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Image via Patrick Verel According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 115 Americans die every day due to opioid overdose, creating a national crisis affecting public health, social and economic welfare. To fully grasp how opioid addiction has …
Show kindness to the people you come into contact with each day and you’re doing something thoughtful for both them and yourself. That sounds like a pretty good thing to me. Showing some kindness to customers, co-workers, animals, the environment, …
Image via Courtney Emery STUDENT VOICES | CHYNN PRIZE FIRST-PLACE WINNER By: Geena Roth In certain situations, the moral or ethical decision is obvious, but more often than not, there are a number of complicating factors. Almost all decisions we make …
Image via On Tuesday it was reported that the first live birth resulting from mitochondrial donation was born in New York to a Jordanian couple. According to The New York Times, the fertility procedure – also referred to as “3-parent …
Several states, including New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, are considering “BSN-in-10” laws that would require newly licensed RNs to obtain their BSN within 10 years of licensure, if they don’t already have it. Hospitals increasingly prefer to hire …
As human beings we tend to be haunted by a few existential crises in our lives. One of the questions that can pose great difficulty is “Who would you be if you could live any life you wanted?” No trading …
One of our viewers submitted a link covering the Icelandic Parliament’s statement posted on www.transhumanity.net regarding Private First Class Bradley Manning. Private Manning, the US Army soldier who has been imprisoned without trial for his part in the wikileaks whistle- …
Yesterday I listened to a great TEDtalk on taking science out of context. In a society where media hype is all we know, Molly Crockett warns us how a seemingly simple neuro-bunk can make us believe in anything. Opening the …
Taking a moment aside from MLK’s birthday and the Presidential inauguration I want to bring forward a much discussed topic: Radical Social Work. My dislike for the term stems from the negative connotation I have against it. That doesn’t mean …
There are risks associated with social work that many don’t speak of. One of the greatest dangers associated with the profession is feeling that knowledge of many other subjects is irrelevant(sloth). It happens to many professions, and I’m not implying …
