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How Do You Prepare for Dementia

WEBShaikh spoke about her experiences at the TED conference, and to her surprise, the talk (watch: “How I’m preparing to get Alzheimer’s,” above) hit a nerve and became among …

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How we can use smartphones to diagnose and treat …

WEBHealthRhythms uses mobile phone data to monitor symptoms of anxiety and depression, giving doctors valuable insight into their patient’s mental health and offering new …

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We need a women-first, women-led approach to global …

WEBAnd so, our company ayzh was born in 2009 with janma, our $3 clean birth kit in a pink purse designed specifically for women to help prevent infection at the time of …

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New study makes a staggering link between hearing loss …

WEBIt may come as a surprise, but hearing loss is estimated to affect more than 1 billion people worldwide. Even more shocking: the World Health Organization estimates that up to 60 …

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What went wrong with the breakthrough dengue vaccine

WEBIn April 2016, the Philippines made headlines around the world when its Department of Health vaccinated 830,000 elementary schoolchildren with the world’s first vaccine …

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Let’s design CRISPR to benefit everyone while we still can

WEBThe pricing of any medicines that emerge from CRISPR-based research might be so high that many people can’t afford it. This is already true for immunotherapy …

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Science to the People. New models of community …

WEBBeyond peer-reviewed papers, these stories are inspiring communities and instigating important conversations and political action. It’s deep, sustained involvement. …

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A radical revisioning of eye care aid by Karen Frances …

WEBApr 19, 2018. T hirty-six million people in the world are blind, but four in five of them don’t need to be, says Andrew Bastawrous, head of accessible eye-care organization Peek …

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Meet 12 Badass Scientists…Who Also Happen to be Women

WEBEverywhere you look, odds appear stacked against women in STEM. Young male scientists receive up to twice as much funding as their female counterparts in …

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11 Up-and-Coming Scientists You Need to Know

WEBAll photos are by Ryan Lash/TED unless otherwise noted. Behavioral biologist and blogger Danielle N. Lee studies the African giant pouched rat, which were first …

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Ever considered getting a professional coach

WEBN ine years ago, I had a pretty clear vision for my life. I was an aid worker in Tajikistan for a US-government funded health project, helping health care workers do …

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The $1 foldable eye-screening kit is here

WEBAfter many iterations over the years, the final Folding Foropter costs less than $1.50 to produce and comes beautifully folded in an envelope. We went ahead and …

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Anxious, hopeful or both

WEBWhat inspired A Monument for the Anxious and Hopeful?. We’re living through a very unsettled moment of uncertainty, isolation, and tribalism. That’s a …

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What’s It Like to Live Life On the Road

WEBHere’s an inside view of life as a wanderer — the freedom, the romance, the hard realities. After a childhood spent traveling the world with her rabbinical family, …

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This Scientist Is Using Bacteria to Detect Cancer

WEBDo we know exactly why bacteria are so important to our health? We don’t yet. We know a lot, and every week we find out a new fact. For example, we now know …

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Are temporary tattoos the future of wearable technology

WEBSep 13, 2018. 1. Temporary tattoos are a fun way to express yourself. But what if they could also tell you when you’re getting too much sun, or exposed to environmental pollutants, …

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How I’m Making My Social Enterprise Sustainable

WEBApr 14, 2015. --. 3. Twenty million underweight and premature babies are born every year around the world, and 3 million babies die within the first 28 days of their lives. One of …

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How Nunavut’s Inuit teens are dancing to endure a youth suicide

WEBHow did you come to make a film about young dancers in a remote Canadian Arctic community? Kitra: Over the last few years Ed and I have been working …

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