Motor insurer says stop start drivers are a growing threat on UK roads
Posted on August 27th, 2011
A new study from the motor insurer Axa suggests that there is a new sub-class of 1.5 million young drivers who are a potential hazard to themselves and others on the road.
The drivers, called “Stop Start Drivers” are aged between 17 and 29 and having passed their driving test, the research found that almost one in five (17 per cent) only get behind the wheel once or twice a month, with around half of these driving even less than this, often with gaps of several years.
According to Axa, these drivers are more likely to cause an accident having lost their confidence and forgotten the highway code. Full Post…
Tags: Drivers, Motor Insurer
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International Health Insurance for Baseball Fans Visiting the U.S. for Spring Training
Posted on August 26th, 2011
While baseball is often called “the national pastime” in the United States, but the game has fans worldwide. And every year, fans from around the world descend upon the states of Florida and Arizona in the U.S. to watch baseball’s “spring training.” If you plan on visiting the United States to watch your favorite team’s spring training, you will want to be sure to come prepared with international health insurance.
During spring training, baseball teams get ready for the upcoming season with workouts and exhibition games against other teams. It gives teams a chance to determine which players will be ready to contribute to the club in the coming year, and it gives fans the chance to see both their favorite players and new players, while doing so in sunny vacation-friendly locales. Full Post…
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Curis second quarter net loss increases to $4.9 million
Posted on July 26th, 2011
Curis, Inc. , a drug development company seeking to develop next generation targeted small molecule drug candidates for cancer treatment, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011.
“The second quarter was highlighted by our collaborator Genentech’s presentation of results from its pivotal study of vismodegib in advanced basal cell carcinoma patients”
“The second quarter was highlighted by our collaborator Genentech’s presentation of results from its pivotal study of vismodegib in advanced basal cell carcinoma patients,” said Dan Passeri, Curis President and Chief Executive Officer. “We
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First Edition: July 26, 2011
Posted on July 25th, 2011
Today’s headlines highlight Washington’sdebt-celing showdown, and a report that the federal government will conduct health insurance rate reviews in 10 states.
Substances found in cigarette smoke damage blood vessels’ endothelial cells
Posted on July 25th, 2011
A research term headed by David Bernhard from the University Department of Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna has found out that substances found in cigarette smoke lead to blood vessels’ endothelial cells constantly digesting themselves. This permanent damage to the interior surface of the blood vessels leads, amongst others, to calcification of the arteries, as the recently published study confirms.
“The autodigestion in vessels’ endothelial cells works like an intracellular waste disposal”, says Bernhard. Damaged cell components are caught, digested and recycled. Usually this is not a problem as new cell components are then created again.
WHO to warn against use of TB blood test
Posted on July 24th, 2011
The WHO on Sunday said it will release a guidance later this week on widely used blood tests for tuberculosis warning “against using such tests for the infectious lung disease that affects some 14 million people worldwide” because they can produce incorrect results, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.
“The tests are not reliable and a waste of money and time, putting proper care at risk,” Mario Raviglione, director of WHO’s Stop TB department, said, adding the tests “are in fact dangerous to patients, since some cases will not be detected and some will be called TB when in fact they do not have it.” According to the news agency, this “is the first time that WHO has issued a ‘negative’ policy, specifically counseling against the use of a particular method for diagnosing a disease” .
This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J.
Tags: Blood Test, Test
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Blue-collar workers with arthritis in much worse health than all other workers
Posted on July 21st, 2011
While more Americans are working past age 65 by choice, a growing segment of the population must continue to work well into their sixties out of financial necessity. Research conducted by the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine looked at aging, social class and labor force participation rates to illustrate the challenges that lower income workers face in the global marketplace. The study used the burden of arthritis to examine these connections because 49 million U.S. adults have arthritis, and 21 million suffer activity limitations as a result. The condition is also relatively disabling and painful but not fatal.