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  HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders and Disability Income Insurance

  Von Dr. Chris Ball |December 01, 2019|English

  People living with HIV (PLWH) may experience problems in thinking, remembering, concentrating and language. This is not solely the result of HIV infection of the brain but also the result of many associated problems: alcohol or drug use, depression...

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  Heart Health - Why Linking It to Insurance is a Winning Formula

  Von Ross Campbell |November 21, 2019|English | Deutsch

  Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a measure of the body’s ability to supply oxygen to muscles, including the heart, during sustained levels of exercise. Whether or not you believe the hype that just sitting around poses a significant health risk,...

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  Changing Views on E-Cigarettes – No Smoke Without Fire

  Von Ross Campbell |November 14, 2019|English

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. just announced an investigation of a multistate outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI). By November there were over 1,800 confirmed and probable cases...

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  Building Underwriting Models for Mental Health

  Von Dr. Chris Ball |October 08, 2019|English

  As a young psychiatrist, I went through a period of being excited about the brain. It seemed that emerging technologies in imaging and genetics would transform clinical psychiatry. This was encouraging news with mental health problems causing the most...

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  Why It’s Time to Re-evaluate Cystic Fibrosis

  Von Jon Parker |September 10, 2019|English

  Cystic fibrosis was rarely encountered by Life and Health underwriters until relatively recently. However, advances in our understanding of this inherited lung disease, and the emergence of more effective treatments, mean that children born with the...

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  Modeling Mortality at Older Ages - Benefits and Challenges

  Von Jean-Marc Fix |August 19, 2019|English | Español

  When one looks at a curve of the mortality rates by age in developed countries, we notice a very regular pattern. Especially the middle-age groups - age 30 to 70+, for example - seem to have close to an exponential curve in mortality rates. This observation,...

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