A healthy dose of music
At TEDMED 2014, Gerardo Contino, “El Abogado de la Salsa” and former lead singer of the Cuban mega-group NG La Banda, invigorated the TEDMED 2014 audience with timba …
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Don’t take life tutu seriously
Bob Carey, a photographer, speaks about the power of humor to help cancer survivors, and shares the “Tutu Project” – a viral series of stunningly silly videos and …
The wonders of a wandering mind
At TEDMED 2014, Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards, talks about “multi-perspectiving,” cross-disciplinary thinking and what sets the human brain apart.
What veterinarians know that physicians don’t
At TEDMED, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz (Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at UCLA Medical School) offers an unusual perspective on how human patients, including those suffering from …
The coming crisis in antibiotics
At TEDMED, health economist and professor Ramanan Laxminarayan applies lessons learned from the energy crisis to the rising challenge of antibiotic drug resistance.
A brass-roots cultural movement
Inspector Gadje, an Oakland based dance orchestra that plays Roma brass music from the Balkans, performs an upbeat and infectious brand of music.
This is what imagination sounds like
NANDA, a high-energy troupe of comic actors, literally turns everything upside down – including themselves – with a mishmash of traditional theater, vaudeville, kung-faux fighting, circus, dance, juggling …
Can an “orchestra” of scientists find the hidden music in your DNA?
ENCODE Program Officer Mike Pazin will shed light on how collaboration can help unlock more DNA secrets.
Innovating From the Outside In
What creates a culture of health? How can companies integrate good healthcare and wellness programs without stressing employees? Watch this discussion on varied and multi-disciplinary approaches to best …
If there is no cure, can we opt for a rescue?
Peter Aguero and Sara Peters live with a menacing presence in their marriage: Sara’s epilepsy. One day, they’d had enough, and confronted the disease head-on. Hear the harrowing …