Francis S. Collins – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Francis S. Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, fields audience questions about the agency’s role in translational research.
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From discovery to health: Does it have to be a long and winding road?
Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, talks about two new ways of getting disease treatments to market faster: Repurposing existing drugs, and testing on …
E.O. Wilson – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
E.O. Wilson answers talks about his advice to young scientists and students, including why imagination is central to scientific discovery.
How do you calculate risk in treating an “incurable” disease?
Neurologist Jonathan Glass and neurosurgeon Nick Boulis of Emory University ask: Should acceptable risk levels for experimental treatments be recalibrated for the terminally ill who have no other …
Jonathan Glass & Nick Boulis – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Neurologist Jonathan Glass and neurosurgeon Nick Boulis ask: Should acceptable risk levels for experimental treatments be recalibrated for the terminally ill with no other options?
Lucy at the Gym
“Lucy at the Gym”: Jill Sobule sings a memorable piece about the very real danger of being a fitness fanatic.
Disease Don’t Care
Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, and singer Sobule perform the rollicking results of their unlikely musical collaboration: “Disease Don’t Care.”
Modern Drugs
Imagine Edgar Allen Poe on antidepressants. Jill Sobule wonders how “Modern Drugs” would affect some of history’s famous thinkers.
Why can’t America “weight” any longer?
What are the consequences if the obesity epidemic rages on? John Hoffman and Judith Salerno explain how the issue is no longer personal, but national.
Judith Salerno & John Hoffman – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
John Hoffman of HBO Documentary Films and Judith Salerno of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies further discuss why urgent national action is needed to tackle …