Lifestyle

Health reform changes, aging populations and technological advancements will all drive demand for cardiac arrest devices in the next six years.

Should SOPA pass, all companies who have any presence online may be in jeopardy because copyright holders are allowed to enforce the law empowering them "to push around anyone who may compete with them under the guise of upholding the law."

SOPA and PIPA, two bills aimed at preventing online piracy, would greatly restrict the internet and could affect how physicians interact with each other and their patients online.

The past few years have thrust health care into the limelight, with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act (PPACA) in March 2010. And confusion has reigned ever since.

Health care reform stimulated increased improvement in health systems, but a concerning number surfaced about mortality rates after patients leave the hospital.

It is important for physicians to think about the future after they stop practicing medicine; the biggest thing to consider is where to live. U.S. News and World Report recently released its top 10 best places to retire in 2012 list.

If your adviser is preying on your emotional state with unsuitable investments or all-or-nothing advice: beware.

People travel for their own reasons. Americans probably go to Europe because, as critics say, we're still Euro-centric. We are fascinated by that continent's history.

King's views on the disparity in health care are especially relevant today while the U.S. is in the midst of health care reform.

If we want to lower health care costs (or, more honestly, health care spending), we need to look at where the spending takes place. It's a classic case of Occam's razor.

On Friday the markets began to worry as news broke that Standard & Poor's was planning on cutting the ratings of a number of euro countries, including France. However, come Monday morning, the markets were remarkably subdued.

The concept of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has received its share of attention as the cure for what ails the American health care system. But how does a medical practice ensure a successful transition to the PCMH model?

No one knows for sure if the real estate market has bottomed, but the futures market for real estate looks promising, according to Robert Shiller, the co-inventor of the Case-Shiller Real Estate Index.

As we get deeper into election year frenzy, Jeff Brown is reminded that not only is all not well in health care, but also that people outside, and especially inside, of medicine are not paying attention.

Marc Willard is the chief executive officer of Certify Data Systems, and here he discusses private health information exchanges compared to public, state-driven ones.

Physicians sometimes find themselves in the difficult situation of telling a patient "no" when he or she requests an unnecessary treatment or test.

With skyrocketing costs, an OB-GYN decided to make a change in her career which led her to preventive medicine and keeping patients healthy rather than treating what was already wrong.

When most physicians build their financial plans (or "wealth plans"), too often they have ignored the most important factor in a sophisticated long-term plan: flexibility.

A list of the 40 most powerful people in health care was released on January 5 by Becker's Orthopedic & Spine. The final members of the list includes HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius; chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson William C. Weldon; and various heads of health systems.

Tour companies aren't forthcoming about letting passengers know if they could be entering pirate-infested waters. Here's what you need to know to prevent unknowingly boarding a ship that could be attacked.

Among the improved sectors of the economy, health care services were in high demand across the country, and four districts reported that construction activity and bank lending for health care providers was on the rise.

The introduction of the iPad ushered in a new era of anatomy learning with the introduction of detailed 3D models and vast amounts of information contained on a device no bigger than a paper notebook.

A physically active lifestyle may prevent the advance of Alzheimer's disease in cognitively normal individuals who have a genetic predisposition to develop the disease, researchers have found.

For most of us physician business owners, the beginning of a year is a time filled with hope and intention. "It's going to be a(n even) better year. I'm going to be better at X, Y and Z"! we tell ourselves.

Although the Supreme Court won't hear arguments for and against the 2010 health care law until March, the Obama administration submitted its brief defending the law and the requirement that people obtain insurance.

The total percentage of Americans who were obese or overweight in 2011 is at the same level as in 2008, a slight drop from the previous year, with young adults and high-income Americans the least likely to be obese.

A look at what the tax plan proposals of the president and the presidential hopefuls will do to the taxes of those at the top of the distribution and at the bottom.

Marquesas is a dramatic, untamed land that must delight yacht-owners filled with communities that enjoy life. It's a place that has not forgotten its history.

A list of the 40 most powerful people in health care was released on January 5 by Becker's Orthopedic & Spine. The next 10 people on the list includes government representatives, President Barack Obama, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

On Jan. 5, 2012, CNNMoney published an article, "Doctors going broke," which quoted Marc Lion on profit leaks. Here is a republished article from August 2010, that Lion wrote for PMD on plugging profit leaks in your practice.