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.
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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.
Thomas Frieden – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Frieden, CDC Director, answers questions on why treatment results should be public, and what America can learn from developing countries on how to address public health.
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 …
Street Ball
Circus artist group The 7 Fingers delivers another piece of thrilling urban acrobatics from the show TRACES.
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.
When is the research an exercise in fertility?
What explains mammalian penile erection? Diane Kelly, a comparative biologist from the University of Massachusetts, explains the organ’s internal pressure system and collagen structure.
Can we get America moving again?
Katie Couric, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer and TV journalist, talks with legendary tennis champion Billie Jean King about keeping kids healthy, wellness and cancer prevention.
Ivan Oransky – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Ivan Oransky, Executive Editor of Reuters Health, takes questions about being both a medical doctor by training and a journalist; and how to break our cycle of pre-conditions …
Is the “disease model” sick – or just exhausted?
The scourge of preposterous “pre-conditions:” Ivan Oransky, Executive Editor of Reuters Health, says labeling too many patients with subclinical illnesses leads to overtreatment, with potentially fatal results.