Just as with memory, with exercise, small bites over an extended period can generate big returns. Haley Bennett reports for BBC Science that the latest research shows that every move you make, even...
Diane Archer
2025: Tariffs take effect, your costs likely to rise
President Trump is making good on his pledge to place high tariffs on goods from China beginning today, February 4. (Tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada have been postponed for a month, as of...
New research finds link between drinking alcohol and cancer
Americans continue to drink a lot of alcohol. To quantify it in economic terms, we spend about $250 billion a year on our liquor. But, it’s probably time we cut down our alcohol consumption...
Government should be spending more on Medicare and Medicaid
A new KFF tracking poll shows that a large majority of Americans–Republicans, Democrats and Independents–support Medicare and Medicaid. And, twice as many Americans believe the government...
Tips for improving your memory
Andrew Budson and Elizabeth Kensinger, brain scientists, explain how to improve your memory in their book “Why We Forget and How to Remember Better.” Here are some of their research-based...
Will Medicare continue negotiating drug prices?
Among other things, the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act authorized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate the prices of a number of costly prescription...
Medicare Advantage dental, vision and hearing benefits offer...
Medicare Advantage plans advertise their “extra” benefits as a way to lure in new enrollees. But, new research published in JAMA Network finds that Medicare Advantage dental...
Trump’s health care executive orders
As with many sectors of our economy, when it comes to health care you should expect a lot of changes from the Trump administration. And, based on Trump’s recent executive orders, millions of...
Medicare Advantage insurers are killing rural hospitals and...
Write-Off Warrior, a research and advocacy firm that supports rural health systems, just released “Preyed On: How Insurance Corporations are Bleeding Rural Hospitals and Communities to...
Want to live longer? Genes and lifestyle matter
Dana G. Smith reports for The New York Times on the extent to which you control how long you live. How much does a healthy lifestyle help and how much do your genes determine your fate? For sure, we...