There are more than 1,100 homeless people in Potter County alone, so when temperatures drop, there is a scramble to find shelter and warmth fast, but where t...
Many homeless people do not survive the cold months; the death rate for the homeless skyrockets, as do the rates of cold related injuries, eg, frostbiMany homeless people do not survive the cold months; the death rate for the homeless skyrockets, as do the rates of cold related injuries, eg, frostbite. Homeless people freeze to death because they are outside and they are less able in most cases to deal with the physiologic effects of cold. Homeless people are a little or a lot malnourished. Some homeless are substance abusers, which makes death and injury from the cold increase, as such a person might nod off with only a t-shirt on, for example. Also, there are a disproportionate number of mentally ill people in the homeless population and they of course may or may not understand or care much about the need to get inside or to really bundle up. More ...
Joel Fuhrman, M.D., is a board-certified family physician, NYew York Times best-selling author and nutritional...
Joel Fuhrman, M.D., is a board-certified family physician, NYew York Times best-selling author and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and r...
Netra Unni Rajesh built her first real science lab in her parents' basement when she was just 14. She went on to...
Netra Unni Rajesh built her first real science lab in her parents' basement when she was just 14. She went on to study and perform research at the University of Toronto, MIT and CalTech. Now she shares her ideas about how to inspire our youth to pursue STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
The importance of evaluating the full impacts of development on poverty and low income communities. Marc is a...
The importance of evaluating the full impacts of development on poverty and low income communities. Marc is a professor of law at Savannah Law School and stu...
Few would dispute that illicit drug use and abuse is one of the most prominent and perplexing issues facing our...
Few would dispute that illicit drug use and abuse is one of the most prominent and perplexing issues facing our society. For nearly a century, the United Sta...
This is the edited version of The Mathematics of Weight Loss presented by Ruben Meerman. In the spirit of ideas...
This is the edited version of The Mathematics of Weight Loss presented by Ruben Meerman. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, ...
The idea of a "basic income" has a long intellectual pedigree, and the case for it is better than you might expect....
The idea of a "basic income" has a long intellectual pedigree, and the case for it is better than you might expect. Read more about the simplest plan to end ...
Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB Carrie Green started her first online...
Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB Carrie Green started her first online business at the age of 20, whilst studying Law ...