What happens when one person’s disease becomes everybody’s business?
President and CEO of the American Red Cross, Gail McGovern, discovered that going public with her second case of breast cancer gave her the strength to heal — …
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Gail McGovern – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
The CEO of the Red Cross talks about how hard it was to accept comfort and aid from others during her own cancer treatment.
The bugs are getting smarter. Are we?
Disease superbugs are mutating faster than we can develop treatments. Andrew Read of Penn State University talks about how better understanding natural selection can help us fight back.
Andrew Read – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
The Penn State evolutionary biologist further discusses how intelligently managing natural selection can help us contain pathogen mutations
Can real food from real farms lead to real health?
Organic farmer and author Joel Salatin delivers a passionate talk about treating farmland with care to ensure the most optimal food production and nutrition.
Joel Salatin – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Organic farmer and author Joel Salatin talks about why we need more smart farmers and how the world can feed itself without factory farming.
How many fingers does your hand have?
Fusing the theatrical traditions of the circus with the raw energy of a street performance, these urban acrobats display emotion and physicality on the TEDMED stage.
Hand to Hand
Fusing the theatrical traditions of the circus with the raw energy of a street performance, these urban acrobats display emotion and physicality on the TEDMED stage.
Street Ball
Circus artist group The 7 Fingers delivers another piece of thrilling urban acrobatics from the show TRACES.
What do you do when your best shot falls short?
Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about how a brutally honest feedback loop of data is critical to the success of any public …