id WCAB Panel Says Orders Taking Matters off Calendar Are Not Final, Ineligible for Reconsideration By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 Orders taking a matter off calendar are not final orders for the purposes of seeking reconsideration, the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board said in a what it designated as a… Full Article
id State Insurance Fund Gets Summary Judgment on Claim for Unpaid Premiums By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for the State Insurance Fund on its claim for unpaid workers’ compensation premiums. Case: Commissioners of the State Insurance Fund… Full Article
id WCD Holding Hearing About Latest AMA Guides By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division is holding a public meeting Dec. 10 to discuss adopting of the 2024 update to impairment rating guides. Alaska law mandates permanent impairment ratings be assigned… Full Article
id Worker Loses Appeal Due to His Failure to Provide Record of Prior Proceedings By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 A Texas appellate court upheld the denial of a self-represented worker’s claim due to his failure to ensure there was a record of the administrative proceedings that resulted in the… Full Article
id An Insider’s Analysis of the AMA Guides and Case Law Update By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:15:27 -0700 In this webinar, you will get an insider’s look at the AMA Guides by noted AMA author Kenneth Kingdon, which will provide perspective and understanding of ambiguous and controversial Guides… Full Article
id Supreme Court Decides: How Will Medicaid Impact Your Client's Case? By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:04:37 -0800 Find out how this Supreme Court Decision may impact your client's cases. Plaintiff attorneys need to know and understand how this decision could impact clients' settlement dollars. Defense attorneys need… Full Article
id Considering Social Barriers to an Injured Workers' Recovery By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 08:26:26 -0700 Join us to review these social barriers to recovery and how we can help injured workers overcome them. We will discuss how “whole person recovery” leads to shorter claim durations,… Full Article
id So You Have Accepted a COVID-19 Claim, Now What? Senate Bill 22 and its Impact on Your Claims Handling in Texas By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 16:16:24 -0700 This course is designed to assist attorneys and insurance adjusters in their understanding of work related COVID-19 claims, claims coverage issues (compensability), the COVID-19 presumption created by Senate Bill (SB… Full Article
id The Case for Evidence-Based Medicine in Managing Workplace Injuries By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:54:15 -0800 This presentation aims to explain the concept and importance of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in managing workplace injuries. Troy Prevot, Director of Strategic Solutions from ODG by MCG, will cover how… Full Article
id Part 2 - Chronicity and Comorbidities: Focus on PTSD By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:59:57 -0700 This is our second webinar in our 3-part series on chronicity within the workers’ compensation system, which explores the complex relationship between PTSD and its overlapping comorbid conditions. Chronicity adds… Full Article
id Widow Can't Seek Remedy From Husband's Co-Worker, Tavern Operator By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine ruled that a widow could not pursue a civil suit against her late husband’s co-worker for throwing a punch that led to his death, nor… Full Article
id MEMIC Announces $18.7M Dividend By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The board of directors for Maine-based workers’ compensation carrier MEMIC Group approved an $18.7 million dividend. The dividend announced Wednesday represents about 11% of the premiums policyholders paid in 2021, the… Full Article
id Insurance Provider Timely Asserts Claim for Reimbursement By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals revived an insurance provider's claim for reimbursement from a widow's wrongful death settlement. Timothy Tumlin worked for L&C General Contractors Inc. He died as a… Full Article
id Court Voids Award to Worker for Burn Injury, Vacates Award on Wage Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a circuit court lacked jurisdiction over a worker’s claim for compensation for a work-related injury and that an individual member of the… Full Article
id Court Denies Widower Benefits for Nursing Home Worker's Death By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld the denial of a widower’s claim for benefits for a nursing home worker’s death after her COVID-19 infection. Rose Harrison worked for the Marion Regional… Full Article
id Court Clarifies Standard for Compensability of Injuries From Idiopathic Falls By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a worker can receive benefits for injuries she sustained from an idiopathic fall while she was working — if the injuries were made more… Full Article
