Prudential to Stop Selling Group Long-term Care Insurance – Insurance Networking News

The decision is based on the continuing effects of low-interest rates and the company’s desire to achieve appropriate returns, enhance its long-term risk profile and maintain sustainable profitable growth, in its core group life and disability lines of business, the company said.

via Prudential to Stop Selling Group Long-term Care Insurance – Insurance Networking News.

Poll: Social Life, Not Social Media, Is Work’s Biggest Distraction

The ComPsych Poll – When at work, what is your biggest distraction?

Personal relationship issues: 22 percent

Co-workers who want to chat: 19 percent

Challenges with work relationships: 16 percent

Financial/legal problems: 15 percent

Child-related or care-giving issues: 11 percent

Personal health problems: 6 percent

Personal communications cellphone, email/instant messenger, social media: 4 percent

Other: 7 percent

Source: ComPsych

via Poll: Social Life, Not Social Media, Is Work’s Biggest Distraction – Featured Article – Workforce.

Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Proteinuria – JAAPA

KEY POINTS

Microalbuminuria tends to occur long before clinical proteinuria becomes evident.

Proteinuria results when the glomerular basement membrane allows excess proteins into the tubular filtrate and when the proximal tubules are unable to reabsorb low-molecular-weight proteins.

False-negative dipstick results may occur if the urine is dilute or if protein loss is mild.

Correlation between the urine protein-creatinine ratio (UPCR) and the 24-hour urine collection has been demonstrated in several diseases, and recent evidence indicates that the UPCR ratio is more accurate than the 24-hour measurement.

The albumin-to-creatinine ratio is more sensitive than the UPCR.

Renal biopsy should be considered in adults with persistent proteinuria because results are likely to guide specific therapy.

via The pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of proteinuria – JAAPA.

Health Toll of Fast Food Spreads Eastward

Eating Western-style fast food on a regular basis significantly increased the risk of diabetes and coronary heart disease in a large Asian cohort, investigators reported.

The diabetes odds increased by 27% and CHD risk by 56% among Singapore residents who ate fast food at least twice a week.

The results changed little with overall dietary pattern, energy intake, or body mass index (BMI), as reported online in Circulation.

via Medical News: Health Toll of Fast Food Spreads Eastward – in Cardiovascular, Atherosclerosis from MedPage Today.