Modern Drugs
Imagine Edgar Allen Poe on antidepressants. Jill Sobule wonders how “Modern Drugs” would affect some of history’s famous thinkers.
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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.”
Lucy at the Gym
“Lucy at the Gym”: Jill Sobule sings a memorable piece about the very real danger of being a fitness fanatic.
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?
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 …
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.
Was Einstein right about imagination?
Renowned biologist E.O. Wilson offers advice to young scientists, exhorting them to “think like a poet and work like a bookkeeper” and to “step away from the blackboard,” …
Atul Butte – Q&A at TEDMED 2012
Atul Butte, Chief of Systems Medicine at Stanford University, answers questions about outsourcing research online.
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 …
How many engineers does it take to fight cancer?
The Novocure executive director presents tumor treating fields (TTF) therapy, which uses electric fields to kill procreating cancer cells, shrinking tumors or slowing growth with few if any …