Sam’s Club Offers Preventive Healthcare Program

Modern Medicine (3/15, Gebhart) reported, "Sam's Club has initiated what may be the country's largest retail preventive healthcare program targeting consumers and small businesses." Sam's Club will offer "free monthly in-store health-screening programs that include an individual pharmacy consultation, blood-pressure checks, bone-density scans, BMI assessment, cholesterol and blood-glucose testing, hearing exams, and eye exams." Each … Continue reading Sam’s Club Offers Preventive Healthcare Program

US Achieves New Record High For Life Expectancy

USA Today (3/17, Hellmich) reports that youngsters "born today can expect to live longer than ever in US history, according to preliminary government data (pdf) released Wednesday." In fact, "life expectancy at birth increased to 78.2 years in 2009, up from 78 years in 2008." USA Today adds, "'What this means is that somebody born in … Continue reading US Achieves New Record High For Life Expectancy