• FEMA ADA Compliance
    Corporate Law,  Online Business

    What Does ADA Compliance Mean For Digital Business?

    Does your business have to deal with regulatory compliance? If you don’t already, you might soon have to. Sometimes these regulations are set forth to protect third-party information, from credit card data to personal health information. With the rise of cybersecurity breaches across all industries, mentions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have risen, with Duquesne University indicating that HIPAA’s “primary area of concern in 2017 has been data security.” Other times these regulations protect third parties from unfair treatment. Title IX, for example, which was signed into law in 1972, states that “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded…

  • Q Tips
    Health Literacy

    5 Things You Think Are Healthy … But Aren’t

    Health fads are nothing new. The Atkins diet was conceived in the late 1950s and swept the country with popular fervor in the early 2000s, and right now CrossFit workouts are all the rage across American suburbia. Some might even say that flossing is a health fad that we’ve all been doing since time immemorial — or at least since we were children. But what if these health fads, trends, and practices aren’t actually all as healthy as you think? Here are five things you think are totally healthy … but actually aren’t. 1. Cleaning Your Ears Swabbing your ear with a little cotton ball stick? Some people have experienced…

  • Millennials
    Management

    Millennials Are Coming Into Leadership

    Ever since the term “millennial” began coming up in workplace conversations, organizations have struggled with how to define and adapt to this disruptive new addition to the workforce. Nevertheless, members of this generation have come of age, and the businesses that employ them are doing alright — in fact, some of those businesses are even beginning to promote these millennials into leadership and management positions. Larry Alton, writing for Forbes, believes that these millennials are indeed prepared to take on leadership roles. He lists three main reasons: Age and experience: Alton cites HBR to show that the average age of first time managers is 30. He also cites Pew Research…

  • Medication Pills
    Health Literacy,  News

    The Opioid Crisis: a National Public Health Emergency

    In mid-October, Ex-DEA Agent Joe Ranazzisi appeared on 60 Minutes to expose details of how pharmaceutical lobbyist and the US Congress have worked in conjunction to knowingly derail DEA efforts at curtailing the opioid epidemic. “Rannazzisi accuses the distributors of fueling the opioid epidemic by turning a blind eye to pain pills being diverted to illicit use,” says 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker to the viewing audience. Then, to Rannazzisi, he asks: “You know the implication of what you’re saying, that these big companies knew that they were pumping drugs into American communities that were killing people?” “That’s not an implication,” responds Rannazzisi, “that’s a fact. That’s exactly what they…

  • Computer Stress Sitting Health Problems
    Health Literacy

    Social Determinants, Sitting, and How We Sacrifice Our Health for Society

    New research is showing that sitting for prolonged amounts at a time can be extremely harmful to your health. Keith Diaz, Ph.D., and her colleagues at Columbia University Medical Center in NYC, NY, found that adults in the US generally spend 12 or more hours per day sitting down, and that the more time spent sitting, the greater the risk of premature death. The research did also find, however, that moving around approximately every 30 minutes may help you live longer by reducing the harms of prolonged sitting. This echoes other studies in the vein, that are beginning to show that prolonged sitting is much more detrimental to our health…

  • Locked System
    Computer,  Internet,  Security

    Equifax Affects Almost All US Adults – Cybersecurity Still Not Taken Seriously

    Recently, approximately 143 million Americans had their sensitive personal information exposed due to a data breach at Equifax, one of the top three major credit reporting agencies in the US. According to the FTC, the breach lasted from mid-May through July, in which time the hackers were able to access people’s names, SSNs, addresses, and driver’s license numbers.

  • Virtual Reality CAVE Crayoland
    Gadget

    From KFC to Healthcare: VR Training is Here

    What once was science fiction is now science fact. Virtual reality (VR) training offers a new, modern way for professionals to engage in learning. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) recently announced their latest training module called “The Hard Way — a KFC Virtual Training Escape Room,” which teaches employees how to inspect, rinse, bread, rack, and pressure fry ingredients without ever having to enter a kitchen. This highlights a wider trend toward VR training than we’ve ever seen before, with simulated learning being taken seriously among professionals across multiple fields as well as in education. Lucas Rizzotto’s recent series, “How VR, AR, & AI Can Change Education Forever”, imagines that the…

  • Superhero Woman Running
    Exercise

    Health, Cardio, and BPM: How to Harness Rhythm for Fitness

    If there’s one thing you’ll find common among most gym-goers, new, seasoned, and everywhere in-between, is that a good majority pop in the headphones or pump the loudspeakers when they work out. While you might think this is happy coincidence, there’s good science to show that listening to music might improve your workout. In the case of running, you could see improvement up to 15 percent. Before you get too excited, realize that simply cranking the jams is not going to net automatic gains — there’s a science behind the madness, calculating beats per minute, heart rate, stride-length, and myriad other considerations. Jack Daniels and the 180 per Minute Rule…