American roads getting safer
After years of grim numbers, traffic fatalities in the U.S. are declining meaningfully. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported 39,345…
Year: 2026
Vision affects home safety
A study from the University of Michigan found that older adults with severe vision loss are three to four times more likely to fall when their home also…
Alert for night owls
A major study published in January 2026 in the Journal of the American Heart Association tracked more than 300,000 adults and found that people who are…
Electricity doesn’t give second chances
Electrocution is one of OSHA’s “Fatal Four”, the four leading causes of death in construction, and it behaves differently from most workplace hazards. You…
Your hands are irreplaceable
Think about everything you did with your hands today, before you even got to work. They are the most used tools in almost any job, and the most frequently…
The long-term care policy that pays off
Most people know they should probably think about long-term care insurance. Most people also keep putting it off, in part because of a nagging question:…
Do you really need a million dollars to retire?
Spend any time reading about retirement and you will encounter some version of the same alarming headline: you need a million dollars. Maybe two million….
When streaming stops being the cheap option
Cutting the cord was supposed to save money. For many households, it still does, but the math is getting murkier. The average cable bill runs about $147 a…
The real cost of dinner at your door
The food delivery apps make it look simple: tap a few buttons, and dinner appears. What they make considerably less visible is what that convenience…
Expensive subscriptions
Americans spend an average of $200 a year on subscription services they are not actively using, according to research by the Motley Fool. Gym apps,…