Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?
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http://www.ted.com Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine -- with fewer cowboys and more pit crews. TEDTalks is a daily video po... Read more
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- -: Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?
April 16, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine -- with fewer cowboys...
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- -: Tal Golesworthy: How I repaired my own heart
April 12, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tal Golesworthy is a boiler engineer -- he knows piping and plumbing. When he needed surgery to repair a life-threatening problem with his aorta, he mixed his engineering skills with his doctors' medical knowledge to design a better repair job. TEDTalks is a daily video podcas...
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- -: TEDxRochester - Mark Noble - 11/7/11
April 2, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Mark is Professor of Neurology, Genetics, and Neurobiology and Anatomy at University of Rochester School of Medicine and is Director of the University of Rochester Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Institute. He is one of the pioneers of stem cell research and directs research on multiple topic...
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- -: Myshkin Ingawale: A blood test without bleeding
March 20, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Anemia is a major -- and completely preventable -- cause of deaths in childbirth in many places around the world, but the standard test is invasive and slow. In this witty and inspiring talk, TED Fellow Myshkin Ingawale describes how (after 32 tries) he and his team created a s...
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- -: Noel Bairey Merz: The single biggest health threat women face
March 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Surprising, but true: More women now die of heart disease than men, yet cardiovascular research has long focused on men. Pioneering doctor C. Noel Bairey Merz shares what we know and don't know about women's heart health -- including the remarkably different symptoms women pres...
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- -: Charlie Rose - Richard J. Davidson (03/12/12)
March 13, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Richard J. Davidson on the emotional brain www.CharlieRose.com
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- -: Sonia Arrison on Emerging Life Phases: Adultlescence
March 19, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://bigthink.com/ Futurist and policy analyst Sonia Arrison predicts that as people live longer, healthy lives, new stages of life will emerge. Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler & Elizabeth Rodd
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- -: TEDxUTK - Stan Brock - Healthcare Reform
March 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Stan Brock is the Director of Operations at Remote Area Medical, or RAM, in Knoxville, Tennessee, which offers free healthcare clinics around the world. In his talk, entitled "Healthcare Reform", he speaks about his experiences in Brazil and offers a unique perspective on the importance of health...
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- -: Checking in: Health Reform across the country
March 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)On the 2 year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act we take a look at what reform means for so many folks across the country. In September of 2009 We met Nathan and his son, Thomas. Thomas was born with hemophilia, and he hit lifetime limits on his health coverage with two different insurance c...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Victoria Hale - The Nonprofit Pharmaceutical Sector
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The social innovator and founder of a nonprofit pharmaceutical company talks about her efforts to create bring low-cost medicine to women and children around the world. Hale talks about breaking down financial and business barriers to achieving nonprofit success. In the spirit of ideas worth spr...
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