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  • February 2025

ReFlections Volume 64, February 2025

By
  • Dr. Adela Osman
  • Dr. Peter Farvolden
  • Dr. Pramodh Nathaniel
  • Dr. Daniel D. Zimmerman
  • Dr. Steve Woh
  • Dr. Sheetal Salgaonkar
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In Brief

Explore in-depth articles on important medical topics and stay up to date on a range of hot-button issues impacting life and health insurers, from the long-term effects of concussions to addressing mental health in the digital age.

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Other highlights include:

  • An interview with Dr. Dan Zimmerman, longtime RGA Medical Director and ReFlections Editor, on the evolution of insurance medicine
  • Underwriting a challenging incidental pulmonary nodule case
  • Perspectives on mental health in the digital age and the use of digital twins in medicine
  • Summaries of recent studies on mapping gut cells to treat disease, the association between metabolic syndrome and dementia, and repurposing GLP-1 drugs for alcohol use disorder
  • An introduction to RGA’s new comprehensive online library of mental health-focused tools, resources, and research

 

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Meet the Authors & Experts

Dr Adela Osman
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Dr. Adela Osman
Vice President, Head of Global Medical
Dr. Peter Farvolden
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Dr. Peter Farvolden
Mental Health Consultant
Pramodh-Nathaniel
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Dr. Pramodh Nathaniel
Chief Medical Officer, Australia and New Zealand
Dan Zimmerman
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Dr. Daniel D. Zimmerman
Senior Vice President, Chief Science Advisor & Managing Director, Longer Life Foundation
Dr. Steve Woh
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Dr. Steve Woh
Medical Director and Health Claims, RGA Global Medical
Dr. Sheetal Salgaonkar
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Dr. Sheetal Salgaonkar
Vice President and Medical Director, Global Medical