Conclusion: Our results suggest that red meat consumption, particularly processed red meat, is associated with an increased risk of T2D.
Red Meat Consumption May Increase DM2 Risk
Author: SupremeCmdr
Life Settlements Update – 09.28.11
In PHL Variable vs. Price Dawe 2006 Insurance Trust Insurance Company, the court has affirmed the common law ability of a legally insured person or insurable trust to sell a policy on that person’s life for market value — provided that procurement of the policy is not part of a straw purchase pursuant to a prior agreement to resell to an investor, and that the procurement is not part of an illegal wager in which a third party directly or indirectly pays the premiums.
The court holds that an arrangement involving an agreement with a straw man is illegal. An illegal arrangement occurs when an investor has a pre-negotiated arrangement for an immediate transfer of ownership of the policy, and there is no insurable interest on the part of the original owner, according to the court.
The court has ruled that the “intent” of the insured to sell a policy is irrelevant. The transaction itself is legal if, at inception, the individual procuring the policy has insurable interests and does not have a pre-negotiated agreement to immediately transfer ownership.
Setback for Life Settlements – WSJ.com
Greatbatch Pacemaker Inventor Dead
Wilson Greatbatch dies, invented pacemaker – Houston Chronicle
“Our mental hospitals are full of people who couldn’t stand success, or who couldn’t stand failure,”
Lower Cognitive Scores – Low B12?
Markers of B12 insufficiency all predicted lower global cognitive scores over nearly five years of follow-up, Christine C. Tangney, PhD, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and colleagues found.
Older Women Have 2X Mortality Risk First Year Post Hip Fx
Older women who experience a hip fracture have a twofold increase in mortality risk in the first year after the fracture, researchers found.
During the 12 months following the fracture, 16.9% of the women died, compared with 8.4% of controls, for an odds ratio of 2.3 (95% CI 1.9 to 2.8), according to Erin S. LeBlanc, MD, of Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Portland, Ore., and colleagues. They researchers adjusted for potential confounders such as age, bone mineral density (BMD), and coexisting conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and stroke.
And the increased mortality risk during the first year remained after further adjustment for specific hip fracture risk factors such as total hip BMD (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.9 to 3.1), the researchers reported online in Archives of Internal Medicine.
Teriparatide (Forteo) for OA?
In a mouse model of osteoarthritis, giving the drug for a month resulted in knee-joint cartilage that was 32% thicker than in control animals, the researchers said in Science Translational Medicine. Medical News: Lab Notes: Building a Better Knee – in Lab Notes, Lab Notes from MedPage Today
There is hope. Unfortunately, I am not a mouse.
HBR Economic Survey – 09.25.11
Statins Linked to Lower Mortality in Afib
Among patients with atrial fibrillation, those who are taking a statin may be less likely to die during follow-up than those who are not taking a statin, a retrospective study showed.
Interesting report. Do note the study limitations.
Spread Compression Bernanke Style
MKSAP – Memory Loss in an 81 Year Old Male
Mild cognitive impairment denotes abnormal cognitive decline
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
I actually got this one right.
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