US spending on prescription drugs saw the largest increase since 2001, with the nation’s pharmacy bill rising to $373.9 billion last year as new treatments came to market and manufacturers increased prices on old ones.
Good news today from one of the underlying share picks, global insulin market leader Novo Nordisk, whose weight loss product has won access to the US market.
Dr Ellen Langer, the first female professor to go in tenure in the Psychology Department at Harvard University, speaks to Alec Hogg about the power of mindfulness in and out of business.
 Sugar is marketed worldwide as a health food. Research suggests it is anything but.  It is often called ‘white poison’. In excess, the white stuff is shown to be unhealthy, to say the least. It causes obesity, say researchers, that in turn raises your risk of  hypertension, heart disease, stroke, even cancer, musculoskeletal disorders and dementia, … Read more
Right now South Africa can’t get enough of Tim Noakes. The sports scientist expanded his nutrition work on super athletes to himself and after years of confusion reached some very definite conclusions. But what he now recommends has been hotly countered by vested interests – turning the previously popular professor into persona non grata in … Read more
By Sharon Begley NEW YORK – That obesity can cut life short by causing strokes and other illnesses comes as no surprise, but a new study quantifies the toll: The most extreme cases cut a person’s lifespan more than cigarettes are able to do. The analysis, published in the journal PLOS (Public Library of Science) Medicine, … Read more
It is regularly called ‘white poison’, toxic, deadly, addictive, a killer, and the driver behind obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and even cancer – just about the worst PR anyone could ever imagine. But does sugar really deserve such a bad rep? Yes and no, depending on who you speak to. Some nutrition specialists … Read more
There’s something about statins that makes even the most intelligent doctor say silly things – such as that everyone over 40 should take them, even that children should be given them. Statins  have a reputation as  ‘wonder drugs’ for prevention of deaths from cardiovascular disease. The real wonder is how these drugs have become the … Read more
When my enforced “gardening leave” started last October, I took the advice of an old friend who’d been there, done that. Entrepreneur Jannie Mouton, who started again at 50 and has built a fabulous lifestyle and an amazing business in the last 15 years, shares in his book that after he was fired he spent … Read more