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Why Hookah Pipes Aren’t a Healthier Way to Smoke
By Ross Campbell June 19, 2016English
Shisha lounges, where people smoke hookah waterpipes, may be growing in popularity in some countries, following restrictions on tobacco smoking in public areas. Many people incorrectly believe smoking this way is less harmful than using cigarettes,...
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How Biological Age Could Change How Life Insurance Is Priced
By Francisco Garcia June 14, 2016English Español
In my last blog I discussed how thinking in terms of biological age could alter how we conceive life expectancy. Risk assessment in life insurance means forecasting the survival likelihood of an applicant - determining when it is lower than, equal to,...
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Wrecked in a Mist of Opium – The Effects of Prescription Opioid Abuse
By Dr. Chris Ball June 12, 2016English
The English author and cultural critic Matthew Arnold described fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge as a “philosopher wrecked in a mist of opium.” Using laudanum (a tincture of opium) to treat various ailments led Coleridge to lifelong addiction....
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Can People Be Helped to Quit Smoking?
By Ross Campbell May 29, 2016English
E-cigarettes are often sold as an alternative to regular cigarettes that can help smokers quit because they are supposedly a healthier substitute for tobacco. Despite e-cigarettes lacking the majority of substances known to cause smoking-related diseases,...
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How Biological Age May Affect Life Expectancy Calculation
By Francisco Garcia May 19, 2016English Español Deutsch
In my last blog, I looked at how knowledge about the age of our cells may help determine biological age. Statistics can also help, but the data shows that life expectancy isn’t the same for everyone. Only a statistical, as opposed to a deterministic,...
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy vs Athletic Heart Syndrome
By Shelly Duncan May 11, 2016English
In life insurance underwriting, it is important to recognize the differences between hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and the benign heart enlargement of an athlete. Both conditions increase left ventricular (LV) mass; however, HCM causes the LV wall...
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