Tag Archives: disability
Benefits Petition To Be Sent To Duncan Smith
Petition bearing more than 450,000 signatures to be handed over as disability benefit reforms are rolled out. Continue reading
Employee depression leaves bosses unprepared
Employers tend to better accommodate employees with a physical illness or disability than workers with mental-health illnesses, according to a survey that found one in five employees was dealing with depression. Continue reading
B.C. permits welfare, disability recipients to keep wages
The B.C. government rolled out some significant changes to welfare and disability benefits on Monday morning that will make it easier for recipients to work while collecting benefits. Continue reading
Genzyme Reports Positive Top-Line Results of TOWER, a Pivotal Phase III Trial for AUBAGIOTM* (teriflunomide) in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
Significantly reduced relapse rate and risk of sustained accumulation of disability in patients taking oral teriflunomide once daily … Continue reading
Job disability a headache for recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Monica Soltes was excited 10 years ago to leave Merrill Lynch and start her own business as an independent financial planner in San Diego. After she fell off a porch at her cousin’s cottage and broke her elbow, her dreams unraveled. Following multiple surgeries that confined her to bed, Soltes was diagnosed with a hormonal disease that is weakening her bones. Continue reading
Cigna profit misses Wall Street target
(Reuters) – Insurer Cigna Corp posted a lower-than-expected first-quarter profit on Thursday, as earnings slipped in its segment offering disability and life coverage policies. Continue reading
Sanofi’s Genzyme Says MS Drug Lemtrada Shows More Trial Success
Genzyme, the U.S. biotechnology unit of France’s Sanofi SA (SNY), Tuesday said latest results from a late-stage clinical study showed its multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada significantly reduced relapses and any worsening of the condition, and in some cases showed a reversal in disability. Continue reading
