The mounting need to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare due to economic pressures and changing demographics requires significant transformations in healthcare delivery. This new healthcare that will be evidence-based, patient-centered and proactive (preventive) is likely to depend in part on technological innovations that in turn require solutions to ...
Self-driving cars have the potential to transform how we move: they promise to make us safer, give freedom to millions of people who can't drive, and give people back their time. The Google Self-Driving car project was created to rapidly advance autonomous driving technology and build on previous research. For ...
In this talk Dr. Bruce Ames, one of the most-cited scientists of all time, will explore the body of research on the effects of vitamin and mineral intake on age-associated diseases. Most of the world's population, including that of the U.S., are moderately deficient in one or more of the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Making seafood sustainable: Opportunities and Challenges of Working Through the MarketYou may already pay attention to seafood labels and purchase fish considered ocean-friendly by the Monterey Bay Aquarium or other groups. But how exactly do these actions contribute to the improvement of fishery and ocean health? And how do they fit into the broad landscape of ocean protection? Join us ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Prescribing Drugs for an Aging Population: Polypharmacy (Multiple Medications) and the Health of the ElderlyThe geriatric population is prescribed the highest proportion of medications in relation to their percentage of the U.S population-13% of current geriatric population purchase 33% of all prescription drugs and this number will increase to 50% by 2040. Prevalence of both adverse drug reactions and treatment failures increase in the ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub, West BaySkeptics in the Pub, West BayFiddlers Green, MillbraeIf ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer's art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly ...
Where: MillbraeCost:
Free Day at National ParksIn celebration of National Park Week, admission to all US National Parks is free this week.
