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Award-Winning VT Hospital Says It’s Easy to Adopt Environmentally Sustainable Practices
The University of Vermont Medical Center claimed the top number of awards this year in national organization Practice Greenhealth’s annual examination of environmentally responsible healthcare. This is the sixth consecutive year that UVM Medical Center has been recognized. “We’re very proud that our commitment to continuously improve our green performance is being recognized again…
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Endocrinologists Criticize FDA’s Advisory Against Testosterone Replacement Therapy
On May 15th, two members of a panel of doctors cast doubt on a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory recommendation issued in March against testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for hypogonadism. Medpage Today reports that two prominent endocrinologists are critical of the FDA’s decision, considering it premature. Dr. Sandeep Dhindsa, MD, of the Texas Tech…
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Google’s New Ads Make Retail Therapy Easier Than Ever
Retail therapy helps Americans deal with their stress and anxiety, and now Google is making it even easier for people to treat themselves, in every sense of the word. According to a 2013 survey by the Huffington Post, nearly one in three stressed Americans — which is about 91% of the general population — shops…
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California Homeowners Associations Blocking Solar Panel Plans
California might be running out of water, but many desert dwellers are trying to tap the Golden State’s most abundant renewable resource — the famous California sunshine. When Palm Springs resident Ted Lorenzen decided to go green, he got permission from Southern California Edison to install 24 solar panels on his home’s roof. The local…
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One in Seven One-Year-Olds Use Mobile Devices For Over an Hour Each Day
As most already know, adults are pretty connected to their mobile devices. About 50% of mobile phone owners use their devices as their primary Internet source, 67% find themselves checking their phones for notifications even when it didn’t ring or vibrate, 44% sleep with their phones beside their beds out of fear of missing messages,…
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Facebook Is Now a Free Version of the Internet, But Is It a Fair Version?
Founder of Facebook and tech wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the social network’s Internet.org service, which hopes to bring the web to developing parts of the world, will be open to all, after facing harsh criticisms that the project goes against the ideals of net neutrality. Facebook launched its free Internet.org app in February…
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How Solar Power is Shining Light on the Navajo Nation
Imagine life without your precious smartphone. No text messaging, no Instagram, no Candy Crush. Scary, isn’t it? Now imagine living without electricity or refrigeration. While it may seem difficult to imagine, it’s a harsh reality for many people in the modern world, even in the United States. For many Native Americans living on tribal reservations,…
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Verizon’s 2015 Data Security Report Reveals How Data Breaches Have Affected the Healthcare Industry
In its latest annual digital security report, Verizon found some interesting — albeit somewhat scary — connections between large-scale data breaches in 2014 and simple mistakes that could have been prevented, specifically pertaining to commercial POS systems and digital storage devices. The 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report found that, throughout 2014, nearly 80,000 security “incidents”…
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Paradoxical Hair Loss Treatment: New Study Finds Plucking Hair Out Could Undo Hair Loss
There are tons of great ways to remove unwanted hair. Shaving is a quick, efficient way to get rid of hair in less than 10 minutes. Waxing can actually help keep unwanted hair from growing back by weakening the follicle. Tweezing can help get rid of specific, problematic hairs. But according to a new study,…
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Obama Promotes Solar Power as Way to Compete in Global Economy
It’s estimated that there are now close to 143,000 solar workers in the United States, a nearly 20% increase over employment totals from 2012. Now, thanks to President Obama, there may be even more. Further promoting the idea of solar energy, President Obama said in a speech last Friday that the nation must unite in…