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Genetic Testing | Insurance Cover
18th June 2008
Over the next few articles we will be looking at the topical issue of predictive genetic testing, the laws surrounding it and how it effects, if at all, insurance availability (particularly critical...
Prizes for Healthy Living
17th June 2008
Insurance giant, Prudential, is offering 40% of Mark Warner holidays and £10 Eurostar tickets, two-for-the-price-of-one Cineworld cinema tickets twenty times as many Nectar points from...
Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month
13th June 2008
This month marks the 11th annual Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month, designed to raise awareness of the common male cancers (like prostate and testicular). However the month also highlights the...
'Medicinal' Marijuana and Liability
12th June 2008
Tension is brewing between state and federal law in the USA concerning employment rights and the use of prescription marijuana ('weed'), which is permitted by state law in California. Having...
The Rising Cost of Spare Tyres
10th June 2008
If you have a thick waist, spare tyres or a bit of a pot-belly, ignoring it is a far graver issue than completely writing off the idea of insurance. If getting yourself some income protection...
Lower Income Smokers Cause More Harm to Themselves
9th June 2008
Researchers at New Zealand's Otago University believe that people with lower incomes suck on their cigarettes for longer, leaving shorter butts, and therefore harm themselves more than wealthier...
Adult Asthma Increases Risk of Heart Disease
8th June 2008
According to a report published in the American Journal of Cardiology (titled Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities), adult-onset asthma seems to increase the risk of strokes and contracting heart...
Gout | Heart Disease
7th June 2008
A study carried out by Stanford University School of Medicine of 9,105 men aged between 41 and 63 has shown a connection between gout and heart disease. The research focussed on men who had an above...
Irish Stroke Sufferers Receive Sub-Standard Care
6th June 2008
Stroke victims in Northern Ireland whose speech has been affected by their condition do not receive the therapy they need, according to a recent report by Speechmatters, part of the Stroke...
Prostate Cancer
6th June 2008
Prostate cancer, like most cancers, is caused by the uncontrolled and otherwise 'disorderly' growth of cells in and on the prostate gland. In the majority of cases this is a slow developing cancer and...
