Health

Less driving linked to a decrease in roadway fatalities

Each year, more than 30,000 people die in car crashes in the U.S. Despite safety improvements, motor vehicle fatalities continue to be a leading cause of early mortality. A new study in the American Journal of Preventive ...

Medications

CVS generic competitor to EpiPen, sold at a 6th the price

CVS is now selling a rival, generic version of Mylan's EpiPen at about a sixth of its price, just months after the maker of the life-saving allergy treatment was eviscerated before Congress because of its soaring cost to ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Attempting to remember may hinder intuitive 'gut feeling'

You might think that remembering a specific thing – say, the price of a can of corn – would help you when trying to make a specific determination, like if the corn costs more this week than last.

Medications

Outcomes-based pricing suggested for new, costly drugs

(HealthDay)—Outcomes-based pricing for novel and expensive biopharmaceuticals is supported in an Ideas and Opinions piece published online Dec. 13 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Health

US health care spending up five percent in 2015

(HealthDay)—Privately insured Americans spent nearly 5 percent more on health care last year than in 2014, largely because of escalating prices, new research shows.

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