Admit it, you have sent a text message because you didn’t feel like talking to a person over the phone, let alone in person. You’ve copied an email to your boss to cover yourself. You’ve probably also posted something on Facebook that you came to regret later. Computers and the Internet have changed communication drastically. The invention is comparable to the printing press in its scope and influence. Continue reading “The Art of Conversation and Technology”
Category: Adam Goldfein Show
Spare the Rod…
With mega church Pastor Creflo Dollar being arrested over an alleged dispute with his 15-year-old, the concept of child discipline has been catapulted to the forefront of public consciousness. Serious questions have been raised, such as how to control an unruly child, what forms of punishment are acceptable and how children can manipulate the situation to put themselves into the power position. Continue reading “Spare the Rod…”
When Teens Don’t Tell their Parents about Abortion
Across the U.S., 35 states have laws requiring parental consent or notification for minors seeking an abortion. Still, according to the Guttmacher Institute, 40% of minors having an abortion report that neither of their parents knew about it. Continue reading “When Teens Don’t Tell their Parents about Abortion”
Teens Do Not Need Parental Consent for Abortions
In the State of Georgia, minors under the age of 18 do not need parental consent before receiving an abortion. They do, however, need to notify their parents before the abortion in most cases. In some cases, they can seek a judicial waiver on the notification rule. Such a waiver was granted recently by a Georgia Court of Appeals. Continue reading “Teens Do Not Need Parental Consent for Abortions”
Civil War Rages in Syria
In the 17 months of the conflict, Amnesty International estimates that 20,000 people have died. The siege of Aleppo has been going on since July 21 and has involved heavy artillery, tanks, helicopter gunships, and even fixed wing fighter jets. Aleppo is a city of 3 million, and an estimated 200,000 people have fled the city. Recently there have been reports of rebels seizing tanks, but the Free Syrian Army (FSA) is still heavily outmatched by the armament of the regular Syrian military. Continue reading “Civil War Rages in Syria”
Preparing for Pandemics
The 2012 Summer Olympics are raising concerns of a pandemic spreading in London, as masses of people flock to the city from around the world, according to the Influenza Pandemic Risk Index released by Maplecroft. At the same time another report from Cambridge University found that the H5N1 virus (a bird flu strain) is just three mutations from human to human transmission. These mutations, one of the study’s authors speculates, could happen in one human host. Continue reading “Preparing for Pandemics”
Losing the Medical Arms Race
Most of us have heard of the flesh eating bacteria that Aimee Copeland is currently recovering from. But how many people know that 47 % of meat sold in supermarkets in U.S. contained drug resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (staph), according to a study conducted by Translational Genomics Research Institute? How about the two incidents in a Rhode Island hospital where a carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) form of Klebsiella was found? There are many “super bugs” cropping up around the world, and many of them are more common than necrotizing fasciitis (Flesh Eating Bacteria), which only occurs in about 1 in 453,333 people in the U.S. annually. Continue reading “Losing the Medical Arms Race”
Antibiotic Resistance: What Causes It?
In many cases, it is patients who are causing the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Whenever you take an antibiotic for a viral infection, you are making yourself resistant to the drug. When you don’t take the full regiment of prescribed antibiotics because you “feel better,” you are creating super bugs. This is because whatever bacteria are still alive in your system are now resistant to that antibiotic. Continue reading “Antibiotic Resistance: What Causes It?”
A Brief History of Disease
In the before times, there was the influenza pandemic of 1918. It killed more people than World War I, between 20 and 40 million. The virus ravaged the globe with high infection and mortality rates, and science could do little to stop it. Eventually the pandemic died out, but not before the damage was done. Continue reading “A Brief History of Disease”
Miserable Moms? Recent poll shows stay at home moms more likely to have negative emotions
There is approximately 5 million stay at home moms in the U.S., according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A recent Gallup poll suggests that they may not be as happy as their working counterparts. Continue reading “Miserable Moms? Recent poll shows stay at home moms more likely to have negative emotions”
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