You couldn’t make this stuff up. Ok, I actually could make this stuff up. But I didn’t. Really. I recently wrote about groundbreaking research that determined sex can make you smarter. Beyond those two studies, there are three more that deserve, at least momentarily, our undivided attention. These three separate sex studies recently crossed my…
Technology at the National Conference – Turns Out There is an App for That
I just downloaded the official App for the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference scheduled for November 7-9 in Las Vegas. Looking it over I can't help but think how much has changed over the last decade or so. The app, which is free, appears to be fairly robust, offering comprehensive schedules, speaker bios, maps…
Workers Comp Should Try Giving PTSD a Shot
An interesting story out this week about a new potential treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in military veterans could have significant impact on the workers’ compensation industry. Dr. Eugene Lipov, Medical Director of Advanced Pain Centers in Chicago, and Director of Pain Research at Northwest Community Hospital, is deploying a treatment called Stellate…
Dubious Decision Drives Disability Dilemma
How do you reconcile a court decision that generally helps a concept you believe in, yet is something with which you fundamentally disagree? That is my personal dilemma. John Murray, an attorney with Wisconsin law firm Lindner & Marsack, yesterday made an article available to our readers concerning a decision in the Seventh Circuit Court…
On the Plus Side, He is Polyp Free
Organizations that deal directly with the public must always be prepared for the unexpected. Risks lurk at every turn, and if employees are not ever vigilant, something can rapidly go wrong – and place your operation in the glaring light of the media's focus. Such was the case recently for Rome's Fiumicino airport, which is…
Sex Will Make the Workplace Safer
I am putting you on notice. I will likely win a Pulitzer Award for this article. True, being just three sentences into it I haven’t even written it yet, but the idea is just that good. Or the award might be a Nobel Prize for my contribution to humanity. That is more likely, since the…
NWCDN Releases Agenda For October Seminar
The National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network has released the agenda for it’s upcoming seminar being held in Chicago on October 3 & 4. The group offers two seminars every year that are complimentary for employers and insurance professionals. Specifically, the agenda for the October seminar includes: 1) YOU WANT TO PUT HOW MUCH UP ON…
Working While Chinese May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Reports out of Southern China today tell us that a construction elevator malfunctioned and fell 30 stories, killing 19 workers trapped inside. As tragic as that is, it barely makes a statistical blip on the master chart of fatalities in that country this year. Shockingly, almost 76,000 people were killed on the job in China…
The Road to Hell: Reforming the Reform of Workers Compensation Reformers
Let’s see, we establish a system designed to protect the interests of two groups with diametrically opposed interests, give them a level playing field, sprinkle in insurance carriers and thousands of support vendors providing a plethora of services, and tell them to manage all to the best of their ability. What could be so difficult…
Headline on Penis Injury is Unkindest Cut of All
I got in trouble recently with someone that seemed offended that an article of mine, posted in a LinkedIn group, was not about workers' compensation. What can I say? Sometimes that happens. I occasionally stumble across a “human interest” story that simply screams for my analysis and input. This is one of those moments. As…