50 shades of gray matter
You’ve seen the headlines: This is your brain on God, envy, cocaine. And you’ve seen the evidence: slices of brain with Technicolor splotches lit up like the Las Vegas Strip. On average, one new book...
View ArticleNew ‘Lethal’ Bird Flu Strain Concerns Health Officials
Officials from the World Health Organization warn that the new H7N9 strain of the bird flu virus that has emerged over the last month in China is one of the deadliest flu viruses so far, due to its...
View ArticleTips for choosing a life insurance policy
Choosing a life insurance policy can be tricky for some folks. Investing in a life insurance policy is something that most working Americans should consider, especially if they are the main breadwinner...
View ArticleThe hidden bias of transparency initiatives
Few aims are accorded greater nobility than transparency; we admire those who espouse it, and are instinctively contemptuous of those who would deny it. “Sunshine is the great disinfectant,” we are...
View ArticleHealth Secretary Orders Full Inquiry into Program Aimed to Ease Life for the...
This week, Jeremy Hunt the Health Secretary, announced plans for a detailed investigation into the controversial ‘Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient’ program. The program is an NHS service...
View ArticleSkipping breakfast doesn’t mean weight gain, new study suggests
In recent years, medical nutritionists have sought answers to a long-posed question: How necessary is breakfast? Studies have shown that, in some cases, eating in the morning can kickstart the bodys...
View ArticleNo, you shouldn’t fear GMO corn
A few weeks ago, Amy Harmon, a respected science journalist at the New York Times, turned her attention to the GMO debate, writing a masterfully textured story about the plight of the Florida orange...
View ArticleReplacing Income with Life Insurance
Having sold life insurance policies for over twenty years, I am very sensitive to peoples aversion to discussing anything having to do with death. Its not an easy subject for some people to confront...
View ArticleConsumer Report Criticizes Misleading Benefits of Health Supplements
A damning report about the health supplements available in the UK states that a number of manufacturers such as Boots, Seven Seas and Vitabiotics are making false claims about a variety of vitamin,...
View ArticleInfographic: How your health affects your life insurance policy
LifeInsure.com, a full-service life insurance website, has recently published an infographic that highlights how your health and lifestyle choices can affect the cost of your life insurance policy....
View ArticleChecking up on the ‘faux’ fact checkers
Late last month, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) stopped just short of reaching “in high dudgeon” in lambasting a recent Kathleen Parker column in theWashington Post that allegedly...
View ArticleMoney saving tips: Keeping your heating costs down
Adjust the thermostat Want pay less for heat? Then use less of it. While were not suggesting that you sit in your house shivering, counting down the days until spring, making slight adjustments to your...
View ArticleThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company: A.M. Best Ratings
‹ Back to Home Posted on: Friday, April 27th, 2012 A recent press release from BusinessWire announces that A.M. Best Co. has given The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and its subsidiary,...
View ArticleObama’s 16 words
Remember George W. Bush’s “16 words” in his 2003 State of the Union address making the case for military action in Iraq? Sen. John Kerry charged that Bush “hoodwinked the American people.” Sen. Hillary...
View ArticleHealthy Thanksgiving Tips
It would be hard for me to believe that Thanksgiving is almost here if it werent for the Christmas decorations and displays out in full force in the malls (since Halloween). I love this holiday and...
View ArticleChina’s coming one-child crisis
Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet state and godfather of modern totalitarian politics, once explained the totalitarian worldview this way: “We recognize nothing private.” By that criterion, no...
View ArticleEstimating your Health Class for a Life Insurance Policy
The price (premium) you pay for your life insurance policy is determined by several factors, including your age, build (height and weight), tobacco use, sex, your general health, family health...
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