Earning a degree online is so much easier than it was ten years ago. Getting an education online has grown in the United States in recent years.

In 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning showed that over five million students took at least one online course during the fall, 2009 semester.

There was also a twenty-one percent growth of individuals taking online courses from the year before.

There are more choices when an individual decides to go through an online program as some courses aren’t available at certain schools, and credits are easily transferred nowadays ( Hervey, 2013).

Source:
Hervey, J. O. (2014, July 23). How Online Innovators Are Disrupting Education. Retrieved May 29, 2017, from https://hbr.org/2011/11/how-online-innovators-are-disr

All about herbal supplements

In 1994, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act was passed. This gave the supplement industry permission to regulate itself.
Even with three hundred and fifty reports of moderate or adverse events, the companies who create the products remain unregulated.
The Food and Drug Administration believes that there are many medical events go unreported, and even estimates the number of adverse effects because of dietary supplements up to fifty thousand individuals (Kabat, 2012).
When an individual decides to add dietary supplements into their diet, it’s important that they contact their doctor before starting anything new.

It’s also important that the individual does their research on the product before use, and then decide if the product is right for them.
Dietary supplements usually add small print to the label of the product “The label claims have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Consult your healthcare professionals before taking any dietary supplements” (Stoler, 2012)
The use of dietary supplements vary from person to person and although individuals may experience adverse effects, those who are healthy may benefit from using dietary supplements to aid in their sports.

Those who use dietary supplements should be healthy, and use the supplements as directed. If an individual is not healthy, the risks of intoxication are very high.
Dietary supplements are currently unregulated, so it’s important that those who choose to use dietary supplements do research on the product of their choice.


Resources:

• Allen, J. M. (2004). Herbal Supplements Can Be Harmful. In A. Ojeda (Ed.), Opposing Viewpoints. Health. San Diego: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted from Skeptical Inquirer, 2001, January, 25, 36) Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com.clcc.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/EJ3010141247/OVIC?u=22506&xid=3b74187d
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. (n.d.). Consumers - Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know. Retrieved May 15, 2017, from https://www.fda.gov/food/resourcesforyou/consumers/ucm109760.htm
• Council for Responsible Nutrition. (2003). Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements Are Safe. In J. Haley (Ed.), At Issue. Performance-Enhancing Drugs. San Diego: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted from Sports Supplements: Common Sense and Responsible Regulation, www.crnusa.org, 2001, May 16) Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com.clcc.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/EJ3010285216/OVIC?u=22506&xid=f85e5176
• Kabat, G. (2012, November 26). Herbal Medicines Must Be Safe Because They’re Natural? So Are Strychnine, Arsenic, and Cyanide. Retrieved May 15, 2017, from http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2012/11/herbal_supplement_dangers_fda_does_not_regulate_supplements_and_they_can.html
• Office of Dietary Supplements - Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know. (n.d.). Retrieved May 15, 2017, from https://ods.od.nih.gov/HealthInformation/DS_WhatYouNeedToKnow.aspx
• Stoler, F. (2012, March 23). The skinny on FDA regulation of dietary supplements. Retrieved May 15, 2017, from http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/03/23/skinny-on-fda-regulation-dietary-supplements.html
• Williams, M. H. (2004, December 31). Dietary Supplements and Sports Performance: Introduction and Vitamins. Retrieved May 15, 2017, from https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1550-2783-1-2-1

Benefits of the Internet: Working From Home

There is an increasing number of individuals who are now working from home, forty-three percent of employed Americans have worked from home at least once in their careers.

Working remotely allows the employees to work from anywhere, which increases time with family, eliminate those long commutes, avoid traffic, and save gas (Kruse, 2013).

Twenty-four percent of individuals who are employed did all or some of their work from home. Working from home is a time saver, as those who work from home don’t get dressed up for work, or commute long hours from work to home which allows those workers to sleep in, and have more time for themselves which lowers depression. Bosses even report that workers are more productive when working from home.

Those individuals who work from home are generally happier, less stressed, and have a less work-family conflict (Dill, 2010). North West University and the University of Namibia investigated the psychological conditions of working from home and working at a location.

The participants were one thousand four hundred and sixty-eight employees of a uranium mine in Namibia. The type of measuring instruments which were used for the study was Survey Work-Home Interaction,-Nikmegen, Psychological Conditions Scale, and Work Engagement Scale. The study was done by providing the questionnaire to those who work from home and those who work on site. The results were forty-six percent felt it was positive to work from home, while the rest felt like working on location negatively impacted their life and family life.

The workers who worked on site began to feel distant towards their roles, and to other people. “Given the physical distance between the employees' work and homes, it is understandable that psychological availability is negatively associated with negative home-work interaction” (Rothmann, Sebastiaan, Baumann, Candice, 2014).

So in the grand scheme of things, working from home is beneficial in many ways.

Sources:

• Rothmann, Sebastiaan, & Baumann, Candice. (2014). Employee engagement: The effects of work-home/home-work interaction and psychological conditions. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 17(4), 515-530. Retrieved May 13, 2017, from http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2222-34362014000400011&lng=en&tlng=en.
• Dill-Shackleford, K. (2010, September 08). Working From Home? You're Not Alone (Pun Intended). Retrieved May 13, 2017, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how-fantasy-becomes-reality/201009/working-home-you-re-not-alone-pun-intended
• Kruse, K. (2013, May 12). Top 10 Benefits of Working From Home (Survey Results). Retrieved May 10, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2012/12/18/benefits-working-from-home/#7bf3e09a1d4c

How Insecure Attachment Impacts Development

There are different kinds of insecure attachments which include ambivalent attachment, avoidant attachment, and disorganized attachment.
Ambivalent attachment is when a child becomes upset when they get separated from his parent, which can mean the child doesn’t feel as if he or she can’t rely on the caregiver when the need arises.
Avoidant attachment stays away from his parents, those children to show avoidant attachment may have parents who are neglecting or abusing them. Disorganized attachment is when there isn’t a clear attachment between the child and the caregiver (Sincero, n.d.).

Reference:
Sincero. (n.d.). Bowlby Attachment Theory - Core emotional development in humans. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://explorable.com/bowlby-attachment-theory