- -: Eric Topol: The wireless future of medicine
February 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Eric Topol says we'll soon use our smartphones to monitor our vital signs and chronic conditions. At TEDMED, he highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine's future -- all helping to keep more of us out of hospital beds. TEDTalks is a daily video podc...
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- -: Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, drugs and HIV -- let's get rational
April 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Armed with bracing logic, wit and her "public-health nerd" glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today's political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV. Her research with at-risk populations -- from junkies in...
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- -: Frederick Balagadde: Bio-lab on a microchip
April 21, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Drugs alone can't stop disease in sub-Saharan Africa: We need diagnostic tools to match. TED Senior Fellow Frederick Balagadde shows how we can multiply the power and availability of an unwieldy, expensive diagnostic lab -- by miniaturizing it to the size of a chip. TEDTalks i...
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- -: Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria?
May 11, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Nathan Myhrvold and team's latest inventions -- as brilliant as they are bold -- remind us that the world needs wild creativity to tackle big problems like malaria. And just as that idea sinks in, he rolls out a live demo of a new, mosquito-zapping gizmo you have to see to beli...
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- -: Seth Berkley: HIV and flu -- the vaccine strategy
May 27, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats -- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from ...
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- -: Nicholas Christakis: How social networks predict epidemics
September 16, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com After mapping humans' intricate social networks, Nicholas Christakis and colleague James Fowler began investigating how this information could better our lives. Now, he reveals his hot-off-the-press findings: These networks can be used to detect epidemics earlier than ever, fro...
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- -: Annie Lennox: Why I am an HIV/AIDS activist
September 23, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com For the last eight years, pop singer Annie Lennox has devoted the majority of her time to her SING campaign, raising awareness and money to combat HIV/AIDS. She shares the experiences that have inspired her, from working with Nelson Mandela to meeting a little African girl in a...
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- -: Mitchell Besser: Mothers helping mothers fight HIV
September 23, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV infections are more prevalent and doctors scarcer than anywhere else in the world. With a lack of medical professionals, Mitchell Besser enlisted the help of his patients to create mothers2mothers -- an extraordinary network of HIV-positive women whos...
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- -: Melinda French Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola
October 12, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxChange, Melinda Gates makes a provocative case for nonprofits taking a cue from corporations such as Coca-Cola, whose plugged-in, global network of marketers and distributors ensures that every remote village wants -- and can get -- a Coke. Why shouldn't this work for co...
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- -: Bruce Aylward: How we'll stop polio for good
May 24, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff it out everywhere, forever. TEDTalks is...
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