TechNation Health Podcast

By Moira GunnScience

TechNation Health Podcast episodes

June 26, 2019 Episode 19-25 A new way to work on diseases with small populations
On Tech Nation Health, a new model for addressing genetically-driven diseases affecting a small number of patients. Neil Kumar is the CEO of Bridge Bio. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft reviews new technologies to determine the health status of our hearts.
19 min
June 20, 2019 Episode 19-24 A vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s - and potentially prevent it
On Tech Nation Health, work on a vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s – both treatment and preventative. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about The Age Wave.
30 min
June 15, 2019 Episode 19-23 A man and his smartwatch – his life depended on it
On Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft relates a story about a man and his smartwatch – it saved his life.
13 min
June 06, 2019 Episode 19-22 Technology and Iron – from the Middle Ages to modern France
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jean-Jacques Augagneur, CEO of Lacanche, and Chef Patrick Boisjot, the Director of Export. It’s a story of technology and iron - from the Middle Ages through the French Revolution and the Industrial Age up until today - a “bespoke” French stove from a single, tiny village in remote France.
59 min
May 22, 2019 Episode 19-21 Why Is There a Climate Debate? (It’s Not Science)
On this week’s Tech Nation, how we came to question climate change. To even question the science. What’s it all about? Nathaniel Rich, journalist and author of “Losing Earth: A Recent History”, explains. Then Tech Nation Chief Correspondent Daniel Kraft talks about the age of the medical selfie.
59 min
May 16, 2019 Episode 19-20 Tech and the Future of Suburbs and Cities
On this week’s Tech Nation, Peter Calthorpe, co-founder of Urban Footprint, who focuses on sustainable urban growth and planning, and the author of “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change”.
59 min
May 10, 2019 Episode 19-19 How tech can help you – and block you – from getting a good night’s sleep
Dr. John Haurum (ha-RUMM) from F-Star in Cambridge, England describes their approach to creating cancer drugs, and Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about sleep – and upsides and downsides of all this technology.
19 min
May 01, 2019 Episode 19-18 The Snow Leopards Of War Torn Afghanistan
On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Alex Dehgan joins Moira to talk about “The Snow Leopard Project … and other Adventures in Warzone Conservation”. And we’ll from Tech Nation regular contributor, Gary Davis, the Chief Consumer Security Evangelist at McAfee – phishing is more than just an innocent-looking email in your inbox.
59 min
April 24, 2019 Episode 19-17 A new approach to the most common skin disorder: Acne
On Tech Nation Health, fighting life-threatening Sepsis in hospital settings, and an approach to America’s most common skin disease: Acne.
59 min
April 19, 2019 Episode 19-15 Using Tech for Social Change
On this week’s Tech Nation, Ann Mei Chang, the Executive Director of Lean Impact, before a live audience at the Women in Leadership and Philanthropy Symposium at the University of San Francisco. Her book is “Lean Impact … How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good”. And Jerry Sheehan, the Deputy Director of the National Library of Medicine at NIH - the world’s largest medical library, founded in 1836 as a bookshelf in the office of the Army Surgeon General.
59 min