More than 30% of people ages 65 years and older experience a fall annually. Falls are associated with more than 40% of nursing home admissions, so research into risk factors “is urgently needed,” according the the researchers.
Drugs and Falls
One More Reason Why the War in Mexico Bothers Me
Did US law spur Mexico’s meth sales? | csmonitor.com
The law of unintended consequences can be defined as unanticipated or unintended effects from a certain action. In other words, you do something and something else happens that is totally unexpected.
Remote Underwriting With Turkeys – The Fraying Employment Contract
What employment contract? This is a scary article and a must-read for managers.
The Fraying Employment Contract – BusinessWeek
As a reminder I’ve titled posts on management “Remote Underwriting With Turkeys” to make these posts easier to find when using the search function.
If you want to look at older posts on management issues, use “turkeys” as the keyword in the search box.
COBRA Subsidy Extension – Update
Niacin Works to Decrease Carotid Atherosclerosis
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
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