id Split Court Issues Writ for Worker to Receive VSSR Award for Trench Accident By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted an enhanced award of benefits for his employer’s violation of a specific safety requirement for shoring trenches. Curtis Berry… Full Article
id Widow Timely Files Asbestos-Related Occupational Disease Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Ohio Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a widow timely filed her claim for benefits for a worker’s death from an occupational disease caused by his asbestos exposure… Full Article
id Worker Gets Writ Directing Commission to Consider His Entitlement to TTD By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 An Ohio appellate court issued a limited writ of mandamus directing the Industrial Commission to determine a worker’s entitlement to temporary total disability benefits for a period of unemployment. Case: State… Full Article
id Court Didn't Abuse Discretion in Denying Sanctions Without Hearing By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying a post-dismissal motion for sanctions without first holding a hearing, an Ohio appellate court ruled. Michael Shields worked as a mechanic… Full Article
id Public University Employee Can't Maintain Tort Suit for Campus Accident By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a public university worker's civil suit against his employer for injuries from a fall on a campus walkway. Case: Marzan v. University of… Full Article
id No PTD for Worker With Residual Work Capacity By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits, finding that she had some residual work capacity. Case: Lee v. Industrial Commission, No. 22AP-446,… Full Article
id KEMI Announces $19.1 Million Dividend By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance on Monday announced a $19.1 million dividend. The workers’ compensation carrier said more than 12,000 policyholders will receive a 20% dividend when checks are distributed in August. “Our… Full Article
id Court Upholds Denial of Coverage for Worker's Opioid Medication By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the denial of coverage for a worker’s opioid medication. Case: Howell v. Floyd County Board of Education, No. 2024-CA-0122-WC, 10/18/2024, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Judy… Full Article
id Court Orders DLI to Decide Reasonableness of Worker's Refusal to Attend Appointment By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that the Department of Labor & Industry needed to make a finding as to the reasonableness of a worker’s refusal to attend a therapy… Full Article
id Lack of Objective Medical Evidence Results in Summary Denial of TTD Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court granted summary judgment denying a worker’s request for additional temporary total disability benefits because he failed to offer objective medical findings of his alleged chronic headaches. Case:… Full Article
id Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Reopen Car Accident Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to reopen his claim arising out of a car accident. Case: Parr v. Industrial Commission, No. 1 CA-IC 23-0018,… Full Article
id Supreme Court Says Injured Worker Using False Identity Can't Pursue 3rd Party Tort Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker lost his ability to pursue a civil suit he had filed under a false name and an illegally obtained identity. Rafael Antonio… Full Article
id Federal Court Upholds Jury's Finding That UPS Didn't Discriminate Against Injured Worker By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court upheld a jury verdict finding an employer had not discriminated against an injured employee. Case: Donahue v. United Parcel Service, Nos. 22-3132 and 22-3142, 08/12/2024, published. Facts: William… Full Article
id Good heart health in middle age may preserve brain function among Black women as they age By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMT Research Highlights: Middle-aged Black women with better heart health were less likely to show a decline in mental function compared with middle-aged Black women with worse heart health. In this study, heart health was unrelated to cognitive decline... Full Article
id Los cuidados paliativos son beneficiosos para tratar los síntomas y mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas con ECV By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:00:00 GMT Aspectos destacados de la declaración: El manejo de los medicamentos paliativos se enfoca en el alivio de los síntomas y en la mejora de la calidad de vida de las personas con enfermedades cardiovasculares en las distintas etapas de la enfermedad. La... Full Article
