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Not all tax breaks are created equally. Due to the complexities and nuances of the continually evolving tax code, certain credits and deductions save you significantly more in taxes than others.

In 2000, Guadalupe Benitez, after receiving fertility drugs for 11 months at the only clinic to provide infertility treatment under her insurance plan, was denied insemination.

You fell in love with the big behemoth on the dealer's lot, but now soaring gasoline prices have cooled the affair. There are still 24 months to go on the lease, though, and getting out of it can cost you big bucks. A better idea is lease assumptionâ€"that's legalese for trading your leaseâ€"and there are several web sites that can help you.

A stop-loss order is a useful investing tool that's lost some of its usefulness. Basically, a stop-loss order tells your stockbroker to sell a stock when the price falls to a pre-set level. It still works well in most situations, but it generally only works when the New York Stock Exchange is open

The core value of Zyked is that it makes existing exercising activities more fun.

Music can be used as an alternative therapy for patients with cancer, pain, and especially neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, epilepsy, and autism.

The incubation time for brain tumors related to cell phone exposure is 10 years. Many millions of people have been using cell phones for 10 years or longer.

Back in 2001, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act triggered a gradual increase in the dollar threshold of estates subject to the estate tax.

Pamela B. Morris, MD, Director, Preventive Cardiology, Co-Director, Women's Heart Care, Medical University of South Carolina, discusses cardiovascular disease in women.

More and more studies are being conducted to test whether cell phones can be a helpful resource in reminding patients to take medications and perform tasks for chronic conditions.

Susie just got her acceptance letter to a big-name university and now you're trying to figure out how to pay for it and whether you could possibly qualify for financial aid. Tip: the key strategies to maximize financial aid eligibility are to reduce assets or income or both.

The US has a $2 trillion dollar healthcare nut. That's a pretty good piece of change for an industry that does nothing to provide medical care.

Go Red for Women, in a study released recently, rated the best and least "Heart-Friendly" cities for women in the United States.

According to a report by researchers at the CDC, up to 28% of toddlers haven't received vaccinations according to US guidelines.

Investors with a low tolerance for volatility and risk have been pouring money into safer havens, mostly money market funds. Assets held by money funds have rocketed into the stratosphere to $3.5 trillion, a 45% jump in just the past year.

The maverick doctor opens up about why his original practice wasn't sustainable, the inadequacy of physician quality ratings, and why his new corporate venture isn't so out of character.

The price of oil is skyrocketing and so is the price of gas at the pumps. The price hikes may cost in lives.

A survey that showed that a clear majority of physicians supported some sort of universal healthcare plan got plenty of publicity ink in the national media last month. The survey, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, showed that 59% of US doctors would like to see

It's called the Sandwich Generationâ€"that group of middle-aged Americans who, in increasing numbers, are finding themselves caring for both their children and their parents simultaneously. And as the multitude of baby boomers storm into their 60s and beyond, more and more individualsâ€"including physiciansâ€"are expected to join that unenviable clique.

It doesn't matter what your will says, the money in your IRA or other retirement accounts will go to the designated beneficiary of the account. If you haven't done so recently, get out your account paperwork and review the beneficiary forms to make sure that they name the persons you want the cash to go to. If you can't put your hands on the forms, call your retirement account custodian and ask for them.

History repeats itself. For example, consider that beginning in the mid-1980s, US hospitals and large healthcare groups began buying up primary care medical practices in an effort to better deal with the advent of managed care.

That classic medical phrase, "the doctor will see you now," might one day become a thing of the past. Where Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH, is concerned, it's already old school.

Spring is in the air and with it, a new season of novel concepts, such as "accept your mistake," and "apologize for your error." Is this such a difficult concept?

Are commodities king? It certainly seems so these days with so much talk about inflation rearing its ugly head. With oil hitting record levels almost every day, the US Labor Department saying we're seeing the fastest rate of food price increases in 18 years, and the price of gold piercing $1,000 (a new record) earlier this year, physician-investors might be poised to jump into commodities to make some fast money.

The fat in ice cream is enough to send the recovering cardiac patient down the wrong path. But that doesn't mean you have to deprive yourself.

Google is in good company with respect to trying to develop a workable solution to the medical records issue. And the Cleveland Clinic is apparently pleased with their two-month trial of the online solution.