February 15, 2022The conclusions of the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference were recently published.1 This expert panel started with… Read More
Tags: eGFR, Kidney, Life Insurance, Mortality, Risk
December 22, 2021As most physicians and many families can attest, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients often show memory issues and other… Read More
Tags: Bypass, Cognitive, Insurance, Memory, Underwriting
December 16, 2021The Insurers team is excited to share an update with our readers on CRL PLUS Rx™, a service to help… Read More
Tags: Insurance, Lab data, Plus Rx, Underwriting
December 2, 2021It’s a simple concept: the more people you can label as having a condition for which you provide support (as… Read More
Tags: Diabetes, Insurance, Mortality, Study, Underwriting
November 16, 2021Major depression is a common and serious illness, affecting up to 10% of the population at any given time. Unfortunately,… Read More
Tags: Depression, Insurance, Mental illness, Psilocybin, Underwriting
October 1, 2021Dr. Michael Fulks comments on the results of a recent study of Donanemab, an antibody that targets the amyloid-β (Aβ)… Read More
Tags: Alzheimers, Cardiovascular, Dementia, Risk
August 5, 2021CRL Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Robert Stout discusses the lasting impact of COVID-19 infection in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients…. Read More
Tags: Covid 19, Covid 19 Crisis, Laboratory, Life Insurance, Mortality
July 14, 2021By 2018, over 42% of US adults were obese (BMI 30+) with little variation by age and sex, and almost… Read More
Tags: Bmi, Insurance, Life Insurance, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
July 8, 2021Dr. Steven J. Rigatti explores marijuana use during the COVID-19 pandemic as a follow-up to earlier commentary on alcohol and tobacco use…. Read More
Tags: Alcohol, Covid 19, Laboratory, Marijuana, Pandemic
June 28, 2021Recently Dr. Michael Fulks commented on 2020 mortality data from JAMA, citing an increase of 17.7% from 2019 to 2020… Read More
Tags: Cancer, Insurance, Life Insurance, Mortality, Retirement
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