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. Mas ...
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. POOF ! it's gone, lost...
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S. V. Mahadevan, “What Is Emergency Medicine and How Is It Important?” Watch, learn and connect:...
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Mit seiner faszinierenden Datenanalyse-Software zeigt der Wissenschaftler Hans Rosling, wie Länder der Armut...
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-photography-connects-us-david-griffin The photo director for...
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In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together...
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Michael Clemens, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, says that effective migration policy must...
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When Wendy Pogozelski began studying the primary literature in the field of nutrition, she was shocked to find...
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Ep 01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA4ByupM5Fk&list=PLftH1VHjZpBr7KYkmtmlNcgHcnpbj0-hl&index=1 Ep 2...
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