Lifestyle

Many physicians have interests outside of their jobs as an outlet from the stress; Madhu Anvekar, MD, founder of a successful hospitalist service in California, considers his a mini vacation from work.

Most of us assume that our mortgage or rent, student loans or child care costs eat up the majority of our income, but our biggest expense is taxes. These tips will help you save when the taxman cometh.

The U.S. stock market has been hitting continuous new highs and in the last two years the Dow is up 30%, and yet investors are still wary of getting into the market - which may be good news for those currently in the market.

Today, even for doctors who put their job before their personal lives, it's a struggle to make a living - more work, for less money. Will the profession endure, or is it circling the drain?

More and more people are moving into the cities, but for some people small towns are the only place to raise a family. Smithfield's revitalized downtown makes it one of the great American small towns.

The more investors learn about investing, the more they want to create the "perfect portfolio" using the concepts they've grown to understand over the years.

A majority of patients with high-cost chronic conditions are seeking care from their primary care physicians instead of a subspecialist, according to new data.

President Obama is turning his attention to economic inequality. In Obama's view, your portfolio is unfair, unjust and diminishes others and he's going to stick it to investors and the affluent.

Integrating behavioral health care into a medical practice is a growing trend that makes perfect sense on multiple levels: one of which is that a significant percentage of ill people have a comorbidity.

The majority of investors on the cusp of being millionaires are woefully lacking investment knowledge and planning, which is preventing them from making that transition up.

Despite Affordable Care Act supporters' promises and predictions, healthy young consumers have not been flocking to the health insurance exchanges to sign up for coverage. Now the Obama administration is planning a full-court press to convince them to enroll.

It is easy for the public, and for many doctors, to fall into the stereotypical thinking that most physicians are Fat Cats, but there are many who struggle financially for a variety of reasons.

A record number of health care fraud cases were prosecuted in fiscal year 2013, possibly reflecting the greater emphasis the government is placing on combating this sort of crime.

Many physicians planning for retirement often wonder how much they'll be able to safely withdraw. In the past, people followed the 4% rule, but the method doesn't really apply anymore.

If you're looking to get into the art investment market, now might not be the best time. But for those with art already in their collections, this is the opportune time to sell.

Retirees are often vulnerable to scams because they're looking to stretch their limited income and sometimes they don't even realize (or won't admit) that their financial decision-making has declined.

One scientist argues that doctors aren't asking deep enough questions of their patients, while another believes that sometimes patients can be more useful to one another than their doctors.

Want to make a lot of money in the stock market? Then ignore conventional wisdom. Or better yet, do the opposite… Instead of investing your money based on economic forecasts or market call, use proven principles.

Wall Street isn't the only place to invest your money, especially if you're close to retirement. A financial planner outlines the three kinds of money retirees should have available for enjoying the golden years with peace of mind.

From a financial perspective, vehicles are necessary evils. It is a large cash outlay for a depreciable asset, but there are a few things you can do to minimize the damage on the net worth.

Though they're part of the same age group, there are large differences in the financial patterns of older and younger millennials.

Cars are expensive. They need regular repairs, gas will drain your wallet, plus there are insurance premiums to pay. And after just one claim those premiums can skyrocket depending on where you live.

Hampton, Va., is bursting with history: the alleged bones of Blackbeard were found at the waterfront; early settler John Rolfe married Pocahontas; and the Confederate president was imprisoned at Fort Monroe.

How much do you need in your retirement kitty to finance your golden years? It's a vexing question, one that many busy physicians tend to ignore, but it pays to do some math.

No one likes to see their investments lose money, and research may have actually found a correlation between the movement of the stock market and hospital admissions to the tune of $650 million a year.

Right now global growth in unconventional oil and gas is a pipe dream. The action, profits and share growth are all happening with companies right here in the United States.

With the economic rollercoaster sure to continue in 2014 - at least for the near term - one very practical and effective tactic entering the New Year is to establish a budget.

Providers and health plans fully admit they are unprepared for ICD-10 implementation: with less than 10 months left, many haven't fully determined how the transition will affect their businesses.