Oct 25 How Grandmothers Gave Us Longer Lives Photo by Susan Smith via Flickr. Humans may have developed our long life spans as a result of nature's first babysitters: grandmothers. A new study published in the Proceedings of Royal Society B on Wednesday uses a… Continue reading
Oct 25 Student Loan Debt: Everything You Need to Know Photo by Flikr user jeco. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Tursday's query: Susan Schrank: Judy Woodruff mentioned a new student loan… Continue reading
Oct 25 The Daily Frame Public art and music students demonstrate Tuesday outside the Greek Parliament in Athens against budget cuts affecting transportation to schools. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Rooting Out Waste in Health Care by Taking Cue From Toyota Assembly Lines Rooting Out Waste in Health Care by Taking Cue From Toyota Assembly Lines… Continue watching
Oct 24 Seven Factors Driving Up Your Health Care Costs There is no one villain in the battle against rising health care costs. Currently, the United States spends more on health care services than any other country, exceeding $2.6 trillion, or about 18 percent of gross domestic product. Most years,… Continue reading
Oct 23 A Few Books That Influenced Paul Solman Economics correspondent Paul Solman. Photo by Elizabeth Shell. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Tuesday's query: Brian Mecca: Can you cite two… Continue reading
Oct 23 How to Make Your Hospital Stay Safer and Cheaper: A Checklist EmbedVideo(4783, 482, 304); Elizabeth Bailey made quite a few assumptions when her father developed double vision and needed to see the doctor. She thought that he would receive the proper diagnosis and prescription dosage, to name just two. Continue reading
Oct 22 'Little Old Lynn' Bets Big on Debate BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The presidential candidates aside, if there's one winner of Monday's debate, it may be Lynn University, the small private liberal arts university here that is playing host to the main event. Some of the… Continue reading
Oct 22 Two Takes: Obama vs. Romney Round 3 Voters excited for the final presidential debate cheer during a live broadcast of Hardball with Chris Matthews at the MSNBC stage on the campus of Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. Photo by Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post The third… Continue reading
Oct 22 In Photos: Following Beirut Bombing, Lebanese Mourn the Dead By News Desk Soldiers in Lebanon worked Monday to squelch gunbattles and other violence stemming from Friday's car bombing that killed an intelligence official in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Chief of Lebanon's police intelligence department, Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan,… Continue reading