What happens when each patient becomes their own “universe” of unique medical data?
We leave a trail of digital data breadcrumbs as we go about our days. With access and good apps, we could make sense of this “small data” to …
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What happens when patients become leaders on the health team?
Who knows better how to heal a community than those who inhabit it? America Bracho’s Latino Health Access trains local promotoras to teach neighbors and friends how to …
What does a $100 million public health data revolution look like?
Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Physician and health economist Christopher J.L. Murray is changing the way we measure and visualize global health. Here, …
Can you coordinate the dance of your body’s 100 trillion microorganisms?
Astrophysicist turned computer programmer Larry Smarr talks about how charting his bodily inputs and outputs in minute detail revealed the true ecology of the quantified self.
David Agus & Jay Walker: A Cancer Framework
Part 1 of 5: David Agus and Jay Walker elaborate on their talk from TEDMED 2013, discussing Cancer
What’s the human factor that lets innovation succeed?
What does it take for innovation in health care to gain traction with the clinical community? Pritpal S Tamber, physician, former TEDMED Clinical Editor, and Founder of Optimising …
Pritpal S Tamber – Q&A at TEDMED 2013
Physician and Founder of Optimising Clinical Knowledge, Pritpal S Tamber, further discusses why medical innovation needs to inspire trust in clinicians to be successful.
Why do we use mice to study human diseases?
Mice may be completely unlike men when it comes to their immune systems, says H. Shaw Warren, and will help us study treatments for some of our ills …
What is the sound of two brothers tapping?
Can two brothers tap as one? No one comes closer than the Manzari brothers, who dazzle with their Vaudevillian charisma and complex sound patterns.
The Manzari Brothers – Q&A at TEDMED 2013
There’s talent in their feet, but their sound also comes from their unique shoes. The Manzari Brothers talk about the evolution of their tap style at TEDMED 2013.