Human Genetics Society of Australasia Position Statement: Genetic Testing and Personal Insurance Products in Australia
Twin Res Hum Genet. 2023 May 25:1-4. doi: 10.1017/thg.2023.11. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe expansion of genetic and genomic testing in clinical practice and research, and the growing market for direct-to-consumer genomic testing has led to increased awareness about the impact of this form of testing on insurance. Genetic or genomic information can be requested by providers of mutually rated insurance products, who may then use it when setting premiums or determining eligibility for cover under a particular product. Australian insurers are subject to relevant legislation and an industry led standard that was updated i...
Source: Twin Research and Human Genetics - May 25, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Aideen M McInerney-Leo Samantha Ayres Jackie Boyle Chris Jacobs Ainsley J Newson Education, Ethics and Social Issues Committee of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia Source Type: research

Human Genetics Society of Australasia Position Statement: Genetic Testing and Personal Insurance Products in Australia
Twin Res Hum Genet. 2023 May 25:1-4. doi: 10.1017/thg.2023.11. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe expansion of genetic and genomic testing in clinical practice and research, and the growing market for direct-to-consumer genomic testing has led to increased awareness about the impact of this form of testing on insurance. Genetic or genomic information can be requested by providers of mutually rated insurance products, who may then use it when setting premiums or determining eligibility for cover under a particular product. Australian insurers are subject to relevant legislation and an industry led standard that was updated i...
Source: Twin Research and Human Genetics - May 25, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Aideen M McInerney-Leo Samantha Ayres Jackie Boyle Chris Jacobs Ainsley J Newson Education, Ethics and Social Issues Committee of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia Source Type: research

Human Genetics Society of Australasia Position Statement: Genetic Testing and Personal Insurance Products in Australia
Twin Res Hum Genet. 2023 May 25:1-4. doi: 10.1017/thg.2023.11. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe expansion of genetic and genomic testing in clinical practice and research, and the growing market for direct-to-consumer genomic testing has led to increased awareness about the impact of this form of testing on insurance. Genetic or genomic information can be requested by providers of mutually rated insurance products, who may then use it when setting premiums or determining eligibility for cover under a particular product. Australian insurers are subject to relevant legislation and an industry led standard that was updated i...
Source: Twin Research and Human Genetics - May 25, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Aideen M McInerney-Leo Samantha Ayres Jackie Boyle Chris Jacobs Ainsley J Newson Education, Ethics and Social Issues Committee of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia Source Type: research

Correction: Community concerns about genetic discrimination in life insurance persist in Australia: A survey of consumers offered genetic testing
European Journal of Human Genetics, Published online: 22 May 2023; doi:10.1038/s41431-023-01391-zCorrection: Community concerns about genetic discrimination in life insurance persist in Australia: A survey of consumers offered genetic testing (Source: European Journal of Human Genetics)
Source: European Journal of Human Genetics - May 22, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Jane Tiller Andrew Bakshi Grace Dowling Louise Keogh Aideen McInerney-Leo Kristine Barlow-Stewart Tiffany Boughtwood Penny Gleeson Martin B. Delatycki Ingrid Winship Margaret Otlowski Paul Lacaze Source Type: research

Community concerns about genetic discrimination in life insurance persist in Australia: A survey of consumers offered genetic testing
European Journal of Human Genetics, Published online: 11 May 2023; doi:10.1038/s41431-023-01373-1Community concerns about genetic discrimination in life insurance persist in Australia: A survey of consumers offered genetic testing (Source: European Journal of Human Genetics)
Source: European Journal of Human Genetics - May 11, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Jane Tiller Andrew Bakshi Grace Dowling Louise Keogh Aideen McInerney-Leo Kristine Barlow-Stewart Tiffany Boughtwood Penny Gleeson Martin B. Delatycki Ingrid Winship Margaret Otlowski Paul Lacaze Source Type: research

‘I’d best take out life insurance, then.’ Conceptualisations of risk and uncertainty in primary care consultations, and implications for shared decision-making
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Source: Health, Risk and Society - March 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Olaug S. Lian Sarah Nettleton Huw Grange Christopher Dowrick Source Type: research

Elevated Carcinoembryonic Antigen as Initial Presenting Sign of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
A 64-year-old gentleman with type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity was evaluated for an elevated carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level to 23 ng/mL. This was obtained during an evaluation after he wished to increase his life insurance policy. He was otherwise asymptomatic and had no specific gastrointestinal (GI)-related complaints. (Source: The American Journal of Medicine)
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - February 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Siri A. Urquhart, Ruifeng Guo, Glenn L. Alexander Tags: Diagnostic Dilemma Source Type: research

Experience of suffering in patients with hypertension: a qualitative analysis of in-depth interview of patients in a university hospital in Seoul, Republic of Korea
Conclusion The illness experience of patients with hypertension consists of suffering associated with threatened or damaged self-identity at the individual and social level. Medical professionals should have more awareness of the suffering of these patients to improve the quality of care. An education programme with proper focus on the elements of patients’ suffering may help to alleviate it. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - December 23, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sung, J., Paik, Y.-g. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine Source Type: research

New Care Models: How Health and Life Insurers Can Rise to the Challenge of Older and Sicker Societies
Conclusions:Insurers need to go beyond simplistic notions of choice and convenience to promote value to consumers, distributors, and providers. Insurers need to become ‘strategic payers’ to ensure favourable supply-side conditions, share risks, and shift towards value-based payments. A cradle-to-grave joint health-life service proposition should be encouraged.Implications:By moving away from being a passive claims processor to become a ‘strategic payer’, insurers can correct the common misalignments found between financial flows and provider incentives. Many of these purchasing approaches reward value over volume b...
Source: International Journal of Integrated Care - November 8, 2022 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Attitudes of Australian dermatologists on the use of genetic testing: A cross-sectional survey with a focus on melanoma
Conclusion: Australian Dermatologists widely recognise the relevance of genetic testing to future practice, yet few currently order genetic tests. Future educational interventions could focus on how to order appropriate genetic tests and interpret results, as well as potential implications on insurance. (Source: Frontiers in Genetics)
Source: Frontiers in Genetics - October 24, 2022 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: research

Public View of Public Health Emergencies Based on Artificial Intelligence Data
This study designs an expert system for network public view and optimizes the algorithm for the key problem: SFC deployment. Finally, the system was put into real news and public opinion research on new coronavirus epidemic prevention, and experimental tests were carried out. The experimental results have shown that in the new coronavirus incident, the nuclear leakage incident, and the epidemic prevention policy, the data obtained by the public through the Internet are 50%, 68.06%, and 64.35%, respectively. For the system function in this study, both ICSO and IPSO are far better than the optimization results of CSO and PSO...
Source: Journal of Environmental and Public Health - August 29, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shitao Zhang Chun Chu-Ke Hyunjoo Kim Changqiang Jing Source Type: research

Effect of employers' concerns about cancer countermeasures on the implementation of cancer screening and support for balancing cancer treatment and work in small and medium-sized Japanese enterprises
CONCLUSION: Our findings suggested that employers' interest was a powerful predictor of implementing cancer control in SMEs. Educational intervention targeted toward the employer could play a critical role in improving SMEs.PMID:35989472 | PMC:PMC9393347 | DOI:10.1002/1348-9585.12352 (Source: Journal of Occupational Health)
Source: Journal of Occupational Health - August 22, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Masanari Minamitani Masayuki Tatemichi Tomoya Mukai Atsuto Katano Keiichi Nakagawa Source Type: research