id Nuevo sitio web en español para la prevención de ataques o derrames cerebrales busca eliminar barreras a la equidad en la salud By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:00:00 GMT DALLAS, 9 de septiembre de 2024 — Si bien el derrame cerebral es la quinta causa principal de muerte en los Estados Unidos, afecta desproporcionadamente a los hispanos. Es la tercera principal causa de muerte entre las mujeres hispanas y la cuarta ... Full Article
id COVID-19 infection appeared to increase risk of heart attack & stroke up to 3 years later By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMT Research Highlights: An analysis of UK Biobank health data that included adults who had mild to severe COVID-19 before vaccines were available found an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death among those adults during the nearly three-year... Full Article
id Nomine hoy a un héroe del derrame cerebral: Ya está abierto el plazo de presentación de candidaturas para los Stroke Hero Awards 2025 By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:30:00 GMT DALLAS, 1 de octubre de 2024 - Los derrames cerebrales pueden producirse a cualquier edad, lo que obliga a los supervivientes a superar cambios físicos, emocionales y cognitivos. Ya está abierto el plazo de presentación de candidaturas para los ... Full Article
id Free estate planning webinar provides tools for a secure financial future By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:55:00 GMT Full Article
id Photographing Fall Colors – Where is the Vividness That I Saw By niels-henriksen.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:08:00 +0000 Many times I've gone out to photograph the beautiful colors that blanket the trees in Fall. My mind and inner vision is completely lit up with these glowing embers that dance in the wind on the trees. At this moment and place nothing seems more wondrous and somehow these colors seems to permeate deep into my collective thoughts where vivid memories live. You may wonder why the need for all these flowery thoughts. Its because when I get home, what I see from the camera is nowhere near as spectacular as how I felt at the time. I do shoot in RAW format and I know that this format from the camera tends to be a little muted but even increasing the vibrancy, it still doesn’t come close to the mind's snapshot. I think that photographing the wondrous colors of fall is actually a hard thing to accomplish if you want to achieve the vision you had at the moment the shutter clicked. I believe there are 2 main reasons for this.First is that the reds, oranges and yellow of the leaves are highly saturated & luminous and beyond the ability of the camera's color gamut to capture. The color space of sRGB and Adobe RGB just don’t extend far enough to record these highly saturated and bright colors. Second the leaves normally have small moments in the wind and they appear to shimmer, thereby giving them the appearance in the mind's memory of being brighter. When I took the above photograph the yellows on these 2 trees did appear this bright. They glowed in the afternoon sun and were even brighter, almost like a candle flame, but upon reviewing the camera's result it was duller and more greenish-yellow. The image below is from camera with white balance on birch tree set to neutral white 5300K. You may find my modified version (1st photo) a bit gaudy but it does reflect how I felt about this scene. I darkened the sky to increase contrast between the 2 yellow tees. I also, for the greenish yellow leaves, shifted the hue to be more yellow and then increased lightness and saturation as much as I could and still retain detail. The grass was also darkened and made cooler, more blue-green, to again increase contrast with the yellow tops. In the photograph below the sun peeked out near sunset just after the rain had gone by and lit up this singular tree. Again the camera made those leaves less bright and more orange. Once again I increased lightness and saturation towards yellow for the bright leaves. I also added a purplish tint to clouds, (complementary color of yellow) to increase color contrast. I extracted the yellow leaves and increased layer size by 10 pixels and then added a slight blur of about 2 and set this layer to overlay. A pseudo Orton effect to give a glowing effect. In the next image below, the colors, except for a little vibrancy, remain mostly as captured. I did change the sky from a bright blue to a duller and less saturated version with clouds. The original blue negative space was too dominating and took viewers vision away from the tree colors. Many of the good fall photographs have lots of cooler and darker tones surrounding bright trees that help make those fall colors more prominent within the scene. If you have good photo-editing tools don't be afraid to play around and change anything to suit your needs and vision. After all, it's how you saw it at least in your mind. Niels Henriksen Full Article Fall Landscape
id Former U.S. surgeons general urge Biden administration to act on menthol cigarettes By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:42:52 GMT Full Article
