NEW YORK -- MetLife today announced the launch of its new Critical Illness Insurance products designed to meet the changing financial protection needs of consumers. Americans of all ages are surviving serious illnesses at increasing rates due to medical breakthroughs and earlier diagnoses. For example, according to the American Cancer...
Long-term disability income protection and critical illness insurance are two products well matched to the needs of today's middle-income wage earner. Long-term income protection insurance provides an important base of coverage. Critical illness provides even more, helping to ensure that middle-income individuals do not find themselves financially devastated from the...
The Senate has passed an amendment requiring group health insurance plans that cover mental illness to provide benefits on a par with what they provide for physical illness. The Senate has passed an amendment requiring group health insurance plans that cover mental illness to...
The life and health of brands continues to intrigue. A study of brand dynamics shows that there are a number of common warning signals that telegraph the approaching, irreversible demise of a brand. Once infected, the patient sinks into an ever-worsening spiral. Illness begets more serious illness until the patient...
Apr. 25--It sounds innocent enough: Let's require health insurers to treat mental illness the same way they treat physical illness. Apr. 25--It sounds innocent enough: Let's require health insurers to treat mental illness the same way they treat physical illness.
Moms know that it can be very difficult to care for a sick child. Imagine, however, having six children in the same family all suffering from the same illness several times every year; an illness that causes severe joint pain, fevers, and overwhelming faMoms know that it can be...
Advances in the field of genetics have increased so dramatically that we are now able to clone animals. Such research and the recent completion of the mapping of the Human Genome have also provided new ways to check for the probability of certain illness Advances in the field of genetics...
UnumProvident has enhanced its critical illness and individual short-term disability insurance products. The CI product's base coverage pays benefits for heart attack, stroke, permanent paralysis, kidney failure, organ transplant or ... UnumProvident has enhanced its critical illness and individual short-term disability insurance products. The CI...
Last year, an estimated 5,000 people in the United States might have suffered longer-lasting foodborne illness because the bacteria that caused their illnesses were resistant to a number of commonly used antibiotics. And, the source of their resistance, according to a new FDA report, was from imprudent routine use of...
The FDA advised consumers of an outbreak of foodborne illness associated with cantaloupe from two Mexican companies, S.P.R. De R.I. Legumbrera San Luis and S.P.R. De R.I. Los Arroyos, and imported by Shipley Sales Service of Nogales, AZ. This outbrea The FDA advised consumers of an...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's revised illness and injury recordkeeping standard is now in effect (as of January 1, 2002). According to information from OSHA's website, the change from the regulation (originally written in 1904) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's revised illness...
Prolonged exposure to freezing or cold temperatures can cause serious health problems such as trench foot, frostbite and hypothermia. In extreme cases, including cold-water immersion, exposure can lead to death. Danger signs include uncontrol Prolonged exposure to freezing...
Regulatory hurdles have been overcome to clear the way for doctors to use an implantable therapy, devised by Medtronic Inc, that provides electrical stimulation of the stomach to treat a life-threatening illness. Regulatory hurdles have been overcome to clear the way for doctors ...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As OSHA leads in advancing the cause of safety and health, the Agency is channeling its efforts toward the goal of improving the triple bottom line: reducing injuries, illnesses and deaths on the job. Strong, fair, WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As...
NEW YORK, July 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "Dear Aetna," a grassroots letter-writing campaign to convince the insurance giant not to abandon a 2-year old boy with a life-threatening illness, was officially launched today, at http://www.DearAetna.org. NEW YORK, July 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "Dear Aetna," a grassroots letter-writing campaign to convince...
The revised 0SHA Form 300, Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses is now available on the agency's Web site, www.osha.gov. The forms are required for all employers to use in recording injuries and illnesses, and have changed in several ways for 2 The revised 0SHA Form...
Byline: Greg David In the next few months, many well-meaning people will begin pressuring legislators in Albany to require health insurance policies to cover mental illness the way they do other sicknesses. I am the father of a mentally ill 12-y ...
As a faculty member at a university teaching hospital and a psychologist who specializes in treating mood disorders and suicidal behavior, I believe that the themes and arguments of Derek Humphry and the Hemlock Society oversimplify the important social debate about euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. For example, Hemlock Society material...
PureSafety has a 40-minute online OSHA 300 Recordkeeping course designed for employees in any industry where medical or exposure records are kept. The course covers the compliance requirements for the revised OSHA recordkeeping rules. The course in PureSafety has a 40-minute online OSHA 300...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its rule concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses (29 CFR Parts 1904 and 1952), including the forms employers use to record those injuries and illnesses. OSHA says that the revisions to the final rule will produce more useful...