by Ed Hinerman | Nov 7, 2007 | cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
The very thought of a needle biopsy of the prostate kind of makes me cringe, but if there’s a chance a person has cancer, you kind of want to know for sure. The thing that has always struck me about the needle biopsy method is that the size of the samples are...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 7, 2007 | heart attack, insurance, life insurance
I remember back when I was distance running competitively, reading an article about a marathon runner who had died of a massive heart attack. With no research, I came to the conclusion that a heart attack while running was probably an unstoppable death. If you think...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 7, 2007 | diabetes, heart attack, insurance, life insurance, Type 2 diabetes
One of the hard facts is that people with type 2 diabetes are at a higher risk of heart disease and heart attacks than the average person. There has been growing concern among physicians that some of the medications used to control type 2 diabetes might also...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 7, 2007 | heart attack, insurance, life insurance, obesity, stroke
I have focused so much attention on the impact that obesity can have on a person’s overall health that, honestly, it never occurred to me to look at a far more common occurrence. What kind of impact does a person sustain if they gain10 or 15 pounds? If I were...
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