Ultraflex jobs: You choose hours, venue – CSMonitor.com
Prescription Drug OD Deaths Up in Florida
Deaths in Florida involving prescription drugs in 2009 were four times as common as those related to illicit drugs, with alprazolam (Xanax) joining opioids among the top killers, the CDC reported.
From 2003 to 2009, the death rate in Florida from overdoses of prescription drugs increased 84.2%, from 7.3 to 13.4 per 100,000 population, according to data from the Florida Medical Examiners Commission analyzed by the CDC in the July 8 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Time to tighten up your anxiety/depression underwriting guidelines? How about script checks at lower amounts? Can you differentiate between the applicant who wants to off himself versus plain vanilla anxiety?
Thought For Today – 7/9/11
A must read post from Tony Schwartz at the HBR Blog Network.
Pick Your Enemies Wisely
BBC Nature – Warring ants know their enemies
Take Home Lesson:
Pick your battles carefully. Adjust your response to the threat.
Predictive Ability of CRP Questioned
Medical News: AHA: Value of Measuring CRP Questioned – in Meeting Coverage, AHA from MedPage Today
“In patients who already have a reason to be on a statin, C-reactive protein (CRP) measurement does not appear to provide any additional information about cardiovascular risk beyond traditional factors, a secondary analysis of the ASCOT trial showed.”
Spider MRI
BBC Nature – Inside a tarantula spider’s beating heart
No, not a new technique nor a brand name for a machine. An actual MRI on a spider.
Silent Heart Damage and Cocaine
“Heavy cocaine users have a high prevalence of cardiac damage as seen by cardiac MRI.”
New Vitamin D Guidelines
Bob MacDonald on Business
For Independent Marketing Organizations the Choice is Simple: Live Free or Die!
Defending the Future of Independent Marketing Organizations: Part Two
I met Bob a long time ago in a far away place called Minnesota. It’s nice to see he hasn’t changed much over the years.
New Zealand Anyone? Jobs!
| Life Insurance Underwriters – want a relocation paid move to New Zealand? Currently recruiting intermediate & senior life insurance underwriters. Contact+64 9 354 8122 or andrewbatey@michaelpage.co.nz | |
| Andrew Batey, Financial Services Recruitment Consultant at Michael Page | |
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