Heart Minute: Niacin Decreases Carotid Disease
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Predictors of SCD Post MI Change With Time
Results: SCD occurred in 8.6% of patients during 3 years of follow-up. During the initial hospitalization for MI, the strongest predictors of SCD were atrial fibrillation (AF) (hazard ratio [HR], 2.0), prior stroke (HR, 2.0), and smoking (HR, 1.5). In the first 30 days after MI, the strongest predictors of SCD were recurrent MI (HR, 3.5), rehospitalization (HR, 2.5), and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (HR, 2.3). The strongest predictors of SCD from 30 days to 6 months after MI were prior transient ischemic attack (HR, 1.8), prior diabetes (HR, 1.7), and new left bundle branch block (HR, 1.7). From 6 months to 3 years after MI, the strongest predictors of SCD were prior MI (HR, 1.7), recurrent MI (HR, 1.7), and AF (HR, 1.6).
OSA and Arrhythmias
Remote Underwriting Jobs – Beyond Beyond
Insurance Jobs for Insurance Professionals from InsuranceGigs.com
In an earlier post I wrote about my affection for Beyond.com as my job board of preference. I recently stumbled upon the insurance career community from Beyond and it is pretty impressive. Try this site if you’re looking for work. The link above will take you there and I’ve also added a link on the sidebar.
SYNEV Announces Availability of Automated Life Underwriting Service Platform
Contingent Workers – Some Metrics
WORKFORCE METRICS
CONTINGENT COUNTS
- Temporary workers needed for the 2010 U.S. Census: 2,200
- Penetration rate of temporary workers in the United States: 1.3%
- Percentage of CIOs who find trying an employee on a contract/temporary basis:
Valuable: 73%
Not valuable: 25%
- Places candidates can search for work: 400,000
- Employer job-candidate spending: $60 billion
- Percentage of surveyed workers who chose temporary work because:
Couldn’t find permanent/regular job: 39%
To learn new skills: 3%
- Percentage of people who plan to use staffing firms in third quarter of 2009 to:
Seek a job: 24%
Hire staff: 13%
- Planned headcount changes for 2009:
Increase: 62%
Decrease: 27%
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics via Workforce Recruiting Management e-newsletter
Walk Faster Live Longer
I think I’ll go for a walk.
The slowest walkers among those over 65 were 44% more likely to die of any cause over a five-year period than faster walkers, Alexis Elbaz, MD, PhD, of the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris, and colleagues reported online in BMJ.
H1N1 – a Mexican Update
H1N1 – a Canadian Update
Serum Phosphorus Predicts CAC
Coronary artery calcification was common among apparently healthy adults, became more frequent and severe with time, and was associated with elevated levels of serum phosphorus, according to an analysis of data from a long-term population study.
At baseline, coronary artery calcification was present in 28% of participants in a long-term observational study, and six years later, new-onset calcification had developed in 33%, for an overall prevalence of 50% (P<0.001), according to Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, of Providence Medical Research Center in Spokane, Wash., and colleagues.
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