Inappropriate Internet Usage: How Increased Screen Time is Affecting Children
For children, unlimited screen time can have many detrimental effects, and in 2021 parents ranked increased screen unsafe as a top 3 harmful effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. Teen’s screen time more than doubled from 2019 to 2020, and most report feeling addicted to their devices. Studies also show thatContinue Reading
Baby Monitors – Is It Time To Take The Monitor Down?
Baby monitors are surely one of the main top things parents look into when setting up their registries. Countless hours of comparing what each one can do, and the benefits. Whether it has an app that can be downloaded on its phone, or even some that have little ankle monitorsContinue Reading
Get Fit Spring Clean
Exercise is one of those things that many of us do not enjoy doing. Consider this, there are many things that we do on a daily basis that get us moving and that are also physically challenging. Continue Reading
Energy Habits To Jump Start Your Life
When we are full energy there seems to be nothing life can throw at us that we can’t handle. Energy affects our body, mind and spirit. Your body gets energy from the foods you eat. You need balanced nutrition and healthy food to fuel your body to its’ best. OnceContinue Reading
Are You Going Through the Hiring and Firing Process the Right Way?
Almost three in four employers admit they made a bad hire for a position. Amazon has a program that pays full-time employees $5,000 to leave the company, and Better.com fired a number of employees on an online call while admitting they overhired and hired the wrong people. These actions areContinue Reading
Remote Learning Might Just Be The Key To Education Reform
The US education system has been deeply flawed for a long time, but the COVID pandemic of 2020 brought a new sense of awareness to many engrained issues, as well as a mandate for changes as we were all driven inside our homes at the height of the pandemic. Continue Reading
The Lingering Effects of COVID-19 on Central Pharmacies
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed medicine forever. Its impact is especially apparent in hospital pharmacies. Many such pharmacies took on new job responsibilities during the pandemic. They faced increased prescription demand, changes to medication-use guidelines, and new responsibilities to fill hospital gaps in sanitization and disinfection. As a result ofContinue Reading
Bringing Blockchain to the Healthcare Industry
Data breaches are increasing in frequency across the globe. These cyberattacks pose serious threats to the healthcare industry. Data breaches increase a hospital’s 30-day mortality rate. They cost an average of $6.5 million to fix, or $429 per patient record. These costs relate to legal, technical, and regulatory functions asContinue Reading
The Hidden Difficulties of Weight Loss
One half of American adults want to lose weight. During the pandemic, 42% of Americans adults unintentionally gained an average of 29 pounds. Despite the widespread nature of this health problem few doctors know how to address weight loss. Only 56% of physicians feel qualified to treat obesity, and onlyContinue Reading
Why Water Matters More Than Ever
Water is the most important resource on the planet. Humans use it for cooking, cleaning, drinking, and more. Considering its importance to human life, it’s unfortunate how little of the Earth’s water is available for consumption. For every 26 gallons of water on the planet, half a teaspoon of itContinue Reading