appropriate Fear Responses, Not Modeling Phobias

Pat Farrell PhD - July 9, 2023

Kids look at adults when encountering something unusual that might be fearful, but we can help them engage in appropriate behavior.

When College Athletes Kill Themselves, Healing the Team Becomes the Next Goal

April 16, 2023

Forgiveness Isn’t the Only Way to Heal

August 30, 2022

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years

Medika Life - May 21, 2023

Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people.

Multi-drug Resistant Bacteria Found in Dog Food

July 14, 2021

When Plans Shift: The High Stakes of Climate Innovation

March 5, 2025

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: Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Endometrial Ablation

June 3, 2020

DISEASES

Navigating the Controversy: The Debate Over Full-Body MRIs and Their Risks

Michael Hunter, MD - January 23, 2024

ONE OF THE HOTTEST CELEBRITY TRENDS is not an Hermes handbag or some other crazy expensive accessory. Stars are flocking to whole-body MRI scans through...

The Truth about Douching

Dr Jeff Livingston - July 11, 2020

Doctors recommend that you do not douche. Douching can lead to many health problems, including problems getting pregnant. Douching is also linked to vaginal infections and sexually transmitted infections

My Must-Do Bedtime Ritual

Michael Hunter, MD - March 3, 2022

TURN YOUR NIGHT INTO AN OPPORTUNITY: You can use healthy habits to improve your oral health. Brush (and floss)! Let me give you three reasons why...

What Are Coronaviruses and How Do They Cause Covid-19

Medika Life - June 25, 2020

Coronaviruses and how the SARS-CoV-2 strain causes Covid-19. Learn about the evolution of coronaviruses and your risk for covid-19

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

Why Your Breast Milk May Already Be Too Toxic For Your Child

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - May 13, 2021

Fifty samples of breast milk drawn from across the US all tested positive for PFQAS contamination, at levels 2000 times higher than those suggested safe by the EPA

Fact Checking Vaccine Claims With Flawed Science: True

February 1, 2023

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

Dr Joseph Mercola on Medika’s Quack Scale

Medika Life - November 17, 2020

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

Prof Dolores Cahill is the Latest Quack to Commit Career Suicide

May 23, 2021

Scott Atlas on Medika’s Quack Scale

November 16, 2020