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ASEAN 4.0: How Cambodia is using technology for good
COVID-19 has accelerated the deployment of new technologies, including mobile apps for registering for vaccination appointments and contact tracing. In Cambodia, technology is helping to educate people about history, eradicate landmines and promote financial inclusion. To ensure tech is being used for good, challenges – such as digital literacy – must be addressed. The Fourth …
A guide to when and how to build technology for social good
Massachusetts Institute of Technology People frequently try to participate in political processes, from organizing to hold government to account for providing quality health care and education to participating in elections. But sometimes these systems are set up in a way that makes it difficult for people and government to engage effectively with each other. How …
Russia warns U.S. to stay away for its “own good” as Ukraine standoff intensifies
Moscow — Russia warned the United States on Tuesday against sending warships to the Black Sea, urging American forces to stay away from the annexed Crimean peninsula “for their own good” as the situation along Ukraine’s border caused increasing concern in the West. The U.S. Secretary of State, meeting with Ukrainian and NATO officials in Brussels, …
Fitness Is Still Important Tool for Overall Good Health, Despite Modern Medicine – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
If exercise has fallen by the wayside during the pandemic, here’s yet another reason to get back on the saddle. A study from The Cooper Institute, in conjunction with researchers from Harvard and Stanford universities, fitness still matters to reduce all-cause and heart disease deaths, despite advances in modern medicine and lifestyle changes. “Despite significant …
Returning to good health | Silver Linings
Most of New Hampshire, like the rest of the world, has been staying home since the start of the pandemic more than a year ago. This means many people have missed regular doctors’ appointments and screenings, and maybe developed some unhealthy habits. For our senior population, now that we have vaccines available and the weather …
Dr. Keith Roach: Years of heavy drinking can increase risk of health issues | To Your Good Health
Dear Dr. Roach • I’d like to know what kind of damage to look out for after being a heavy drinker between the ages of 19 and 40, at which age the drinking slowed to a comparative trickle. I used to have many binge events plus regular consumption three to four nights a week and …
Keeping good mental health during the Spring season
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Kari Whatley joins WKRG News 5 this week discussing how to keep your mental health up during Spring time. According to research, the Spring season has the highest suicide rate. There are several reasons. Whatley says depression in Spring gets stirred and focused on more as it wakes from “hibernation.” Whatley …
Why cutting down trees can be good for the climate
A massive tree felling operation has been going on in the vast Kielder Forest of Northumberland for the last few weeks. Thousands of trees have been cut down as part of a project that claims to be improving the environment and tackling climate change. The BBC’s chief environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports on work to …
Plasma TV: why Samsung and Panasonic ditched the technology for good
You don’t hear much about plasma TVs these days, and for good reason: no one’s made them for several years. But for a TV technology that was once the pinnacle of picture quality, where did plasma TVs go? Writing about a much-loved technology that’s been and gone feels like writing a love letter to an …
The Doctor Game: Good health includes healthy financials | Guest Columns
Vaccines are now reaching the wider community, and spring is near. As we emerge from isolation, there are predictions for the “Roaring ’20s” ahead. But is this a good time for an assessment of your financial health? If you reach your 90s and are in good health, congratulate yourself. You are among the fortunate. In …
