Tag: disabling conditions

It’s difficult to discuss the possibility of a young, aspiring athlete losing a professional athletic career before it begins. Whether due to injury or illness, career-ending disabilities can and do happen to top-level Division I athletes, making it a very timely and necessary topic of discussion. With the right type of career-ending disability insurance, Division […]

No one is immune and you are not alone. Substance abuse plagues people from all walks of life and remains a misunderstood form of disability. Not everyone believes that addiction and substance abuse should be considered a disability. One thing everyone can agree on is that substance abuse and addiction can quickly become a truly […]

Did you know that someone in the United States is diagnosed with diabetes every 19 seconds? This condition affects nearly 30 million children and adults in the U.S. today – that’s nearly 10 percent of the population. Despite the prevalence of diabetes, many don’t know the risk factors and warning signs to be aware of. […]

Download this episode: On Libsyn  |  On Stitcher We’ve been in the disability insurance field for a long time, and there’s one thing we’ve noticed over the years: Nurses get injured – and those injuries often leave them disabled. Is epidemic really the appropriate term to use? It is, because these injuries are more common […]

Try this on for size: there’s a shirt that helps your posture – all you need to do is put it on. It sounds too good to be true. Yet the “Posture Shirt,” made by Alignmed, reportedly does just that. According to a recent article in USA Today, the list of well-known Posture Shirt wearers […]

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Stop and think: what can you do in 40 seconds?

You probably didn’t add “die from heart disease, stroke or other cardiovasular diseases” to your list. But it’s true: the American Heart Association says one person in the U.S. dies from these conditions every 40 seconds.

The American Stroke Association says someone in the United States has a stroke about once every 40 seconds. Did you know that stroke is also the leading preventable cause of disability? Here’s what you need to know about identifying, treating and preventing a stroke. What is a stroke? The National Stroke Association says a stroke […]

Long gone are the days of box televisions and a strict one TV per household rule. Lightweight flat-screens are becoming the family room TV of choice and older flat-screens and box sets are being moved into bedrooms. In fact, the number of households with multiple TVs has more than doubled since 1990. The rise of […]

Compared to illness like multiple sclerosis or cancer, arthritis might not seem as serious. Still, the joint pain that sufferers live with is very real to them and certainly life-altering. Simply getting up and out of bed can be a painful experience. Reuters reports about a Canadian study about arthritis, surgery and the outcomes of […]

For those who don’t know, MS is the abbreviation for multiple sclerosis. The symptoms of the disease vary for different MS sufferers, but the most serious cases of MS can lead to paralysis. Other common symptoms are poor coordination, loss of balance and more. With that in mind, it might seem surprising that anyone could […]