Thomas Goetz: It’s time to redesign medical data
www.ted.com Your medical chart it’s hard to access, impossible to read — and full of information that could make you healthier if you just knew how to use it. At TEDMED, Thomas Goetz looks at medical data, making a bold call to redesign it and get more insight from it.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at www.ted.com
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www.ted.com Danny Hills makes a case for the next frontier of cancer research proteomics, the study of proteins in the body. As Hillis explains it, genomics shows us a list of the ingredients of the body — while proteomics shows us what those ingredients produce. Understanding what’s going on in your body at the protein level may lead to a new understanding of how cancer happens.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at www.ted.com
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June 8th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
brillant!!
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June 8th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
superb. people are capable, they can be trusted to understand their data. just design it so they can read it.
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June 8th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
One word- Ayurveda. This talk becomes redundant.
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June 8th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
This is painfully basic.
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June 8th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Understanding partially is worse than not understanding at all. Because in the first case, there are actions.In the drug facts it may write, this drug prevents blood clothing. But there are hundred different mechanisms for that that only medical education can give you the total understanding.
(Sorry for my english)
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June 8th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
@richardcadbury – I wish I could click like a THOUSAND times for this comment!!!!
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June 8th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
As soon as she touched my dick, i came and started farting.
Great talk mate.
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June 8th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
I think they present data in a boring way so that you don’t read it, negative side effects and that – there are too many hypercondriacs in this world. Personally I research every drug I take, prescribed or otherwise, for two reasons: 1. It’s interesting to me. 2. I want to know what to watch for if I have a bad reaction and what action to take.
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June 8th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
the real problem is that we docs have to “document” every little trivial fact to get paid, so who has time to think or to find the real information that we need to know.
The system rewards paper work that is reviewed by the bureaucrats, but not talking to patients.
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June 8th, 2011 at 7:28 pm
@lassek85 I didn’t say that. I said – removing information from results wouldn’t be helpful – but – more understandable for casual people add-on with nice design would help for sure. But that ruins the idea of saving money.
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June 8th, 2011 at 8:15 pm
@kid29a
With what right do you say increasing the degree patients understand their illnesses wont affect the credibility they give the treatments and the effor tthey put into following those treatments? What surveys are you refering to? Or am i supposed to take your opinion as a fact?
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June 8th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
What hes dabbling about is changing the general norm, thus getting information about certain values out to the population becomes important. Simplicity has a big role, so does credibility – that is why its important the patient understand what the information means, so he/she can conclude the doctor is right, affirm it as the right decision and accept that the consequences have effect.
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June 8th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
We need two channels:
One for talks like this. (TEDtalks)
Another for the glorified motivational speakers, feminism-peddlers and other bullshit merchants. (TEDnonsense)
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June 8th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Jake Shimabukuro plays “Bohemian Rhapsody” and this new video are now in my top favorites !
love is guys
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June 8th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
there are way to many morons in charge of the world. we need more guys like this in charge that actualy think about things
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June 8th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
Lol at the title! I’d love to redesign my medical data especially my cholesterol level and blood pressure. More seriously – dumbing down data _representation_ would not help at all. These colourful fancy and descriptive sheets would be a nice and helpful_add-ons_ to results.
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June 9th, 2011 at 12:21 am
@citizenkahn1
Also it seems to me unfair that designers or architects are obligated to expain their concepts.
Where’s health is much bigger issue than a poor design.
Also this “explanatory issue” could create new workplaces as well.
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June 9th, 2011 at 12:26 am
@SEThatered Agreed. How many other forms or web pages offer data without fore thought. From bug reports to credit card bills the method of presentation has major impacts on how people react.
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June 9th, 2011 at 1:03 am
@XxDollarBill Exactly
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June 9th, 2011 at 1:40 am
@bersaba Blood tests cost at least tens of dollars. Printing an additional summary page in colour costs a few cents at most.
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June 9th, 2011 at 2:34 am
How much money will that colour printing cost, given how many blood tests are done in a hospital?
Also, sometimes we need the “normal” values, and not summarised. Sometimes we need all the values as a baseline.
I like what this guy’s idea is, but needs to make sure all the information is still there.
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June 9th, 2011 at 2:40 am
@S3R14LX
Only problem is sometimes a “little bit” of information is a bad thing. I’m a nurse, and work mostly in mental health, but when I’ve done some work in general, one of the things that annoys me the most is “self diagnosis” that people do. They jump on the internet and punch in a google search, and then come in thinking they have X Y Z.
I agree in principal with what your saying, but needs to be handled with care.
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June 9th, 2011 at 3:15 am
@SEThatered They don’t want us to understand
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June 9th, 2011 at 4:00 am
I love dentistry :3
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June 9th, 2011 at 4:18 am
Man you just cant change people that cant change
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June 9th, 2011 at 4:59 am
@dalyom37 funny how you presume to know more about the causes of cancer than this professor at USC (among other credentials and accolades), I think you’re oversimplifying his idea to bolster your argument which is a very stubborn point of view and method of approaching cancer.
