MOOC, or Massive Online Open Courses, hold an enormous potential – but only when participants continue and complete the course. New research shows how easy it is to keep students involved.
Organ Harvesting, Human Trafficking, and the Black Market
America’s kidney shortage has reached crisis levels. Tissues, lungs and corneas are also in high demand, which means there’s a cash flow from the black market.
From Folk Medicine to Science: TCM in the 21st Century
Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM, is becoming more familiar, and acceptable, to the Western Medicine culture of evidence-based and research-based treatment.
Is Peer Victimization Connected to Too Much TV as a Toddler?
A new study finds that the more TV children watched as toddlers, the more likely they were to be victims of bullying in middle school.
Integrative/Alternative Medicine: Understanding Medical Beliefs
Integrative Medicine/Complementary and Alternative Medicine offers doctors and patients the best of both worlds for optimum health.
Law And Disorder: Police Brutality in America
Police brutality has become commonplace in America’s society with no means of reform in sight. Though some victims are paraded through the media, there are many whose voices have not been heard and injustice prevails.
White-on-White Crime: The Hidden Truth
The media’s obsession with black on black crime doesn’t acknowledge the growing issue of white on white crime. What’s going on with today’s criminal activity?
Media Multiplexity Theory: Communicating with Grown Children
What is the best way for parents to communicate with young adults? Research shows using multiple types of communication produces the most satisfactory dialogue from both perspectives.
Mental Stress and Women’s Hearts: Medical Research Needs to Include Women
Medical research often fails to include women assuming men and women respond the same. But when it comes to heart health and stress, it just isn’t so.
The Stigmatized Poor: In the Margins of Society
Poverty is a stigmatized experience and a burden the poor have to carry. Society often associates poor people with laziness and various types of crimes.