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Portugal's Douro River may not be particularly long, but it carries a history that covers the beginning of the port wine trade in the 1600s.

If there is one lesson investors learn, it should be to avoid being bearish for too long. Otherwise, you miss out on some incredible investment runs on Wall Street.

One accountable care organization saved $8.5 million and received a check from Medicare for $4.2 million after 17 months. Suddenly, they had physicians clamoring to join.

While private investments in early-stage companies have the potential for significant upside, they also carry significant risks. If adequate documentation is not available, proceed cautiously, if at all.

Simply shifting from manual to electronic transactions for just 6 processes could save physicians and other healthcare providers billions of dollars.

Healthcare practices continue to suffer from embezzlement problems. While there is no such thing as a perfect system to prevent embezzlers, there are ways to deter them.

Most people don't realize how closely emotions affect financial spending, which can lead to poor decisions and overspending. But knowing potential triggers can help you overcome them in the future.

Business cards are often an afterthought for physicians, but they are still an important and potentially powerful tool for both your patients and your career.

Medical research funding is critical, but many promising startups never reach clinical stages due to a lack of funds. However, the path has opened up for even the average investor.

The physician turnover rate is at its highest level since 2005. As doctors look for new jobs, they may want to avoid the states where they will earn well below the national average for physicians.

There's one important thing to remember about Helsinki while planning for a trip: it's expensive. However, there is a lot to see and do.

Some money conversations are easy to discuss, but people find these ones particularly difficult, according to a survey from Northwestern Mutual.

As healthcare organizations look to cut costs while increasing patient safety and satisfaction, the focus is all landing on how to make the employee happy.

Understanding your financial psychology will provide greater insights into why you handle money the way you do. Everyone falls into one of 2 basic financial attitudes.

Roughly half of all family medicine and internal medicine positions remained unfilled last year, leaving large gaps in primary care access for many communities.

Currently, fitness data gathered and stored by wearable fitness trackers, can potentially be sold to third parties, like employers, insurance providers, and other companies, without the users' knowledge or consent.

It's unlikely a coincidence that the most livable cities in the world received perfect scores for both their healthcare and their education.

The pristine simplicity of Baja, the best part of Mexico, is hard to resist. There is a reason why a small boat cruise into the Gulf of California, aka the Sea of Cortez, is on many persons' bucket lists.

Healthcare spending measures are increasingly being used to reward or penalize physicians, hospitals, and other providers, but there are 6 fundamental problems with the current system.

If you want to own the asset class that's likely to go up the most, you might start by evaluating the ones that are currently liked the least.

Everyone likes choices, and medical care is no exception. That's why it's so important for physicians to market their medical practices.

Investors often look to stock analysts to gauge the potential of a company's stock. And analysts really don't like these 10 stocks.

People sometimes get lazy, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. For instance, there are certain areas of your investments that don't benefit from too much focus.

Spain's best-kept secret offers excitement, stunning architecture, and walkable neighborhoods.

As the days of the file folders crammed with patient information passes, the question becomes what doctors' offices will look like in the digital age.

A few years ago the idea of physicians prescribing apps to their patients seemed ridiculous. However, health apps have become a large market and physicians are embracing them when interacting with patients.

Nearly a third of Americans have made one of the worst retirement savings mistakes, and nearly half who have regretted doing so.

As doctors enter their 50s and 60s, many start dreaming about retirement; unfortunately, properly planning for retirement requires as much time and effort as planning a career.