Robert Fischell: TED Prize wish: Finding new cures for migraine, depression, malpractice

www.ted.com Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, inventor Robert Fischell makes three wishes redesigning a portable device that treats migraines, finding new cures for clinical depression and reforming the medical malpractice system.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at www.ted.com

Medical Malpractice is an issue all doctors worry about. Yet, studies show that when a doctor is honest with the patient, the risk of getting sued is less, even when serious events occur. Unfortunately, these studies have limitations, as this case example shows in a 2 minute YouTube video.

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