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Strokes
20th May 2008
Strokes happen when normal blood flow to the brain is shut off, starving the brain of oxygen and vital nutrients, and damaging or ultimately even killing brain cells. Every year over 100,000 people...
What About Unemployment Insurance?
20th May 2008
Income protection does not necessarily cover you for unemployment, just absence from an existing job. Many insurance providers can add unemployment cover to your policy for an increase to your...
Purchasing Income Protection Insurance
19th May 2008
Over the next few articles we be looking at the sorts of things you should bear in mind when looking an income protection policy. First of all, be sure not to confuse income protection with mortgage...
Premiums, Amount of Cover and Index Linking
19th May 2008
When it comes to your premiums (how much you pay for your insurance cover), make sure you get a policy with guaranteed rates. You don't want your otherwise cheap premium costs to suddenly jump up one...
Meningitis B Vaccine
18th May 2008
Meningitis is often cited as one of the prime concerns parents have for their children's health - particularly in babies and young children. Its symptoms include a sudden fever, headache, rashes and...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
17th May 2008
According to figures released in 2005, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) affects nearly 64 thousand adults in the UK. One of the more alarming aspects of this figure is that it is thought that up to...
Leukaemia
16th May 2008
Leukaemia is a form of cancer that damages the proper functioning of white blood cells in the body, thereby harming the body's ability to fight off infection. If the disease develops gradually it is...
Glaucoma and Blindness in over 40's
16th May 2008
The primary cause of preventable blindness within the UK comes from a a family of diseases that affect the optic nerve, called Glaucoma. Glaucoma is generally caused by a build-up of pressure within...
Things to think about when considering Income Protection, Critical Illness and Life Insurance
15th May 2008
Things to think about... Do you have dependents, like children, persistently ill family members or elderly parents? Do you have to make regular rent or mortgage to payments? Do you have a...
What Insurance Cover is Best For You?
15th May 2008
Different sorts of insurance policies are designed to mitigate against different problems, so it is important that we know something about the sorts of policies on offer and what they can do for us...
