New CDC data show that the death rate is up in the U.S in 2015 to almost 2.6 million. The number of...
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Link between hospital boards and quality of care
Quality of care in U.S. hospitals remains a serious concern. A good number of hospitals do not...
To help relieve stress, understand and recognize caregiver strain
As a family caregiver, you provide support for a variety of reasons, but the most important is that...
Support Social Security to reduce risk of recession: Larry...
In a recent talk for the Brookings Institute’s Hamilton Project and a subsequent opinion...
Older adults traveling solo
Today, more older Americans are traveling solo — and that doesn’t mean they’re looking for a...
Medical error: Third leading cause of death
Sixteen years ago, the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Quality of Health Care in America...
What it means to be a caregiver today: The data
If you’re a caregiver feeling strain, you’re not alone. Many caregivers feel your strain. In...
Most Americans favor Medicare for all
Most Americans favor Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for all” proposal, according to...
Drug charity programs help drug company profits
As drug prices continue to escalate way faster than inflation, an increasing number of people are...
FDA requires companies to show amount of added sugars in...
For the first time since nutrition labels appeared on processed foods back in 1994, these labels...