Recent Articles

• Anxiety skyrockets as IEP season arrives

  Howard Margolis Education

  ​For many parents, anxiety is skyrocketing. They fear the worst. It's IEP season. Past experiences have taught them to expect a bitter struggle, followed by feelings of powerlessness, despondence and anger.

• What does good restaurant design look like?

  Leslie LaskinReese Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  People eat out for two reasons: the food and the experience. Sometimes one takes precedence over the other, but for a restaurant to truly succeed, both must be deliberately addressed. Last month, I traveled with my daughter for a couple of weeks. We ate out ... a lot. By chance, we ate in three restaurants all owned by the same restaurant group. When we sat down in the third restaurant, I told her I thought all three were owned by the same people, or at least designed by the same group.

• Vaping vs. smoking: Is one better for oral health?

  Carolina Pickens Oral & Dental Healthcare

  ​The trend of replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes is gaining traction around the globe. Many smokers are opting for the electronic substitute (also known as vaping) to improve their health, while others believe that both are equally detrimental. Dentists need to broach the subject of smoking with their patients and dig deeper to fully evaluate what those in their care need to know.

• ‘13 Reasons Why’ we should be talking about mental health

  Jessica Taylor Mental Healthcare

  Each and every American is affected by a mental health condition through friends or family. Why? Because 1 in 5 Americans will be affected with a mental health condition in their lifetime. Throughout the month of May — Mental Health Awareness Month — organizations worldwide raise awareness for the importance of mental health. Whether it be stigma, support, education or advocacy, the movement grows larger and stronger each year. This is year is a little different, though, with the controversy surrounding the latest Netflix series "13 Reasons Why."

• Amazon breaks records by breaking rules

  Danielle Manley Retail

  Amazon must have channeled the famous inventor because the company threw the rules out the window years ago. They ventured into uncharted territories without looking back and challenged the standard way of doing business in the retail industry. Has it been successful? Amazon released their 2017 first-quarter report Friday, beating goals and expectations. While analysts predicted earnings of $1.08 per share on $35.3 billion in revenue, true Amazon earnings were $1.48 per share on $35.7 billion in revenue.

• New visa policies in US, Europe may hurt summer travel

  Suzanne Mason Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  With the unofficial start of summer travel about a month away, attention continues to shine upon the travel industry as both the U.S. and European Union focus legislation aimed at their respective travel visa policies. At a recent appearance at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly said the rules for allowing Europeans to travel to the U.S. without a visa should be examined because of the threat of terrorism.

• Progress in overcoming antibiotic‑resistant bacteria

  Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  ​Since the 1940s, antibiotics have been used to treat infectious diseases. With long-term use, however, the infectious organisms have adapted to the drugs designed to destroy them, rendering the drugs much less effective. Simply using antibiotics creates resistance. Up to 50 percent of the time antibiotics are not optimally prescribed. It is not uncommon for antibiotics to be prescribed when not needed or dosed incorrectly.

• Combat shooting tips from Larry Bird

  Mike Ox Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  Whether you're a basketball fan or not, there are great lessons we can learn from the greatest players in any sport and apply them to our lives. At some level, big games in professional sports and defending yourself in a self-defense situation are similar. In both cases, you're training to be able to do a complex motor movement in a stressful situation.

• Participatory planning: ‘Co-producing’ the neighborhood

  Lucy Wallwork Civil & Government

  Once upon a time in the 1960s, the "master plan" was king in urban planning circles. The modernist approach to designing cities at the time saw the urban designer as supreme — utopian plans were designed in an architect's office and imposed upon unsuspecting residents.

• Researchers discover the true value of a like

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  ​Establishing, growing and engaging a social audience is simply part of doing business in 2017. And 90 percent of marketers said social media is important to their businesses in the 2016 Social Media Marketing Industry Report. 63 percent of marketers commit six or more hours per week to social media, while 19 percent spend more than 20 hours a week. In addition to time, we spend a lot of our marketing budget on social media.

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