Lifestyle

America's elderly population will double to 81 million by the year 2040, and there's little evidence we are ready for them. Speakers at the annual Gerontological Society of America discussed the under-preparedness of the country and of retirees.

Are you covered if the holiday presents you just bought are stolen from your car? What if they're destroyed at home by a fire or a storm?

Dividend stocks alone won't generate a mouth-watering return. But dividends will rise over time - and surprising things happen when you reinvest them.

At least half of patients want to receive regular texts and emails from their physician as a means to help them stay healthy; however, the vast majority of doctors don't want the hassle.

Black Friday often fools amateur investors because of the idea of shoppers lining up and packing stores to buy products. However, that doesn't necessarily translate into a strong retail industry.

Annual health checks neither reduce overall mortality nor the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer. However, they do increase the number of new diagnoses, which might do more harm than good.

More medical students want their training to include more relevance to business, specifically billing and coding. Plus, starting pay negotiations are more critical than ever for doctors as a majority is taking salaried jobs.

The FDA won a small victory in a legal dispute with the National Whistleblower Center over the agency's right to withhold documents relating to its medical device review process.

The days of having one employer throughout your career are over leaving workers to deal with three or four retirement accounts from different companies. Make it easy on yourself and consolidate.

The stress of being a physician is taking its toll, with the suicide rate for physicians higher than the general public, according to a new study of data. Suicide victims who were physicians were three times more likely to have had a job problem.

It is a good idea to understand investing concepts like Beta so that you can have a more informed discussion with whomever you choose to receive investment/retirement planning advice from.

The Texas Ranger museum in Waco may seem like just a Texas icon, but around the world it's actually viewed as an American one with visitors including foreign guests at the Crawford Ranch from when George W. Bush was president.

No one likes more taxes. On Jan. 1 there will be 3.8% tax on investment income for high earners; however, there is a way to possibly circumvent that surcharge.

Physicians and other care providers are experiencing record levels of uncertainty in their lives. Here are recommendations for how physicians can prevent and manage money shock to their lives and their practices.

Although nearly 50% of physicians experience at least one symptom of burnout, they aren't given any good solutions to cope with burnout.

The effect of the fiscal cliff won't just hit individuals, it will affect states as well since almost all states have tax codes linked to the federal code.

Your practice can do more to save on taxes and play more "games" with the IRS than an individual or an employee can. And we're not just taking about some extra deductions.

Election, market volatility and more trouble in the Middle East might have you down, but here are 10 good reasons this bull market can continue well into 2013 and beyond.

With identity theft on the rise (more than 15 million victims per year), here are suggestions for holiday shoppers to protect their identities.

People love new technology, even if they don't always want to spend money on it themselves. However, this upcoming weekend is the open of holiday shopping. Here are the top tech gifts.

Contrary to traditional tax planning, maximizing taxable income in the current year may be optimal for many physicians since tax rates are set to increase at the beginning of 2013.

The clock is ticking for physicians countrywide - at least where Medicare reimbursement is concerned. According to a CPA, if Congress doesn't act to prevent the 27% Medicare reimbursement cut, then some physicians could be out of business in just 90 days.

While investors are in a tryptophan-induced coma on the day after Thanksgiving, companies will be releasing information they're legally obligated to report in the hopes that the bad news will get buried and overlooked.

Compared to a year ago, Americans are more in favor of tax increases to help reduce the federal budget deficit and avoid the fiscal cliff. However, they mostly support a balanced method of tax increases and spending cuts.

The FDA's legal standing to mandate reviews and inspect compounding pharmacies has not always been clear-cut. After the meningitis outbreak stemming from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy, the FDA commissioner is arguing for expanded authority.

If you take care of three C's that stand in the way of new technology - cost, complexity, and customization - you can use technology to better focus on patient care and customer service.

Jeff Brown, MD, rarely uses cash anymore, which seems to be the direction all of society is heading. Not only is carrying cash potentially dangerous (vulnerable to crime or loss) but electronic transactions and bank apps are becoming more and more popular.

At the annual Gerontological Society of America meeting, the keynote speaker discussed the effect of social networks on the health and behaviors of groups of friends.

Practice executives' satisfaction with seven major health plans has mostly increased; however, payers aren't offering many innovative payment models - such as accountable care and payment bundling - that are favorable for the practices.

Almost all oncologists reported experiencing cancer drug shortages over the last year, noting that shortages have been increasing, unfortunately. These drug shortages have caused the financial burdens on practices and patients to increase severely.