by Ed Hinerman | Dec 26, 2007 | bipolar disorder, breast cancer, cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, heart attack, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
I just did a quick gut check on my blogging efforts over the past year. Who really cares about what I believe and what I know about life insurance? Who reads this and really believes that I can do what I claim? I have had more than just a little interest in weblogs...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 20, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
There’s that saying about beating a dead horse. Some days I wonder if the saying came about before me or because of me. Early detection of cancer is so critical to a good outcome, that I will continue to beat the horse, even though it’s dead, in hopes that...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 19, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance
DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) is a form of breast cancer that very rarely progresses to the point where it invades any neighboring tissue or spreads to other parts of the body. DCIS is never life threatening. In fact it is considered to be a precancerous condition....
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 30, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance
New technology called stereoscopic digital mammography is proving to be dramatically more accurate than standard digital mammography. Initial testing has shown a decrease in false positive findings of almost 50% with the new technology and it reduced the incidence of...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 27, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
Being a longtime small town dweller, it is my personal belief that just driving through a large city can be dangerous to your health. There is the obvious risk that goes with driving along with a bazillion other cars, but just the stress and anxiety that goes with...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 6, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance
Mammograms have been around since the 1920’s and have saved countless lives through early detection of breast cancer. For that we should all be thankful. But, like most medical exams, you just don’t hear many women come away saying that they should do...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 2, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
Early stage in situ breast cancer has always been the easiest to underwrite for life insurance, although most companies still levy an extra charge for 1-3 years after completion of treatment. Now one company has separated from the pack and has taken a bold stance,...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 30, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance
Over the years I have talked with more than one woman who, when face with a breast cancer treatment decision, chose to have a double mastectomy. Their reasoning always revolved around completing removing the chance for a recurrence. In an article I read today, the...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 29, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
I hope in previous posts I have made it abundantly clear that smoking cigarettes and looking for low life insurance rates is an oxymoronic walk in which you can’t get there from here. I have also gone on a bit about the reasons that life insurance underwriters...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 25, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity, private pilots
In an effort to serve more completely the needs of those whose health can make getting affordable life insurance a challenge, Hinerman Group is moving ahead with new “health challenge specific” websites. My passion has always been to foster discussion and...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 24, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity
Obesity, which often leads to heart disease, the number one killer of women, has now been linked to the number two cancer in women, breast cancer. Let’s be frank about this. I am constantly reading studies and articles and I have yet to find anything that would...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 23, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
I have mentioned before that if we all knew the date and time and perhaps the reason for our death, well ahead of time, it might change the need for life insurance dramatically. With time to plan it is possible to put money somewhere other than life insurance and...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 10, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, heart disease, insurance, life insurance
To some oncologists it appears to be a case of “the cure is worse than the disease”. There may be a link to one type of chemotherapy and the increased risk of heart disease in women who have already won one battle. Drugs call anthracyclines are a breast...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 9, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance
Since it is breast cancer awareness month and since breast cancer and life insurance is an issue that is visited frequently on our website, I thought I would just recap some of the things we know about it and how life insurance underwriters view it. Breast cancer is...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 27, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, heart disease, insurance, life insurance
Just when we get lulled into a sense of security about the postive attributes of alcohol as a deterrent for heart disease, someone shows up and ruins the party. In a very recent study, it appears there may be a significant link between alcohol use and breast cancer....
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