Archive for 'Health'

World’s Most Expensive Braces

If you think Invisalign braces are expensive, think again. The London Lingual Orthodontic Clinic has developed a process that puts other dental braces to shame—at least in terms of pricing. Their “couture” braces are the most [...]

Most expensive medicine – world record set by Soliris

CHESTIRE, CT, USA – Soliris, a drug made by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, which is given intravenously to treat a rare disorder in which the immune system destroys red blood cells at night, costs $409,500 a year -setting the [...]

The World’s Most Expensive Drugs

When people talk about expensive drugs, they usually are referring to drugs like Lipitor for high cholesterol ($1,500 a year), Zyprexa for schizophrenia ($7,000 a year) or Avastin for cancer ($50,000 a year). But none of [...]

Most Expensive Toothbrush

It’s always nice to be able to write about a Most Expensive item that doesn’t outprice its peers by virtue of being solid gold, gold-plated, paved with gems or, as one reader so eloquently put it, [...]

Most Expensive Diseases

The list of the 10 most expensive diseases comprises estimates calculated by Charles Roehrig, health economist at the Altarum Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan, based on 2005 data. Previous government surveys included community-dwelling patients using data [...]