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Mashup Score: 1Bringing AI to the bedside - 4 year(s) ago
AI Health Pioneer Suchi Saria tells us that data is all around us. Together with machine learning, data can save more lives. In her TEDMED 2020 Talk, Suchi takes us on a journey of perseverance and ingenuity. A story of personal tragedy led Suchi to build a platform that delivers targeted real-time early warning solutions for early detection of patients at risk for major complications. Suchi…
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Mashup Score: 9The neuroscience of psychedelic drugs, music and nostalgia - 4 year(s) ago
Research has demonstrated a strong connection between music and memory. In fact, Psychedelic Neuroscientist Frederick Streeter Barrett studied the deep connection between music and nostalgia, explaining that music has the ability to evoke meaningful experiences and memories and connect us to our sense of self. He moved a step further to study how music could evoke responses during a psychedelic…
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Mashup Score: 0How music can rescue and restore our humanity - 4 year(s) ago
Much research has shown that there is a deep connection between music and the mind. It sparks memory, invokes empathy, and allows for emotional release. Musical Visionary Beatie Wolfe suggests that it goes even a step farther. Beatie believes that music creates a profound imprint on the brain and has the ability to reach deeper than perhaps any other experience. She believes that this imprint is…
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Mashup Score: 2How music can rescue and restore our humanity - 4 year(s) ago
Much research has shown that there is a deep connection between music and the mind. It sparks memory, invokes empathy, and allows for emotional release. Musical Visionary Beatie Wolfe suggests that it goes even a step farther. Beatie believes that music creates a profound imprint on the brain and has the ability to reach deeper than perhaps any other experience. She believes that this imprint is…
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Mashup Score: 1What's next for healthcare reform - 4 year(s) ago
Health Systems Architect Jonathan Gruber provides a detailed and emotional perspective evaluating the implications of health insurance on economic mobility and preventative care. As the premier architect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, he offers a detailed account of risk, cost, and economic efficiency in our approach to health insurance. In his TEDMED Talk, Jonathan highlights…
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Mashup Score: 1A simple, powerful way to help prevent teen suicide - 4 year(s) ago
Today, teen suicide is an overwhelming problem in the US, with rates continuing to climb each year. Yet, Youth Suicide Interventionist Cheryl King shares that there’s hope – we can solve this problem. Alongside existing medications and psychotherapies used to treat depression, Cheryl has built a community-based intervention called “Youth-Nominated Support Team” or “YST”. Using a model of…
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Mashup Score: 1Why every story is a brain story - 4 year(s) ago
In this powerful TEDMED 2020 Talk, Neurolaw Rebel Francis X. Shen makes a compelling case for merging the field of neuroscience with the legal system to move our society constantly closer to the truth. Neuroscience aids the informed decision making of attorneys and judges to use brain evidence for more effective criminal sentences, helps us protect individuals with cognitive disabilities from…
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Neuroscience could give law new insights into human decision-making and behavior, and crucially, it might provide new evidence that can be used to prove or disprove legal claims.” See how neuroscience informs law in Francis Shen's #TEDMED Talk. https://t.co/lNoVU4cqKf @mghclbb https://t.co/woL1B8MUQ6
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Mashup Score: 5Nature, folklore and serendipitous photo collaborations - 4 year(s) ago
Our connection to nature – and to the world around us – is difficult to measure. Yet, it is being documented in marvelous ways by Nordic Nature Artists Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen. Long time collaborators, Karoline and Riitta use their art to capture narratives around how humans participate in and communicate with their surroundings. Traveling the globe, they meet local collaborators and…
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Mashup Score: 9How the US medical community fails Black mothers - 4 year(s) ago
Maternal Care Reformer Wanda Irving had her life turned upside down when she lost her only daughter, Shalon Irving, at the hands of “the covert bias of her medical provider.” As Wanda explains, “that very bias, fueled by structural racism, is the root cause of disparities in health care. That very bias impacted Shalon’s outcome, and caused her to be included in the maternal mortality statistics…
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#TEDMED 2020 Speaker Wanda Irving took the stage to advocate for maternal health standards for all women and especially women of color. Watch her TEDMED Talk "How the US medical community fails Black mothers". https://t.co/FjZUwwiCpk #maternalhealth #inequity #blacklivesmatter https://t.co/oLkCGd1o0l
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Mashup Score: 1The power of CRISPR Cas9 comes with great responsibility - 4 year(s) ago
Spiderman and CRISPR-Taming Chemist Amit Choudhary both tell us that “with great power comes great responsibility”. In Amit’s case, he speaks of power and responsibility with CRISPR gene editing technology. Today, the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 serves as a “genetic ‘find and replace’ function,” that allows one to search and cut a DNA sequence at its precise location. Yet, this powerful tool…
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AI Health Pioneer Suchi Saria (@suchisaria) tells us that data is all around us and together with machine learning, we can save more lives. In her powerful #TEDMED 2020 Talk, Suchi takes us on a journey of perseverance and ingenuity. https://t.co/eZYXx1zZZh https://t.co/7MEId7ldCV