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...money. Money helps, a lot - but a relatively small amount of money goes a long way. If this couple will earn a modest $50,000 as a family, their odds of seeing their 15th anniversary jump to 68%. By and large, well-off couples divorce over personality conflicts while poorer couples divorce over alcoholism, physical abuse, and money problems. (Infidelity is a frequent deal-breaker, rich or poor...
...Genentech assures the public that patients will not be priced out of the vision-saving medication. "We've got a comprehensive program in place so cost is not a barrier to using Lucentis," says Megan Pace, spokeswoman for the company. But while poorer patients may receive aid, the price will still wallop those institutions that bear the brunt of health-care costs: insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid. For them, too, Genentech might be onto something bigger than they bargained...
...Post-Katrina rise in the city's median income, to $43,447, owing largely to displacement of poorer black residents...
Americans are less healthy than Canadians and have poorer and less accessible healthcare despite spending about twice as much on it per capita, according to a study published by three Harvard Medical School scientists last week. The authors, HMS instructor Karen E. Lasser and assistant professors Stephanie J. Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein, concluded that Americans suffer more from chronic illnesses and obesity than Canadians, are less likely to have one regular doctor, and are almost twice as likely to forego medicine they need because they cannot afford it. The authors also found that Canadians saw smaller disparities in healthcare...
...Harvard’s fifth consecutive first-round exit.“We were outplayed pretty much for the entire game, from top to bottom,” Donato said, adding, “Our biggest game of the year, to come up with one of our poorer performances—[it’s] frustrating.”—Staff writer Karan Lodha can be reached at klodha@fas.harvard.edu...