by Ed Hinerman | Oct 12, 2007 | cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, whole life
There are life insurance agents and there are people who also sell life insurance. What does that small difference mean to you? I talk with my Farmers agent every so often about my auto or homeowners and he inevitably asks how business is going. It really leaves him...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 10, 2007 | Biggest Loser, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, obesity
A lot more weight loss this week. They did it while on vacation in Jamaica. Congratulations to all of them. I can tell you that I’ve certainly never lost weight on a tropical vacation. Again, the drama and game of the show is not my focus. Obesity carries some...
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 | Oct 8, 2007 | Biggest Loser, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, obesity
Yes, I know I’m a week behind on tracking the Biggest Loser stats, and I promise to have all the new numbers posted before tomorrow’s show. I have been attempting to reach someone connected to the NBC Biggest Loser reality weight loss show concerning their...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 7, 2007 | cancer, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, obesity
I met a guy in Hatch, Ut the other day along our way to Bryce and Zion National Parks. He had a compelling story to tell about beating obesity and how it saved his life. He had lived most of his life in Branson, MO and about five years ago had decided to end annual...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 28, 2007 | cancer, insurance, life insurance
I had my first colonoscopy last year. I probably would have put it off for quite a while longer, but my wife had one done and kind of shamed me in to it. Anyway, it wasn’t as unpleasant as I had imagined and the results were good. I was told I didn’t need...
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....
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 25, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women. As with men, the most common is skin cancer. Over 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year and that represents a steady decrease in the number of breast cancer deaths since 1990. Some important...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 24, 2007 | cancer, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, obesity, Type 2 diabetes
I remember as a child that I ran my parents ragged trying to keep up with me. I had feet and legs in good operating order, a bike whose operating order was questionable, and a passion to be busy from daylight to bedtime. I wore my parents out just trying to keep tabs...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 23, 2007 | Biggest Loser, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, obesity
I attempted to share some of my thoughts on obesity and health issues, and how NBC was in a unique position to speak to the problem with their huge audience for semi-reality show Biggest Loser. I attempted to comment on Ali’s blog. Alison Sweeny is apparently a...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 22, 2007 | Biggest Loser, breast cancer, cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, hypertension, Sleep apnea, stroke, Type 2 diabetes
In writing an article on gestational diabetes for our new website that will go live this coming week, I was discussing risk factors and up pops obesity……again. It seems that almost without fail, no matter what the health issue, obesity either helps cause...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 22, 2007 | Alcohol Treatment Life Insurance, cancer, DUI, insurance, life insurance, liver functions
Not too long ago I discussed life insurance exam labs results. I mentioned that the tests were not always tests that would lead to a diagnosis of a specific problem, but were tests that often exposed the tip of the iceberg, where a more serious problem might lie...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 22, 2007 | Anxiety, cancer, cholesterol, Depression, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, term insurance, universal life
For the next several weeks I will be occasioanally giving information on the companies that I use. Each of these companies has a strong point or they would’t be in my portfolio. Each of them has weak points and these are things I consider when I am...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 21, 2007 | cancer, cholesterol, heart attack, insurance, life insurance
Every once in a while I get hit with a client who just doesn’t see the value in seeing a doctor. The old “if it ain’t broke” attitude. Why see a doctor if you aren’t sick? According to CNN.com 43% of men get annual physicals. I’m...
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