Cutting billions in health care costs could be a simple as remembering to take that pill every day. A study by one of the nation's biggest prescription providers says people who forget to take their medicine as directed or skimp on refills suffer side effects that require $106 billion a year in medical care. The study says another $50 billion could be saved if Americans would switch from brand-name drugs to lower-cost generics that are just as effective. Source Link
Sleeping less leads to eating more, according to a new study that looked at what happens to appetites when people skimp on their daily rest. Men ate bigger breakfasts and dinners, packing in 500 more calories each day when they were sleep-deprived. Researchers say shorter sleep cycles trigger the brain to eat more, drawing on ancient habits from when early man ate more during the longer days of summer when food was bountiful. Source Link
It may be a case of, "do as I say, not as I do" for some parents who lecture their teens about texting while driving. A study by the Pew Research Center shows that adults are just as likely to text message while driving as are 16 and 17-year olds. According to the study, about one-in-four of those behind the wheel are texting and three out of four adults admit to talking on their cell phone while driving. Source Link
