First the physician collects patient cell samples, which are miniscule enough to be aspirated with a fine needle from multiple sites of a suspect tumor, increasing the accuracy of the results. Then the physician puts the cells into the scanner and connects it to a smartphone, of all things. The device looks for signs of nine proteins specific to cancer cells in order make its diagnosis. With a custom app, the doctor can read the results from the machine within the hour.
The hospital delivers about 2,700 babies a year. Many of the patients are teenagers or have diabetes, high blood pressure or other medical problems.
The letter cited a "method of practice" among the doctors that made them "an unreasonable burden" to other policyholders.
The judgment ignores the fact that taking a person's gender into account, where relevant to the risk, enables men and women alike to get a more accurate price for their insurance."
Adrian Webb of esure said the prohibitively high cost of car insurance for young men has previously helped discourage them from buying high performance vehicles, thus reducing the risk to themselves and others.
"If young men's premiums are artificially reduced, this could lead to more opting to choose more powerful vehicles," he said. "It is particularly alarming given that the head of the Association of Police Officers in the UK in 2005 noted that the biggest killer of young women in Britain is their boyfriend's and male friends' driving."
