• Your Rights, Your Body: Why You Can Refuse Surgery And Why Your Doctor Should Not Pursue It

    There is much controversy in the news these days about abortion and a woman's right to make choices about her own body. It says a lot when so many other types of surgery offered to patients are afforded the courtesy of refusal (meaning patients have the right to refuse surgical treatment of any kind). If you have recently been told by a doctor that you need surgery to treat a health problem, but the doctor is trying to convince you to have more surgery than you really want or need, you have a right to refuse that as well.

  • Can You File For Disability Even If You Don't Really Know What's Wrong With You?

    The term "somatoform disorder" is used to describe a variety of physical symptoms that can't be attributed to any medically diagnosable cause. While some may be the symptoms of illnesses that haven't yet been discovered by the medical community, they're generally considered to be psychiatric in nature. Is it possible, then, to receive disability for a disorder that has no definite cause? Absolutely. This is what you should know. Somatoform disorders can wreck your life.

  • Common Life Insurance Payment Issues And What To Do About Them

    Most life insurance policies pay benefits to the beneficiary designated on the policy when the insured party dies. For this to happen the way that it's intended, the beneficiary must be clearly listed, easy to identify, reachable and still alive following the insured person's death. Here are a few scenarios when that may not be the case, and what you should do if a loved one's life insurance is tied up in a situation like this.

  • How You Can Take Control Of Your Accident, And How You Can Lose Control Over It As Well

    If you are ever in an automobile accident, or any kind of accident for that matter, you need to take control of the situation as much as you possibly can. Accidents can occur without warning, and if you plan to pursue a personal injury lawsuit, it helps if you do what you have to do to help your own case. When You Don't Take Control of Your Accident When you don't take control of your own situation, others will take that control away from you.

  • 3 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Attempt To Patent Your Own Invention

    If you have recently come up with an invention that you think will be a total success, one of the first things that you probably want to do is patent your idea. This is a smart move if you want to ensure that no one copies your original idea or attempts to release a too-similar product, but applying for a patent isn't as easy as you might think that it is.

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