More than 1.3 million foreign-born residents of the U.S. are living with hepatitis B (HBV), according to a new estimate.
Author: SupremeCmdr
Medical News Roundup from Johns Hopkins – 06.01.2012
This week’s topics include the dangers of mail order poultry, an updated hormone therapy review in women, kidney disease and tight blood sugar control in those with diabetes, and thyroid dysfunction and heart disease.
DailyMed – Current Medication Information
Here is another medication information resource I like a lot. It is from the NLM and NIH. I’m also adding a link on the sidebar.
Is Your Staff Sleeping with Their Smartphones?
This Graph Is Disastrous for Print and Great for Facebook—or the Opposite!
Teleworking Triples Over the Last Decade
In its report, “The Incredible Disappearing Office: Making Telework Work,” The Conference Board finds that the advancements in home networking over the last decade have been accompanied by teleworking gains among a number of these technology-reliant professions, including insurance underwriters 4.5 percent, up 275 percent since 2001-2003 and computer software developers 6.1 percent, up 127 percent.
via Teleworking Triples Over the Last Decade – Insurance Networking News.
East ‘Meats’ West: Diabetes on Rise in China
The Chinese people are eating more food per serving, have more money to buy and eat food — particularly junk food — when they’re not hungry, and engage in less physical activity, Xiaohui said.
He said that many people still eat a traditional Chinese meal, but along with rice and veggies will be more meat, and portions will be bigger as well. In addition, fast-food restaurants such as Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald’s are enjoying success at the price of a growing obesity epidemic among children and teens, he said.
Traditional ethnic diets are preferable for your particular ethnicity. You want fries with that?
Heart Deaths in Diabetes Plummet
Data from the National Health Interview Survey found that both cardiovascular and all-cause mortality rates for diabetics fell substantially when 2003-2004 information was compared to 1997-1998.
via Medical News: Heart Deaths in Diabetes Plummet – in Cardiovascular, Diabetes from MedPage Today.
GEICO Hiring Hundreds
GEICO Hiring Hundreds – Insurance Networking News.
Finally some good news on the insurance employment front.
The Benefits Of A College Education
As the following graphic from IBD demonstrates, for the first time in history, a majority of jobless workers over 25 have attended some college, and now outnumber those without a job who simply have a high school diploma or less. But at least those in the fomer category have tens of thousands of non-dischargeable debt to show for it.
via The Benefits Of A College Education | ZeroHedge.
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