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This Is the Best Time of Day to Take Blood Pressure Meds

By Angelica | Mar 4, 2020 | Comments Off on This Is the Best Time of Day to Take Blood Pressure Meds

Waking up in the morning and taking your blood pressure medication might be a big — and possibly fatal — mistake. Switching to taking blood pressure pills in the evening can substantially lower your risk of heart-related disease and death, according to a study published recently in the European Heart Journal. The study focusing on…

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Surgery is nothing short of a stupendous magic act

By Angelica | Mar 4, 2020 | Comments Off on Surgery is nothing short of a stupendous magic act

An excerpt from The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution. Johns Hopkins University was unlike anything ever built. Armed with an enormous endowment from a wealthy industrialist, the hospital (and its associated medical school) would be patterned after the German laboratory-centric model, and the clinically-based British…

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Morning Deals: Wednesday, March 4

By Angelica | Mar 4, 2020 | Comments Off on Morning Deals: Wednesday, March 4

Every morning and afternoon we publish a list of the latest and best deals from our partner, DealNews. To learn more about the discounts and details, click on any of the deals for more information. To have this list, along with our latest news and stories, delivered daily to your inbox, sign up for our…

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Property market loss from Australia’s January hailstorms A$670m: PERILS

By Angelica | Mar 4, 2020 | Comments Off on Property market loss from Australia’s January hailstorms A$670m: PERILS

The property insurance market loss from the severe hailstorms that struck the southeastern region of Australia in January has been preliminarily estimated at A$670 million by PERILS AG. The Zurich based, industry backed estimator of catastrophe insurance and reinsurance market losses only includes property insurance related losses, so does not report on motor or other…

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8 Reasons Not to Be Your Boss’s Friend

By Angelica | Mar 4, 2020 | Comments Off on 8 Reasons Not to Be Your Boss’s Friend

Everyone has heard stories about horrible bosses who make life at work miserable. But having a boss as a best friend can be just as damaging to your career. You may go into the friendship with your supervisor thinking that it will give you a competitive advantage. With the boss as a pal, you may…

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PGGM adds private quota share with Swiss Re through Viaduct Re Ltd.

By Angelica | Mar 4, 2020 | Comments Off on PGGM adds private quota share with Swiss Re through Viaduct Re Ltd.

PGGM, the Dutch pension fund administrator and investment manager that has become the largest single source of assets in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, added a private quota share arrangement with reinsurance giant Swiss Re in 2019, using a special purpose insurer (SPI) named Viaduct Re Ltd. Last month we reported that PGGM had made…

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PartnerRe sale to Covéa agreed at $9bn by Exor

By Angelica | Mar 4, 2020 | Comments Off on PartnerRe sale to Covéa agreed at $9bn by Exor

An agreement on the sale of PartnerRe has been reached between EXOR, the Agnelli family owned holding company investor, and French insurance group Covéa. Covea will acquire reinsurance firm PartnerRe for $9 billion, delivering a healthy return on the investment made by Exor, the Italian holding company and investment entity of the Fiat owning Agnelli…

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A physician’s chilling COVID-19 diagnostic journey

By Angelica | Mar 4, 2020 | Comments Off on A physician’s chilling COVID-19 diagnostic journey

We watched as the new viral outbreak happened in a remote place in China, wondering if this would be a quick flameout or if Mother Nature would again exert her majesty on us mortals. My associate, Madilyn, and I watched with more interest, knowing that her sister was in South Korea teaching English. She was…

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More worried about the coronavirus than the seasonal flu? Here’s why you should be.

By Angelica | Mar 4, 2020 | Comments Off on More worried about the coronavirus than the seasonal flu? Here’s why you should be.

The spread of the new coronavirus, which has infected over 80,000 people worldwide and resulted in the death of more than 3,000, has raised alarms around the world. At the same time, the seasonal influenza, known as the flu, causes severe illness in between 3 million and 5 million people, with hundreds of thousands of…

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The alarming risk of COVID-19 in nursing homes

By Angelica | Mar 4, 2020 | Comments Off on The alarming risk of COVID-19 in nursing homes

An outbreak of coronavirus disease in a nursing home near Seattle is prompting urgent calls for precautionary tactics at America’s elder care facilities, where residents are at heightened risk of serious complications from the illness because of the dual threat of age and close living conditions. As of Monday afternoon, the emergence of the novel…

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