Voluntary Additional Health Insurance in the European Union: Free Market or Regulation?
The objective of this article is to feed the discussion on the question whether and under what conditions free-market-driven additional health insurance in the European Union might be acceptable. We conclude that, provided that basic health insurance effectively covers all essential healthcare (essential healthcare services being broadly defined), additional health insurance could be regulated in the same way as all other non-life insurance. (Source: European Journal of Health Law)
Source: European Journal of Health Law - June 5, 2017 Category: Medical Law Authors: Piet Calcoen and Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven Source Type: research
Plasma membrane repair: the adaptable cell life-insurance.
Abstract
The plasma membrane is the most basic element necessary for the cell to exist and be distinguishable from its environment. Regulated mechanisms allow tightly controlled communication between intacellular and extracellular medium allowing the maintenance of a specific biochemical environment, optimized for cellular functions. The anarchic and uncontrolled opening of a hole in the PM induces a change in the concentration of ions and oxidizing agents perturbing homeostasis. Fortunately, the cell possesses mechanisms that are capable of reacting to sudden extracellular medium entry and to block the le...
Source: Current Opinion in Cell Biology - May 13, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Jimenez AJ, Perez F Tags: Curr Opin Cell Biol Source Type: research
Patient and caregiver assessment of perceived benefits from clinical use of amyloid PET imaging (P6.108)
Conclusions:Patients and caregivers supported the use of amyloid PET in clinical practice and reported significant benefits of having such information for future planning.Study Supported by: NIA R01 AG040770, NIA K02 AG048240, NIA P30 AG010133 and the Easton Consortium for Alzheimer Drug Discovery and Biomarker Development.Disclosure: Dr. Mustafa has nothing to disclose. Dr. Rabinovici has received personal compensation for activities with Eisai, Roche, Lundbeck, and Putnam as a speaker or consultant. Dr. Rabinovici has received research support from NIH, Alzheimer's Association, Tau Consortium, American College of Radiolo...
Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Mustafa, R., Rabinovici, G., Dickerson, B., Carrillo, M., Glazier, B., Gao, S., Tierney, M., Fargo, K., Brosch, J., Austrom, M., De Santi, S., Clark, D., Apostolova, L. Tags: Aging and Dementia Poster Discussion Session: Novel Approaches in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Genetics, Biomarkers, and Therapies Source Type: research
Accurate Predictions of Postmortem Interval Using Linear Regression Analyses of Gene Meter Expression Data
The postmortem interval (PMI) is the elapsed time between death of an organism and the initiation of an official investigation to determine the cause of death. Its prediction is important to civil investigations such as those involving life insurance fraud because investigators need to determine if the person was alive or not when the policy was in effect [1]. The PMI is also important to criminal investigations, especially suspicious death cases where there are no witnesses, because it can help determine the time relationship between a potential suspect and the victim and eliminate people from a suspect list, which speeds...
Source: Forensic Science International - March 3, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: M. Colby Hunter, Alex E. Pozhitkov, Peter A. Noble Source Type: research
Beyond the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: ethical and economic implications of the exclusion of disability, long-term care and life insurance
Personalized Medicine Ahead of Print. (Source: Future Medicine: Personalized Medicine)
Source: Future Medicine: Personalized Medicine - January 23, 2017 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Jessica D Tenenbaum Kenneth W Goodman Source Type: research
Pediatric Whole Exome Sequencing: an Assessment of Parents ’ Perceived and Actual Understanding.
AbstractWhole exome sequencing (WES) is an integral tool in the diagnosis of genetic conditions in pediatric patients, but concerns have been expressed about the complexity of the information and the possibility for secondary findings that need to be conveyed to those deciding about WES. Currently, there is no validated tool to assess parental understanding of WES. We developed and implemented a survey to assess perceived and actual understanding of WES in parents who consented to clinical WES for their child between July 2013 and May 2015. Fifty-three eligible surveys were returned (57% response rate). Areas with both low...
