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How TEDMED 'Groupinspire' Could Change the World

Dr Layla McCay | Posted 04.19.2012

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Dr Layla McCay

Making delegates believe their attendance at a conference will change the world -- and dashing off to do it as a result -- is surely the Holy Grail of conference organizers. Perhaps they should be looking to TED/TEDMED for clues to the formula.

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We Can Aim for More Than a Long, Sick, Expensive Life

Dr. Cindy Haines | Posted 04.16.2012

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Dr. Cindy Haines

The problem is actually that we're living longer, but the longevity is fueled by very expensive chronic diseases that were preventable. The dream of living a long, healthy life has been replaced by living a long, sick life.

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First Impressions of Our Future Health: Thoughts From TEDMED 2012

Dr. Cindy Haines | Posted 04.13.2012

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Dr. Cindy Haines

This week, I have seen a potential future of the nation's health -- and heard from and interacted with some of the players that are trying to impact and improve it.

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Choosing the TEDMED 20 Great Challenges of Health Care

Rosina Samadani | Posted 04.03.2012

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Rosina Samadani

Next week, 1,200 innovators, entrepreneurs, industry and government stakeholders, artists, and health care practitioners will attend the annual TEDMED conference in Washington, D.C.

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'Superorgans' Could Revolutionize Organ Transplantation

TEDMED | Posted 05.25.2011

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Imagine: Two lungs are removed from a person and replaced with the lungs of another human being. And the body survives. It's a medical marvel, said Sh...

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TEDMED 2010: Danny Hillis On Proteomics: A 'Radical Approach' To Treating Cancer (VIDEO)

TEDMED | Posted 05.25.2011

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No doubt genomics and the mapping of the human genome is one of the great triumphs of modern science, supplying remarkable insight into the function a...

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TEDMED 2010: Today's Leaders In Health And Medicine (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The annual TEDMED conference brings together the top minds in the industry to foster conversations on the health care and medical industries -- approa...

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TED Talks: Philip Low On New Sleep Technology at TED MED: Streaming Brainwaves To Your Cell Phone (VIDEO)

TED MED | Meghan Neal | Posted 11.17.2011

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Understand sleep, and you could have the key to unlock some of the biggest neurological disorders affecting our health. Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, de...

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