{"id":648184,"date":"2013-03-21T11:43:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T15:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=73515"},"modified":"2013-03-21T11:43:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T15:43:14","slug":"more-incredible-talks-from-tedmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/648184","title":{"rendered":"More incredible talks from TEDMED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73516\" alt=\"TEDMED-image\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/tedmed-image.jpg?w=900\"   \/>Today\u2019s talk, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/francis_collins_we_need_better_drugs_now.html\">Francis Collins: We need better drugs\u2014now<\/a>,\u201d comes from TEDMED<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/francis_collins_we_need_better_drugs_now.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/3c3a9a8790f7b34a1d34de2955f00eeeb1d7b124_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Francis Collins: We need better drugs -- now\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Francis Collins: We need better drugs &#8212; now<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a>\u2014our partner conference which gives doctors, surgeons, healthcare experts, medical researchers and people with a passion for health a place to share ideas worth spreading. Both TED and TEDMED were started by Richard Saul Wurman, and while TEDMED is now independently organized by Jay Walker (see his talk \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jay_walker_s_library_of_human_imagination.html\">Library of the imagination<\/a>\u201d) and his team, our content partnership lets us share great TEDMED talks with the worldwide TED.com audience.<\/p>\n<p>TEDMED 2013 will take place April 16 through 19 in Washington, D.C. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedmed.com\/event\/abouttheevent\">Learn more about about attending here \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t be there in person? Host a free simulcast of the event at your university, teaching hospital, non-profit or government institution. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedmed.com\/live\">Learn more about watching live \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To get you in the spirit for this amazing event, here some powerful TEDMED talks from years past.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_min.html\">David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 minutes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ben_goldacre_what_doctors_don_t_know_about_the_drugs_they_prescribe.html\">Ben Goldacre: What doctors don\u2019t know about the drugs they prescribe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/e_o_wilson_advice_to_young_scientists.html\">E.O Wilson: Advice to your scientists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ivan_oransky_are_we_over_medicalized.html\">Ivan Oransky: Are we over-medicalized?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ed_gavagan_a_story_about_knots_and_surgeons.html\">Ed Gavagan: A story about knots and surgeons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_topol_the_wireless_future_of_medicine.html\">Eric Topol: The wireless future of medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aj_jacobs_how_healthy_living_nearly_killed_me.html\">A.J. Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/charles_limb_building_the_musical_muscle.html\">Charles Limb: Building the musical muscle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bill_doyle_treating_cancer_with_electric_fields.html\">Bill Doyle: Treating cancer with electric fields<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/charity_tilleman_dick_singing_after_a_double_lung_transplant.html\">Charity Tillemann-Dick: Singing after a double lung transplant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tedmed.com\/\">And see more talks from past TEDMEDs \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/73515\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/73515\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=73515&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/eZKBQYcoixg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s talk, \u201cFrancis Collins: We need better drugs\u2014now,\u201d comes from TEDMEDFrancis Collins: We need better drugs &#8212; now\u2014our partner conference which gives doctors, surgeons, healthcare experts, medical researchers and people with a passion for health a place to share ideas worth spreading. 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