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TED Radio Hour: Rethinking Medicine

When it comes to medicine, one rule of thinking has generally prevailed: Have disease, take pill,...
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12.11 18 Jan 2018


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TED Radio Hour: Rethinking Medicine

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12.11 18 Jan 2018


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When it comes to medicine, one rule of thinking has generally prevailed: Have disease, take pill, kill something. But physician Siddhartha Mukherjee  says treatment should take a broader approach.

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Surgeon Atul Gawande. says doctors used to know and do everything themselves -- like craftsmen, or cowboys. But those days are over. He argues for creating systems where clinicians all work together.

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Neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch and her colleague were studying brain samples of head trauma patients when they made an amazing discovery -- brain cells with the ability to generate new cells.

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Many black men trust their barber more than their primary care doctor, if they even have one. Physician Joseph Ravenell wants to turn barbershops into a place where men can access basic health care.

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