How can design principles lead to more discovery and better treatment?
Rhode Island School of Design President John Maeda shows how design and technology can bring clarity and understanding to medicine.
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Attention stressed-out docs: Can the consumer be the “cavalry” that rescues you?
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Ben Goldacre – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Doctor and author Ben Goldacre on why publication bias leads to so much health research going MIA.
Where’s the rest of the data iceberg?
What we don’t know can hurt us: Industry bias against negative outcomes means vast amounts of research goes unpublished, Ben Goldacre says.
Can a daring dance reveal a daring truth?
Our physical and mental boundaries may be painfully censored. But as Stephen Petronio shows, we can choose to dance brilliantly within them nonetheless.
Stephen Petronio – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Stephen Petronio answers questions about social and self-censorship.
What is the source of all life?
Howard Shapiro says we should power up plant nutrition to combat malnutrition and help us address our growing food needs.
Lisa Nilsson – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Visual artist Lisa Nilsson discusses how digital tools assist her work, which is still ultimately about “thingness.”
Are you ready for a new slice of reality?
Using the Medieval paper art of quilling, artist Lisa Nilsson renders the human body in beautifully detailed cross sections.
Is it healthy for America’s identity to keep our eyes closed?
How do our individual identities shape society? Bryan Stevenson argues that to change a system that isn’t working, we have to question our own role in it.