4 myths about learning after 65 — busted!
Your brain is an amazing organ that changes, adapts, and even gets sharper when you use it — no matter how old you are. And the more you do for your brain, the more benefits you’ll see in return. That includes the way you learn, how you remember things,...
4 revenue sources to explore for your primary care practice
Ancillary services have long been a popular way to increase revenue for physician practices. In fact, 82% of practices offer at least one ancillary service.1 Such services account for 11% of revenue for both internal and family medicine practices, according...
Keys to success
Juilliard-trained concert pianist Kevin Kwan Loucks (Eagle Class of 2000) has played Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Seoul Arts Center and other top performance spaces. But one of his favorite venues lies far from New York, Washington or his Santa Barbara...
What US trial sponsors should know about the GDPR
U.S. life sciences companies that conduct trials in Europe must deal with more than language nuances and time-zone differences. They must also comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This bedrock privacy regulation controls the use of all...
Serving their country
Some 16 million Americans served in the armed forces during World War II. Among them were countless Eagle Scouts who waded ashore on D-Day, endured the Bataan Death March, and island-hopped across the Pacific. Others worked behind the lines, organizing...
Selling like hotcakes
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but some mothers are pretty inventive in their own right. Take Penny Clark. Back in 1982, she sent her 8-year-old son, Joel, around the family’s Utah neighborhood selling pancake mix out of a red wagon. This...
Medication management: tips for older adults
If your medicine cabinet is overflowing, you’re not alone. Nearly a quarter of older adults are on five or more prescription medications, while half take at least two nonprescription drugs or supplements. To keep up with everything you’re on —...
New job? Now it’s time to pick your health insurance
Your first day of work may feel a little like your first day of school. There's a lot to learn – from where to find the coffee machine to all your new coworkers’ names. One of your most important tasks might be picking a new health...
How to choose the right words when talking to your teen
Your teenage son comes home from school, mutters a few unintelligible words when you ask about his day and retreats to his room to play videogames. Your teenage daughter comes home from school, parks herself in the kitchen and unloads all her troubles in a...