Source: Journal of Genetic Counseling - December 15, 2016 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: research
Moderation effects of perceived organisational support on curvilinear relationship between neuroticism and job performance
Publication date: 15 January 2017 Source:Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 105 Author(s): Nishant Uppal The relationship between neuroticism and job performance is often assumed to be negative and linear. The current research challenges this assumption conceptually and empirically and tests a curvilinear relation between neuroticism and job performance. Further, the present work also hypothesizes that perceived organisational support (POS) moderates the curvilinear neuroticism-job performance relationships such that the inflection points after which the relationship disappears will be lower for low POS than...
Source: Personality and Individual Differences - September 23, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Controversies in hypertension: is lower blood pressure always better?
Since the advent of the sphygmomanometer over a century ago, appreciation of the impact of chronic hypertension has continued to grow. By the early 20th century, life insurance actuaries had quantified the magnitude of the important relationship between blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk; BP > 140/90 mm Hg signified a doubling of the risk of fatal heart attack compared to a “normal” BP (roughly 120/80 mm Hg). Pathogenesis of hypertension was unknown; in a famous debate published in the Lancet in 1959, Robert Platt summarized the prevailing view that hypertension is a discrete Mendelian ge n...
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - June 28, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sheldon W. Tobe, Joseph L. Izzo Tags: Controversies in Hypertension Source Type: research
Does Worksite Culture of Health (CoH) Matter to Employees? Empirical Evidence Using Job-Related Metrics
This study examines the relationships between the workplace culture of health (CoH), job satisfaction, and turnover intention. We also examined the moderating effect of job classification.
Methods: Structural equation modeling analysis was performed on data from employees of a Korean life insurance company (N = 880).
Results: Workplace CoH directly influenced job satisfaction (β = 0.32; P (Source: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 1, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Employment and insurance outcomes and factors associated with employment among long-term thyroid cancer survivors: a population-based study from the PROFILES registry
Conclusions
Many thyroid cancer survivors face problems when obtaining a life insurance, and older, fatigued, and lower educated thyroid cancer survivors may be at risk for not having employment. (Source: Quality of Life Research)
Source: Quality of Life Research - March 31, 2016 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Mp15-02 the effect of radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy, and active surveillance on life insurance premiums in patients with prostate cancer
This study aims to determine how these different treatment options affect life insurance underwriting practices. (Source: The Journal of Urology)
Source: The Journal of Urology - March 28, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Mark Biebel, Michael Piecuch, Jeffrey Stock, Hank George, Christopher Wright Tags: Prostate Cancer: Localized: Active Surveillance II Source Type: research
Living Kidney Donors Information Needs and Preferences
This study revealed limited usefulness of certain CMS-mandated topics and a desire for additional information about donation. Efforts to standardize the informed consent process should incorporate donors’ perspectives as to the specific topics, quantity of information, and the mode of communication found most useful when considering living donation. (Source: Progress in Transplantation)
Source: Progress in Transplantation - February 29, 2016 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Traino, H. M., Nonterah, C. W., Gupta, G., Mincemoyer, J. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Volume: 22 Issue: 1
This study reviewed the occurrence of late hematoma in five patients who received smooth, round silicone gel implants in a single-surgeon practice over a 30-year period. All patients presented with progressive enlargement of the involved breast, which appeared to result from multiple and recurrent bouts of bleeding rather than from an isolated event. Histological analysis of capsules provided insight into the pathogenesis of this rare phenomenon.
Reconstruction of post-traumatic full-thickness defects of the upper one-third of the auricleThe unique three-dimensional architecture of the auricle poses significant challenges ...
Source: Plastic Surgery - January 12, 2016 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
The Government-sponsored Health Insurance Schemes for the Gross Domestic Healthiness
This article details the role of GSHIS in the health insurance segment, taking the performances of the Indian health insurance sector in the year 2012–2013. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - December 10, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Pugazhenthi, V., Sunitha, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Benefits Claim Statute of Limitations. Riley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 744 F.3d 241, 57 EBC 2153 (1st Cir. 2014).
Authors:
PMID: 26540946 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Benefits Quarterly)
Source: Benefits Quarterly - November 9, 2015 Category: American Health Tags: Benefits Q Source Type: research
