Internet-based Instruction Effective For Teaching Health-care Professionals, Study Shows

Internet-based Instruction Effective For Teaching Health-care Professionals, Study Shows

ScienceDaily (2008-09-11) -- Internet-based education generally is effective, according to new research. Internet-based instruction also has unique advantages, including flexible scheduling, adaptability of instruction, and readily available content that is easily updated. ... > read full article

New Robots Can Provide Elder Care For Aging Baby Boomers

New Robots Can Provide Elder Care For Aging Baby Boomers

ScienceDaily (2008-04-21) -- Over 77 million baby boomers will retire in the next 30 years, and robots are ready to assist with elder care. Engineers have created a robotic assistant that can recognize medical emergencies and call 911, remind clients to take their medication, help with grocery shopping and cleaning and allow retirees to communicate with loved ones. ... > read full article

ALERT: For a Complete Medical History, Compile Your Own Health Records

"Like most people, you've probably moved many times during your life. Settling in to any new community usually means establishing a relationship with a new doctor, dentist or other health care provider. Over time, it's easy to forget when you were treated, by whom ó even for what. Even if you've stayed in one place, it's still likely you've received medical care from various providers over time" (Click here for the entire article).

Online Access to Living Wills

"A good death should be as commonplace as a good life. Too often, however, health care at the end of life stands in the way" (Click here for the entire article).

Some of the stress clients experience is related to lack of preparation. And it is true, we cannot prepare for every event in life or death, but where there is an opportunity, such as completing an Advanced Directive, the preparation time lessens the time of burden family and friends must share.

The Psychology of Hearing Loss

"The experience of hearing loss is different for everyone. Speech-language pathologists and audiologists need to have a good grasp of both the physical—and psychological—realities of hearing loss. Hearing loss makes communication with the outside world difficult, and an individual’s personality affects adaptation of hearing loss. A psychologist and psychiatrist, both hard-of-hearing themselves, bring an inside view to some of the potential psychological effects of hearing loss and the ways that clinicians can address them" (view full article).

by Mary Kaland and Kate Salvatore

Heavy Cell Phone Use Linked To Cancer, Study Suggests

ScienceDaily (2008-02-15) -- A new study finds an association between heavy cell phone use and tumors of the salivary gland. Those who used a cell phone heavily on the side of the head where the tumor developed were found to have an increased risk of about 50% for developing a tumor of the main salivary gland (parotid), compared to those who did not use cell phones. ... > read full article

Before you give away confidential information!

You will replace your computer with another and give your old computer to a colleague, friend, or maybe your teenager if you work from home. And, if they "gift" your computer, it may end up on the worldwide market (How to Recycle Obsolete Computers, Monitors, and IT Assets to Protect the Environment, San Diego Chronicle, February 13, 2007). Before you give away your confidential information, consider using LavaSoft's File Shredder, which boasts "military and government approved security standards."

Texas State University cautions, "Everything you have ever created on your computer can still be on your computer. Data not removed or destroyed such as e-mail, documents, spreadsheets, pictures, credit card numbers, and confidential data such as Social Security Numbers will still be on the hard drive" (Hardware Disposal Procedures - Clean Hard Drive). Moreover, it is reported reformatting the hard drive does not remove data, and "The safest method is to overwrite the hard drive data using a software program that will overwrite the hard drive for you."

"The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in California vs. Greenwood that discarded materials confer no right to privacy, more or less giving individuals the right to peruse secondhand drives" (Ready to recycle that old PC? Read this first, CNet Reviews, April 14, 2006).

And, if for some reason you need to recover data, consider: http://www.ontrack.com/ to help you with what was otherwise thought to be "deleted."