by Ed Hinerman | Feb 29, 2008 | cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
I’ve been told that all guys will get prostate cancer to some degree if they live to a moderately old age. The good news that, for many, it will have little or no impact on their lives or their mortality. Prostate cancer that is slow growing, that is to say a...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 13, 2008 | bipolar disorder, breast cancer, cancer, Depression, diabetes, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, term insurance
There are so many options to shop for your life insurance needs, each making the claim that they will save you money. Save 70% on your term insurance! Hundreds of companies to choose from! Give us 10 minutes and you could save hundreds of dollars on term life...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 9, 2008 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
I was visiting with a person Friday about his experience applying for life insurance through a “mega agency”. He applied last August and ran into an issue with an elevated PSA on his labs. The company postponed the application until he had a...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 29, 2008 | cancer, cholesterol, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
In a post a few days ago concerning the practice of “watchful waiting” that is used in low stage, low grade prostate cancer, I offered to poll several life insurance companies to see how they felt about the practice from a life insurance risk standpoint....
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 26, 2008 | cancer, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
One of the treatment options with older men and younger men with slow growing prostate cancer has always been “watchful waiting”. The premise with older men is that very often the treatment is unnecessary as the cancer never advances far enough to cause...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 5, 2008 | cancer, Depression, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
Prostate cancer treated in early stages has a high survival rate. Whether by radical prostectomy, radioactive seed implant or external beam radiation therapy, most treatments are succuessful if the cancer is caught early. More advanced or aggressive prostate cancer is...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 3, 2008 | cancer, insurance, life insurance, obesity, prostate cancer
Back when I was growing up I don’t think they had anything but whole milk. I only remember two kinds of milk when I was a kid….milk and sour milk. Somewhere along the way someone decided to create lower fat options of milk, so now you have your 1%, 2% and...
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 14, 2007 | bipolar disorder, cancer, cigar smokers, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, Sleep apnea
It is a rare thing in the life insurance industry when there is only one company that takes a stance completely contrary to all of the other companies. Prudential is just that bold. For as long as there has been life insurance and cigarettes, there has been testing to...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 6, 2007 | cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
With localized prostate cancer the treatments of choice have generally been radioactive beam, radiactive seed or prostatectomy. All are very effective in stopping a low stage cancer. Effectiveness comes with side effects though. Incontinence and impotency are the most...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 3, 2007 | cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) tests have long been the standard test for determining BPH (enlarged prostate), Prostatitis (infection of the prostate) and prostate cancer. There are two events that are watched for. The event that far too many people experience is...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 29, 2007 | cancer, diabetes, life insurance, obesity, prostate cancer
It is a statistical fact, and certainly no secret, that African American men continue to take more of a beating from prostate cancer than men from any other ethnic background in this country. They are more likely to get prostate cancer. They are less likely to detect...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 28, 2007 | cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
The Prostate Cancer Foundation has an annual scientific retreat where the top research scientists get together and review and summarize the major breakthroughs of the year. The Foundation provided a summary this week that, thank you, offered the summaries in language...
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...
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