Topic: Health and Medicine
Dr. John Halamka joins Jon Udell on this edition of Jon Udell's Interviews with Innovators. He's a renaissance guy: a physician, a CIO, and a healthcare IT innovator. Lots of people are talking about secure exchange of medical records and portable continuity of care documents. John Halamka is on the front lines actually making these visions real.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Jenny Harry, who talks about the latest developments in a semen-based prostate cancer test, while David Ewing Duncan talks about a longevity pill.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Belinda Clarke, who talks about the latest in European thinking on genetically modified everything. Also, learn about wallabies in Australia that are helping in the fight against drug resistant bacteria.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn takes a look at developments in heart surgery and heart transplants by talking to Dr. Tomas Kara, the Executive Director of the International Clinical Research Center, while David Ewing Duncan explains how a presidential administration might be labeled "anti-science."
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with David Gandcolas from HeartMath, who talks about their simple device which looks at your heartbeat and recognizes stress. On the Bio-Issue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan talks about a breakthrough in prosthetic hands.
This week on BioTech Nation, a diverse panel of leaders in the biotech field talk about the upcoming presidential candidates and the issues of healthcare and science, including the impact of Michael Moore's movie "Sicko." David Ewing Duncan and Dr. Moira Gunn interview Steven Burrill, Dr. Cynthia Schneider, Dr. Rustum Roy, and Dr. Nigel Cameron.
The beginnings of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) were fraught with uncertainty. Initially surviving entirely on donations, it has since earned back two pennies for every one it has spent on welfare activities, and is today the largest, self-reliant international NGO, employing more than 97,000 people. In this audio lecture, Fazle Hasan Abed reminisces about the organization's humble beginnings and shares the organization's achievements.
Dr. Moira Gunn and David Ewing Duncan report from the international BIO conference. There, they speak with a Parkinson's patient who's undergone an innovative new procedure, and do a conference wrap-up with BIO president, Jim Greenwood.
As part of the Tech Nation series on neuroscience, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Karoly Nikolich, the Executive Director of the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford. They talk about what DNA tells us about our brains.
In this series on Neurotech, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with NeuroInsights' managing director, Casey Lynch, about the definition of this very new and challenging field.
