Archive for October, 2008
A Serious Post
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This post is a little different from what you’ll usually find here on WhatAboutBlog, it’s a serious topic, and something that is very important to me, so I hope you’ll read on. While it’s easy to get wrapped up in our busy lives, naively seeing things the way we wish to, we can certainly be snapped back to a cold reality when one of our loved ones develops an addiction.
The problems of addiction aren’t isolated to the addict, but rather effect their entire family, friends and often even coworkers - anyone who is around their behavior can be affected, especially those who care for the individual.
If you, or someone you know is battling with addiction, you will want to check out the Narconon drug rehabilitation programs, and receive help. This is a company with a proven track record of helping their clients transition to a drug-free lifestyle. One thing that is important regarding this drug rehab center is that if after leaving their program, a person relapses, they will be re-admitted at no extra cost. Drug rehab centers work, and for those who are truly looking to get clean, you owe it to yourself to invest the time and money into taking care of yourself.
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Here’s a unique twist from Intel: the company is set release a line of computer related wellness products geared toward the elderly and chronically ill.
Full details have not yet been released, but the expected launch date is this coming November eleventh, with the star of the lineup likely to be a touch-screen laptop with strong medical-technology features. The laptop will will be capable of receiving health information from the user, as well as providing medical analysis of such information. All of this can then easily be transferred from the laptop to the patient’s health care provider.
Communication is possible in both directions, as the health care provider is able to send instructions to the machine, and also includes voice chat with the patient. Intel went the extra mile to make this laptop a viable medical device, including compatibility between laptop and medical devices, such as glucose readers.
Altering Our Brains Via The Internet
The internet has not only changed the way we live, play and work, it’s also had a significant impact on how our brains operate. According to a researcher out of UCLA, named Gary Small, use of the internet for web searching has caused our brains to be become better equip for filtering data and making on-the-spot choices.
The researcher professes that those of future generations will be likely to have a stronger level of technological as well as social abilities due to our new high-tech lifestyles. The study included two dozen persons with differing internet experience levels. Results were that when compared to new web users, those who are considered advanced internet patrons displayed two times the activity in the parts of the brain that manage decision-making and high-level reasoning.
However, the results were not all positive. Gary Small also reported that those considered to be advanced internet users tend to have higher rates of ADD diagnosis. This could be in part because those persons are so used to consistently scanning for new information. Of course, a lot more research needs to be done in order to validate these claims.