Ramadhan untuk Indonesia

Islam adalah agama dengan setiap jenis ibadahnya selalu memiliki dimensi sosial. Mulai dari ber-syahadat, sholat, puasa, hingga berbagai jenis ibadah lainnya.

Dalam syahadat, ikrar meng-esa-kan Tuhan dan Muhammad sebagai utusan Tuhan, bertujuan untuk mendorong optimisme individu dalam ber-fastabiqul khairat (berlomba-lomba dalam kebaikan) sehingga kemudian menciptakan peradaban yang adil dan makmur.

Mencegah Aterosklerosis Dini dengan Morfologi USG

Dunia kesehatan di Indonesia saat ini masih sering kesulitan dalam mendiagnosa atau mendeteksi keberadaan penyakit aterosklerosis dini pada manusia. Hal ini disebabkan oleh keterbatasan pengetahuan para ahli kesehatan terkait optimalisasi penggunaan teknologi USG. Chandramin, seorang Dokter Spesialis Jantung dan Pembuluh Darah Rumah Sakit Premier Bintaro, melakukan penelitian untuk memberikan solusi terhadap permasalahan tersebut. Ia melakukan klasifikasi morfologi intima media arteri karotis dengan pencitraan ultrasonografi pada aterosklerosis dini dan menggunakan monyet macaca nemestrina sebagai hewan modelnya.

Calling All Young People: The Water Crisis Needs You

Watching President Obama's historic visit to Africa this past week, I was struck by the attention he gave to young people. "The heartbeat of Africa," he called them -- a reminder of the fact that one in three people in Africa today are between the ages of 10 and 24.

This means that the young people of today are going to be determining the fate of Africa in the very near future. If they are given information in school about the importance of clean water and safe hygiene practices, today's young Africans could soon be leading countries where fewer kids die from preventable water-related diseases and more lead healthy, productive lives.

Youth and Social Entrepreneurship

When President Barack Obama was inaugurated this month for a second term, it

was in large part due to the youth vote. According to the Tufts University-based Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), which conducts research on the civic and political engagement of young Americans, 23 million Americans between the ages of 18-29, or approximately 50 percent of that demographic, voted in the election on November 6, 2012. CIRCLE further reports that 60 percent of those young Americans voted for President Obama over Governor Mitt Romney. Tellingly, had Romney won half the youth vote in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, or had young people abstained from voting there, not only would Romney have won those battleground states but he also would have won the presidency.