Healthcare Economy

Can the Mayo Clinic Teach Trump Anger Management and Create a New Industry?

Posted: May 12, 2018 at 8:15 am

President Trump gets angry at many people and reportedly has a foul temper. His most recent target was the head of homeland security, Kirstjen Nielsen. He does not think she ...
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Many Face Difficult Summer as Mosquitoes and Ticks Surge

Posted: May 2, 2018 at 7:00 am

The chance that people can spend summertime in their yards, near pools and on golf courses without courting medical trouble has started to disappear. In some parts of the country, ...
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What the Opioid Epidemic Costs Employers

Posted: April 5, 2018 at 12:10 pm

Spending on prescription opioids peaked in 2009 and has declined ever since. The cost of treating opioid addiction resulting from both prescription and illicit use of the drugs soared to ...
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Question for Coffee Industry: Does Beverage Cause Cancer?

Posted: March 31, 2018 at 8:15 am

A California judge ruled that one ingredient in coffee was dangerous enough to be a potential cause of cancer. Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) and other coffee makers will need to ...
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FDA Looks to Crack Down on Menthol Cigarettes and Maybe More

Posted: March 20, 2018 at 12:30 pm

Smoking seems to be the next hot topic with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with the agency now looking to cut out some flavors of cigarettes. While nothing ...
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US Opioid Crisis Cost: $1 Trillion and Counting

Posted: February 13, 2018 at 2:17 pm

In his recent fiscal year 2019 federal budget proposal, President Trump added $3 billion in 2018 federal spending to combat the country's opioid crisis and $10 billion in 2019. The ...
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Drugs, Alcohol, Suicide Causes of Low US Life Expectancy

Posted: February 8, 2018 at 9:00 am

The average life expectancy for residents of the 30 developed countries that comprise the Organization for Economic and Community Development (OECD) is 80.3 years. The life expectancy for a U.S. ...
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Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Combine to Lower Health Care Costs

Posted: January 30, 2018 at 9:30 am

In an announcement Tuesday morning that is roiling health care provider stocks, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A), and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) said the ...
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Is the World Health Organization Kicking Older People to the Curb?

Posted: January 5, 2018 at 12:45 pm

This past November the World Health Organization (WHO) released a draft of its "thirteenth general programme of work" for the period 2019 through 2023. The draft includes no references to ...
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US Life Expectancy Fell Last Year: Official CDC Announcement

Posted: December 21, 2017 at 6:35 am

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that the life expectancy of Americans fell last year. This is the agency's official announcement: Data from the National Vital Statistics ...
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Americans Favor Government-Mandated Health Care Again: Gallup

Posted: December 8, 2017 at 11:00 am

Between 2000 and 2008, an average of 62% of Americans polled annually by Gallup said they thought that it was government's responsibility to make sure that all Americans had health ...
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Short Sellers Grow More Selective on Major Biotechs

Posted: November 10, 2017 at 10:40 am

The short interest data are out for the most recent settlement date, October 31. Generally speaking, companies within the biotech industry are considered to be a riskier group of stocks, ...
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Polluted Air, Water Cost 9 Million Lives in 1 Year

Posted: October 20, 2017 at 10:35 am

In 2015, 9 million people died prematurely as a result of pollution. That's 16% of all human deaths worldwide for the year — three times more than deaths from AIDS, ...
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Why Exercise, Any Exercise, Is Beneficial to the Brain

Posted: October 5, 2017 at 8:05 am

Doing aerobic activities, no matter how often or intense, contribute to mental wellness and provide protection against depression, according to the findings of a recently published study by the American ...
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Gallup Poll Finds Rates of Regular Exercise Rising in US Communities

Posted: September 19, 2017 at 1:55 pm

The United States may be among the most obese nations in the world, but there is good news when it comes to those who exercise in America. Those exercising 30 ...
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