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....
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 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 20, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
Having heard, in excruciating detail, the whole mammogram procedure from my wife, I can tell you that I would understand why women might be reluctant to have them done as frequently as doctors would like them to. Breast cancer is certainly an ominous enough issue to...
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