December 2, 2008 â Pulmonary scarring and localized inflammation on chest radiography are associated with the risk for subsequent lung cancer, according to the results of a cohort analysis reported in the November 24 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
A stored-value card is a payment card with a monetary value stored on the card itself, not in an external account maintained by a financial institution and differs from debit cards where money is on deposit with the issuer.
With more than 6 million stored-value cards issued in 2002, theyhave become a viable alternative payment option.Although nonbank entities such as Stored Value Systems, Metavante,WildCard Systems and others are prominent issuers of stored-value products,financial institutions (FIs) have begun to offer them as well.