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Your Medicare Costs May Go Down Dramatically in 2024, Thanks to U.S. Law Kicking in
A big cost and concern for many seniors in the U.S. is the price of prescription drugs and other healthcare expenses—and this year, thanks...
Drugs From Mark Cuban’s Pharmacy Could Save Medicare Billions Every Year, Harvard Says
Scientists with an eye towards helping the battered American consumer have recently published a paper finding that if government health insurance provider Medicare bought...
Counties With More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare, Study Finds
An intriguing new study from the University of Illinois has linked trees and shrubland to reduced county-wide healthcare costs.
Medicare Fraud Fighters Using New Weapons Mandated in Obamacare
When government fraud squads crack down on one Medicare scheme, another pops up close by. But the fraud squads that look for scams in...
Senators Pushed Big Pharma to Cap Inhaler Prices at $35 – Successfully Bringing Relief to American Families
Less than three months after U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and her colleagues launched an investigation into the four major American manufacturers of inhalers, three...
Crime is Way Down: 2023 Recorded Likely the Largest Single-Year Drop in Homicides Across US
The FBI's most recent Quarterly Uniform Crime Report data for Q3 2023 shows that nearly all crime in the US is going down; some...
Good News in History, January 18
80 years ago today, the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosted its first-ever jazz concert. A star-studded lineup of performers was acquired...
Crazy Insulin Prices Now a Thing of the Past in U.S. After Government Initiates Monthly Cost of $35
Until this year, Americans with diabetes have been impacted—some horribly—by a steep rise in the cost of insulin as the price tripled between 2002...
US Sets Policy to Seize Patents of Government-Funded Drugs if Price Deemed Too High
The Biden Administration last week announced it would be seizing patents for drugs and drug manufacturing procedures developed using government money.
A draft of the...
Good News in History, July 30
Happy 80th Birthday to the Jamaican ska and reggae musician, singer, and actor, Jimmy Cliff. After scoring his first hit at age 14, he...
Party Drug Ketamine Can Stop Severe Depression–Researcher Wants Funding for the ‘Powerful Treatment’
A low-cost version of ketamine to treat severe depression has performed strongly in a double-blind trial that compared it with placebo.
In a study published...
Good News in History, July 1
127 years ago today, Wilfrid Laurier was sworn in as Canada's first French-speaking prime minister. Recognized as either the greatest leader Canada has ever...
Survey Reveals Americans are Retiring Earlier Than They’d Expected
Americans are retiring earlier than they'd expected—that's according to a new survey of 2,000 retirees.
The poll found that, on average, people initially expected to...
African Psychedelic Plant Medicine Inspires Two New Drugs to Treat Addiction and Depression
A traditional African psychedelic plant medicine has inspired two new drugs to treat addiction and depression.
Ibogaine has been used for thousands of years during...
Planting Trees in a City 30 Years Ago May Have Lowered the Risk of Deaths From Diseases
Planting trees destined to live long healthy lives is believed to be a good way to save the planet, but what about ourselves?
30 years...
The Biden Move to Allow Hearing Aids to Be Sold Over-the-Counter is Now Saving Americans Thousands
Four years after Congress passed bipartisan legislation requiring the FDA to allow over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, President Biden issued an Executive kick-in-the-butt Order that...
New Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Mental Decline By 27% in Trial Hailed as ‘Most Encouraging to Date’
American biotech company Biogen announced the results of a phase 3 clinical trial that showed a new Alzheimer’s drug slowed the rate of cognitive...
U.S. House Passes Bill to Cap Insulin Cost at $35 Per Month
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Build Back Better Act, which includes the most sweeping nationwide measure to date to limit out-of-pocket...
Cats and Dogs May Protect Owners From Memory Loss in Later Life, Study Finds
Owning a pet, like a dog or cat, especially for five years or longer, may be linked to slower cognitive decline in older adults,...
More Than 70% of Older Americans Feel Younger Than They Actually Are – And Are Embracing Aging
Age is nothing but a number for most older Americans, as 84% said they have embraced aging—and they’re living their best lives.
A survey of...