My late mother told me about a slogan when she was young with women saying, “lips that touch alcohol will never touch mine.” Those days are long gone. Women are drinking more than ever before.
Author: Devon Herrick
Anxiety Has Become a Catchall for Every Negative Emotion
Is anxiety worse than in years past? That is hard to say with any evidence. The reality is that more people are confusing stress for anxiety, which makes the solution more difficult to identify.
WSJ: OTC Hearing Aids Not Selling Well, Returned Too Often
…the Wall Street Journal reports that, at least so far, OTC hearing aids have been a bust. Only about 2% of people with mild hearing loss have purchased an OTC hearing aid. The problem is many of the OTC hearing aids were not much cheaper than prescription models.
Study: Nearly Half of Cities are Dominated by only One or Two Large Hospital Systems
The U.S health care system consumes nearly one-in-five dollars of income. The latest figures are Americans pay nearly $4.5 trillion annually for medical care. Of that, about one-third is spent on hospital care. That is about double the proportion of GDP spent on physician care and three times the amount spent on drugs.