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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

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Clinic Notes: What My Patients Said This Week

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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

Physically Fit? My 4 Fitness Pillars

Dr. Susan Love: A Legacy of Empathy and Empowerment in Medicine

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

Combating Loneliness Is Everyone’s Job

Pat Farrell PhD - December 19, 2021

Loneliness, especially at holiday times, is part of the urban landscape, and it’s something that each of us needs to combat. The battle isn’t...

Suicide by Cop Results in Shared Pain and Mental Illness

December 10, 2021

Suicidology Is Corrupted by Researchers Who Say Things That Aren’t in Their Data

May 4, 2021

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!

Parkinson’s: What’s Behind the Fastest-Growing Brain Disease?

April 25, 2023

COP28 and Dubai – Perfect Together or a Looming Disaster?

May 25, 2023

CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Myomectomy

Dr Jeff Livingston - June 3, 2020

Prepare yourself for a Hysteroscopic Myomectomy, an easy way to remove submucosal uterine fibroids.

Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

June 3, 2020

Preparing for Cesarean Delivery (C-Section)

November 4, 2020

DISEASES

ViVE Was an Out-of-the-Box Hit Among the Digital Health and Health Innovation Tribe

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - April 10, 2023

From Pain Points to Solutions - ViVE and CHIME Shift from Hype to Hope in Transforming the Health System

Let’s Improve Cardiovascular Health in Transgender People

Elizabeth Knight PhD - November 28, 2022

Access to care, risk awareness, and prevention are the keys to health equity.

Old Theories, Questionable Experts, and Mental Disturbances Need to Be Deconstructed

Pat Farrell PhD - January 14, 2022

Zeitgeist is a word we don’t often use today, but it is as relevant today as it was when I attended graduate school. Yet, we...

Why I Don’t Believe in Healing Faster

Anna Holtzman - April 29, 2022

We all want a quick fix for our suffering, and there is absolutely no reason to be ashamed of that desire. How could we...

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

Product Recall: Amiodarone HCl Injection, USP and Tranexamic Acid Injection, USP

Medika Life - August 30, 2020

Mylan Initiates Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Four Lots of Amiodarone HCl Injection, USP and Tranexamic Acid Injection, USP Due to Carton Label Mix-Up

Blocking Airflow During a Pandemic Helps the Covid Virus Spread. Open Your Windows

August 21, 2021

Kratom, the Undiluted Truth. Is it a Dangerous Drug or a Godsend?

December 12, 2020

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

Nobel-Winning Virologist David Baltimore Eats Wuhan Crow

Science Duuude - June 10, 2021

Nicholas Wade suggested the Wuhan laboratory was a possible source for the coronavirus. He used David Baltimore smoking gun comment to validate his theory.

How Geert Vanden Bossche is Destroying American Herd Immunity

May 8, 2021

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

May 15, 2021