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June 9th, 2011 at 5:41 am
@ dalyom37: it’s not a stretch. This isn’t actally “new;” it’s the direction things are already going. Thanks for your insight. With folks like you, we’ll never learn to survive cancer. As for “many cancers” being the result of translocations of genes: I believe that only CML has been shown as such; there’s a translocation at 9:22. Can you name others? Or are you assuming? Possibly exaggerating? I further disagree that you must know the “source if you are to find a cure.” Not so.
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June 9th, 2011 at 6:35 am
@notreveh thats because there is many many youtube like sites. In my country (7000 000 ppl)we have our vesion of youtuve and that clip have 40 000 views. So – youtube #####
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June 9th, 2011 at 7:05 am
@NikeshalovesCasey Some would say the largest part. Then come social activity and physical activity. But this isn’t western medicine’s model, which is why so many people die from degenerative diseases.
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June 9th, 2011 at 7:09 am
I don’t get it. One’s body isn’t out of whack because it’s deficient in chemotherapy drugs or radiation, it’s out of whack because of the shitty diet full of sugar that almost everyone eats nowadays.
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June 9th, 2011 at 7:24 am
I was watching this video thinking “Where the hell do I know this guy from?” Then it suddenly hit me! This guy was friends with Richard Feynman. Watch the video “No Ordinary Genuis” on Youtube–a documentary about Feynman, and Daniel Hillis does an interview.
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June 9th, 2011 at 7:42 am
what role does nutrition play in the body healing its self of cancer?
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June 9th, 2011 at 8:33 am
@dalyom37 ad hominem attacks – a sure sign that the person has not looked into the issue and is simply fighting
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June 9th, 2011 at 8:48 am
Pattie maes and several of her staff were killed in feb 2010 by military personnel tracking her for the electronic harassment of usa citizens when she was caught doing an unauthorized scalar hypnotic session on a usa citizen
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June 9th, 2011 at 9:05 am
@notreveh well, “proteomics” sounds complicated, hurts tiny brains… x3
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June 9th, 2011 at 9:21 am
@dalyom37 Since we know that many cancer cells shift their glucose metabolism from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis, “don’t eat that day”, which he suggests in combination with chemo and radiation therapy, is a very plausible component of a systems treatment of cancer.
Since proteins modify the proteins, your statement that “It is the gene that produces the protein” is incorrect. The gene controls the first step in producing the protein, but proteins control the later steps.
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June 9th, 2011 at 10:12 am
@Reasonabledoctor I think you are getting a bit mixed up. Genes code for amino acids which are the building blocks of proteins. Post-translational modifications can, just as the name suggests, modify the protein.
At 18.40 he mentions “Don’t eat that day” to aid your healing. I think this is “airy fairy”
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June 9th, 2011 at 10:14 am
You are incorrect in saying “It is the gene that produces the protein”, since many proteins are produced by post-translational modification by other proteins.
Which therapies does he list that sound “”airy fairy” to you? As far as I know, all of the ones that he mentions have been shown to effect the translation of genes into proteins.
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June 9th, 2011 at 10:41 am
If in fact your lifestyle has contributed to this present health condition and it’s not what you want, what do you have to loose. Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. It’s the only thing you DO have control over. I am now a retired vegan and numbers have not gone up, I believe I did this.
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June 9th, 2011 at 11:41 am
@dalyom37 So how does one identify the source if you don’t study the processes occurring between the genes? I agree that one would need to identify the source to solve the problem, but how do you find the problem?
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June 9th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
A lot of things are wrong. Instead of using money for helpful purposes they are invested into “military solutions to bring democracy and freedom”. It is harder to find the real causes and much easier and more profitable “to mop the floor”…
I bet those millions that watch sweet hermaphrodite Bieber and buy his CDs, all have come across cancer. But rather sing a stupid song, pray some superficial creatures when at least you can educate yourself.
Thanks for your work, Ted’s guests!
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June 9th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
@ThisSentenceIsFalse Good luck with your inner study. Hope it produces fruit, as well.
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June 9th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
@Ko252 Good luck on your research. Hope it produces fruit.
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June 9th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
@ThisSentenceIsFalse Cheers for our snobbishness.
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June 9th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
@Ko252 This is funny but I’ve had a change of heart. Our discussion of course will go nowhere as they always do. But I’ve been self-reflecting, and I was like, so what if I don’t like snobbishness, why do I have to point it out? Why do I care? Isn’t it snobby of me to point out the snobbiness in others? I must be really insecure to be so offended by it in the first place. Who cares if I think someone is snobby? You’re right, that doesn’t contribute anything either. Ah well, life is life.
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June 9th, 2011 at 3:04 pm
@Saerain cure for cancer ?
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June 9th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
“Danny Hills makes ”
TED, you’ve spelled his name wrong in the video description.
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June 9th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
@ThisSentenceIsFalse contribute with?
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June 9th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
@ThisSentenceIsFalse Perhaps I will be. Regardless my advertisement. Do you lecture everybody else, that might be impressed by this lecture and make a statement about it, also? Diagreements over detail that dont matter? Of course they matter. He is promoting an idea to change the way medicine understands cancer. When his argumentations, regardless of how good they might be, are incoherent with the current understanding,they doesnt seem that impressive. What does your ad hominem attack
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