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In recognition of Skin Cancer Awareness Month this May, Olay and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery have joined forces for the third year for "Skin Cancer Takes Friends." Skin Cancer Takes Friends is a nationwide free skin cancer screening program that encourages everyone to bring their friends to a participating dermasurgeon's office for a free skin cancer screening. What's even Read more
May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, which means it's time to check out how well (or unwell) you breathe. During May, adults and children across the United States will be able to get checked for asthma during the 11th annual Nationwide Asthma Screening Program, sponsored by the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. During a screening, adults complete a 20-question Read more
Getting a will is not just for those who are on the cusp of retiring. People of all ages should consider writing one, says Business Insider. Here's why. Despite the well-known fact that everyone alive today will kick the bucket at one point or another, nearly 60 percent of Americans admitted in a 2011 poll conducted by online legal service Rocket Lawyer that they didn't have a will. RELATED: 14 Read more
The cost of raising a dog is extremely high. In fact, if you look at rates to fly with your dog on airplanes, it's sometimes almost equivalent to what we humans are paying for a plane ticket. And it all adds up — you end up spending a never-ending amount of cash on toys, crates, flea medication, checkups, and the list goes on. However, many think the high costs of raising a dog are totally Read more
Many people pay a lot of money for medical expenses. Kiplinger shares a couple of ways to cut your health bills. Spend less on drugs Switching to generic drugs is one of the easiest ways to save — especially now that some big-name medications, such as Lipitor, have gone generic (see Brand-Name Lipitor at Generic Prices). Some brand-name drugs don’t have a generic clone but do have a Read more
We had a chance to chat with Dr. Dean Ornish, founder and president of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, over the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival. He's a featured health expert in the new documentary, Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, which examines the current state of our health care system and provides hopeful solutions based on lifestyle and dietary Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart Bundle story here on Savvy! It is better to save, than it is to spend — that's usually a winning (and smart!) mantra to live by. But there are actually some things that are worth the extra dollars in cost. Here are 10 of them. Service. Consumers like to complain about the terrible service they get from certain companies — cell phone and cable TV Read more
As consumers, frustration is inevitable — it's common to experience bumps along the way. Some of the many hurdles we have to deal with include marketing ploys we fall prey to, rude customer service, instances of fraud, and the list goes on. Each year generally sees a different laundry list of complaints, and here are some of the top new pet peeves of customers in 2010, courtesy of the Consumer Read more
