The high-profile deaths of actors Heath Ledger and David Carradine -- both of which initially were thought to be suicides -- have brought attention to a serious financial question: Can certain factors (such as suicide) invalidate a life insurance policy?
In some cases, the answer is yes. The trouble starts with a few words known as "an exclusion" that may be found in a life Read more...
When I completed the research for my book, The Irritable Male Syndrome, I was astonished to see that mid-life and older men were committing suicide at rates much higher than women. For instance, men in their 40s commit suicide at rates 350 percent higher than women of the same age. Men in their 50s commit suicide at rates 400 percent higher. Men in their 60s commit suicide at rates 500 Read more...
The week leading up to Father’s Day (June 15, 2008) has been designated Men’s Health Week. According to the Men’s Health Network the purpose of Men’s Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. On a very practical level, this is a time to appreciate our own fathers and children and commit to our own health and well-being. My father almost died, but in the process helped save my life.
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By Jed Diamond
"Women seek helpmen die." This conclusion was drawn from a recent study of suicide prevention by Professor J. Angst (yes, that really is his name) and C. Ernst. They found that 75 percent of those who sought professional help in an institution for suicide prevention were female. Conversely 75 percent of those who committed suicide in the same year were male. Read more...
A businessman is in a great deal of trouble. He has put everything into his business and it is still failing. He owes everybody. In fact, things have gotten so bad that he contemplates suicide.
As a last resort, he goes to a priest and pours out his story of tears and woe. When he has finished, the priest says, "Here's what I want you to do: Put a beach chair and your Bible in your car Read more...
