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Weight management expert David L. Katz criticizes technological advances that have created lifestyles at odds with physical activity and healthy diets.
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Health expert David L. Katz discusses the complexity of nutrition and how he became interested in preventative medicine.
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In partnership with Pfizer, Big Think presents an online forum on breakthroughs in medicine featuring presentations by top figures in the fields of personal genomics and pandemics.
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For scientists to better correlate genes and disease, millions of people need to voluntarily have their genomes analyzed.
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Genetic testing made Discover editor Boonsri Dickinson fear for the future of her eyes, and her gut.
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Boonsri Dickinson had three direct-to-consumer companies analyze her genetic susceptibility to disease, and the results were all over the map.
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Paul Hoffman, Big Think’s Editorial Chairman, introduces a panel discussion on genetic testing.
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A conversation with the President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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To create a culture of wellness, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, urges business and government to prevent illness in the first place.
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Why we may be first generation in modern history to raise offspring less healthy than ourselves.
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Electronic medical records will empower patients to self-manage their health, says Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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The CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation calls for improved access to healthcare information so patients can decide if operations and therapies are actually needed.
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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, implores hospitals to focus more on “ultimate outcomes”–patients getting better and staying healthy.
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With donations and endowments drying up, charities and philanthropies should approach the economic downtown differently, says Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Oprah’s word can reverse years of bad luck for any writer or publisher.
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The editor saw a huge niche for an organization to promote literature in translation in mainstream publishing.
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Corporate publishing has dealt a strong blow to foreign writers trying to publish in English.
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Dr. Art Kellermann, professor of emergency medicine and public health and associate dean for health policy at Emory University offers his prescription for heathcare reform, patient “dumping,” the soaring cost […]
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Frans de Waal is director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and a professor of psychology at Emory University. His current research includes food-sharing, […]