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There are plenty of reasons why the internet is a great resource. It provides quick access to all kinds of information. The only issue is that the internet allows everyone to contribute. This makes the search for reliable and accurate health information quite difficult. How will you know what health […]

Searching for Trustworthy Health Information Online

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Social media has become a massive contributor to how we communicate. Being a conduit of conducting free speech provides social media with extensive legal protections against users posting content that causes negative legal ramifications. However, with social media platforms beginning to heavily moderate and curate content, this classification has come […]

Legal Protections For Social Media Platforms

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As we continue forward with technological advances, we often forget how these great feats can play a role in our own health. In particular social media has dominated in the past 10 years and its hard to find anyone who doesn’t have at least one of the big three accounts(Instagram, […]

Social Media & Potential Health & Wellness Risk

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Why Too Much Social Media Is a Bad Thing Social media has been the dominant media platform for the last 10 years or so. With more than 77% of the US population, you would think that there is nothing wrong with logging onto twitter or Facebook every day. But recent […]

Why Too Much Social Media Is a Bad Thing

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Social Media and Its Role in Mental Health Social media hasn’t been all its cracked up to be these days with it having serious side effects on some users. With sources coming out stating “social media is damaging to the mental health,” why do members still use it? Are there any positive effects […]

Social Media and Its Role in Mental Health

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