How an old technology became a disruptive innovation
Resa Lewiss, Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Radiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, explains why and how ultrasound at …
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My father, locked in his body but soaring free
At TEDMED, photographer Kitra Cahana shares a new visual language accompanying the extraordinary story of her father’s severe brainstem stroke, a catastrophe that transforms into an inspiring and …
A movement for mobility
James “Cole” Galloway, Director of the Pediatric Mobility Lab and Design Studio and Professor at the University of Delaware, reveals an unusual and inspiring way to unlock children’s …
Food for thought: How gut microbes change your mind
John Cryan, a neuropharmacologist and microbiome expert from the University College Cork, shares surprising facts and insights about how our thoughts and emotions are connected to our guts.
The Power of Play
At TEDMED 2014, CEO of Playworks Jill Vialet challenges us to release our inner child and remember that play matters.
Designing healthcare with sound in mind
Julian Treasure, chairman of The Sound Agency and author of the book ‘Sound Business,’ proposes we design healthcare facilities with acoustic healing in mind. Incredible irony: during Julian’s …
How unhealthy paradigms become contagious
Sonia Shah, an investigative science journalist and historian, challenges conventional understandings about the real causes of pandemics.
A science award that makes you laugh, then think
Author and newspaper columnist Marc Abrahams is the editor of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research. At TEDMED 2014 he shared laughter- and thought-provoking stories behind …
Giving medicine a jolt
In his TEDMED 2014 talk, Mark Levatich urges us to imagine the possibilities of a world vivified by electricity.
Finding harmony in a musical peace
Farah Siraj, Jordanian singer and songwriter, has performed at the United Nations, Nobel Prize Hall, and World Economic Forum and had a #1 hit in India. She shares …