id Ruling in the Braidwood Case Continues Uncertainty Over Access to No-Cost Preventive Screenings By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:00:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C., June 21, 2024 – Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals limited a lower court ruling that many health insurance plans would no longer be required to provide cost-free coverage of preventive services recommended by the United States... Full Article
id La Cámara de Representantes aprueba un proyecto de ley que salvaría la vida de quienes sufran un paro cardíaco en el ámbito de una escuela By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 19:13:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C., 23 de septiembre de 2024 — En el día de hoy, la Cámara de Representantes de los EE. UU. aprobó la Ley de Educación para la Salud, Concienciación, Investigación y Capacitación sobre Cardiomiopatías en las Escuelas (Health Education,... Full Article
id “What Would They Say?” spoken word video named finalist in international award competition By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:15:00 GMT DALLAS, Oct. 28, 2024 —“What Would They Say?” – the powerful spoken word poem produced by the American Heart Association, which is celebrating 100 years of lifesaving service as the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain... Full Article
id Second booster approved as option for additional protection against COVID-19 By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:44:21 GMT Full Article
id More than $10M in research grants awarded to study long COVID impact on CVD health By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 16:54:02 GMT Full Article
id New USPSTF guidance: Continue to take low-dose aspirin if you have a history of heart attack, AFib, stroke or vascular stenting By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 15:05:00 GMT DALLAS, Tuesday, April 26, 2022 – Earlier today, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendations on low-dose aspirin therapy for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: people who have a history ... Full Article
id American Heart Association grieves the loss of Past President Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., FAHA, FAAN By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:51:00 GMT DALLAS, January Full Article
id La iniciativa Target: BP™ ayuda a más de 9 millones de estadounidenses con hipertensión By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT DALLAS, 9 de octubre de 2024. En un momento en el que la hipertensión no controlada está aumentando en los Estados Unidos, la American Heart Association y la American Medical Association (AMA) reconocen a nivel nacional a 1812 organizaciones de cuidados... Full Article
id Los jugadores embajadores de la NFL invitan a los aficionados a aprender RCP en 90 segundos para salvar vidas By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:30:00 GMT DALLAS, 16 de octubre de 2024 — Más de la mitad de las personas que sufren un paro cardíaco repentino fuera del hospital no reciben reanimación cardiopulmonar (RCP) inmediata. Como resultado, mueren 9 de cada 10 personas que sufren uno[1]. Sin embargo,... Full Article
id Nueva guía: Prevenir un primer derrame cerebral puede ser posible con una prueba de detección y cambios en el estilo de vida By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMT Aspectos destacados de la guía: Cada año en los EE. UU., más de medio millón de personas sufren un primer ataque o derrame cerebral; sin embargo, hasta el 80% de ellos podrían prevenirse. La nueva guía de prevención primaria de derrame cerebral de la... Full Article
id Los Bears de la NFL suman métodos para salvar vidas a la cadena de supervivencia en Chicago By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:20:00 GMT CHICAGO, 22 de octubre de 2024 — La American Heart Association (la Asociación Americana del Corazón) y los Chicago Bears llevaron capacitación en reanimación cardiopulmonar (RCP) y desfibrilador externo automático (DEA) a las finales estatales del... Full Article
id Estudio ofrece ‘evidencia contundente’ para la mejora continua en la atención de derrames cerebrales By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:10:00 GMT Puntos destacados de la investigación: Un análisis retrospectivo del registro Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke, desde 2003 hasta 2022, revela mejoras sustanciales y sostenidas en la atención de derrames cerebrales agudos entre quienes participan en... Full Article
id El equipo de baloncesto de la Universidad del Estado de Oklahoma se incorpora a Nation of Lifesavers By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT STILLWATER, Okla., 28 de octubre de 2024 — El equipo de baloncesto masculino de la Universidad del Estado de Oklahoma (OSU) participó en una capacitación de RCP (reanimación cardiopulmonar) solo las manos de la American Heart Association (la ... Full Article
