Lectures tagged "disease"

Health Impacts of Global Warming
Kim Knowlton
January 28, 2010
00:43:52
Kim Knowlton, DrPH, who was among the scientists who participated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report, discusses "Global Warming: A Matter of Health". Dr.
Atul Gawande: The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande: The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
January 7, 2010
00:53:24
Surgeon and public health policy advocate Atul Gawande discusses his new book The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face.
Vascular Disease and Stroke Prevention
Timothy Milner
October 28, 2009
Timothy Milner, a DeKalb Medical vascular and endovascular surgeon, discusses the relationship between stroke and peripheral vascular and artery disease. He covers the latest medical advances to combat these conditions.
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Bioviolence: Preventing Biological Terror and Crime
Barry Kellman
October 4, 2007
01:00:31
Barry Kellman, discusses his book, Bioviolence: Preventing Biological Terror and Crime, and describes how diseases such as smallpox, anthrax, or ebola might be used for hostile purposes. His book explores developers of disease weapons including rogue states and groups such as Al-Qaeda.
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Alawode Oladele: Fighting AIDS
Alawode Oladele
November 30, 2006
00:43:51
Dr. Alawode Oladele discusses his work on fighting AIDS. Georgia Perimeter College presents Dr. Alawode Oladele, CEO of Premiere International Health Care.
Why We Must Rise to the Global Health Challenge
Philip J. Hilts
October 25, 2005
01:22:31
Philip J. Hilts, health and science reporter and author of the companion book for the PBS Rx for Survival series, speaks at a supplemental public outreach event sponsored by the series.
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Growing New Body Parts
David Scadden
May 3, 2005
01:08:50
Tissue engineering involves the application of the principles and methods of engineering and the life sciences towards the development of biological substitutes to restore, maintain, or improve functi
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Development and Prevention of Bioterrorism
Jeanne Guillemin
March 23, 2005
01:31:15
Lecturing from her book Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism, Jeanne Guillemin explores the circumstances under which governments have undertaken major biological weapons programs and explains why such weapons were never deploye