Mexican farm leader killed with 14 others on ranch | Reuters
More than 15,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon launched an army-led assault on cartels soon after taking office in 2006.
Archive for October, 2009
War Dead Exceeds 15,000 in Mexico
Posted in International Risk, underwriting, tagged underwriting, Mexico, Travel Risk on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Read a Book a Week – 3Q 09 Update
Posted in Lifelong Learning, tagged Lifelong Learning, Read a Book a Week, self improvement on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1.02 is the number of books I’ve read per week so far in 2009.
One more quarter to go.
Breast Cancer – Research Update
Posted in Cancer, Medical News, underwriting, tagged underwriting, breast cancer on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A very good interview with Dr. Stefan Gluck, medical oncologist at the Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Breast cancer: The latest in research – Living – MiamiHerald.com
We look at the size of the cancer, the number of lymph nodes involved and [...]
Income and ADL’s
Posted in Medical News, underwriting, tagged underwriting, LTC, NaBloPoMo09, ADL's on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥65 Years Limited* in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), by Poverty Ratio† and Number of Limitations — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2003–2007§
ING Update – October 26, 2009
Posted in Business Trends, Insurance News on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ING to Raise $11.3 Billion, Sell Insurance Units (Update2) – Bloomberg.com
Prostate Cancer – To HIFU or Not to HIFU?
Posted in Cancer, Medical News, Question of The Day, underwriting, tagged underwriting, Cancer, prostate cancer, NaBloPoMo09, HIFU on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound.
Medical News: Cadaver Study Sparks Prostate CA Therapy Debate – in Urology, Prostate Cancer from MedPage Today
Why I Drink Alcohol v2.0
Posted in Lifestyle Underwriting, Mice Abuse, Nutrition, diabetes, underwriting, tagged underwriting, diabetes, Diet, Caloric restriction, Resveratrol on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Medical Updates – Red Grape Compound Showing Promise Against Diabetes | Health News
After an observation period of at least five weeks, the mice that were on high-fat diets showed that healthy insulin levels came back in half of the group due to triggers of what the team at University of Texas thinks are brain proteins [...]
Rituxan (rituximab) Linked to PML
Posted in Pharma, underwriting, tagged underwriting, pharmaceutical, NaBloPoMo09, PML, Rheumatoid Arthritis on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rituxan (rituximab) – PML
Why I Don’t Eat Raw Oysters – Vibrio Vulnificus
Posted in Nutrition, tagged Diet, Oysters on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FDA Acts to Protect Consumers from Vibrio in Oysters ~ Newsroom ~ News from CSPI
