You and Your Health

Recognizing the astonishing amount of misinformation that many important health decisions are based upon, Dr. Richard Besser is committed to delivering the truth. He isn't afraid to challenge the status quo or the interests within the health care industry to provide the knowledge you need to take control of your health. Richard Besser Ezekiel Emanuel

Healthcare is quickly moving today in new directions, from the expansion of healthcare access in the U.S. to the radical innovation of healthcare delivery in emerging markets. Join us for a conversation about how we will choose and receive healthcare in the future and what we might learn from the new models we're seeing emerge all around us. Speakers: Mitch Besser, Jocelyn Wyatt, Patrice Martin, and Ezekiel Emanuel

Sugar may be taking its toll on all of us in obvious – and unseen – ways. A leading physician challenges this key ingredient in the American diet. Robert H. Lustig Corby Kummer

It's been a year of galling sexist gaffes and devastating gender-based violence throughout the world, but also one where women and girls appear to be stepping into their own power in unprecedented ways. In this panel, we'll hear leading activists tell stories about some of the most outraging and outdated misogyny but also get their insights on the new solutions that are infusing the global women's movements with fresh life and enacting real costs for those who refuse to evolve. Speakers: Peggy Clark, Courtney E. Martin, and Jane Harman.

Rod Stryker is one of the world's leading yoga and meditation teachers. He has helped thousands of people from all walks of life recognize their soul's call to greatness and achieve their dreams. In this talk, Rod will outline the practical and powerful approach to embodying the highest principles of yoga without ever doing a yoga pose as well as how these ancient teachings allow us to thrive and realize a complete and balanced life. Some of the topics he will cover include: finding your soul's purpose, the keys to happiness, the spiritual principles of shaping destiny, and achieving lasting freedom, as well as how these principles intersect with the practice of meditation and deep relaxation. The lecture will conclude with a short meditation practice. Speakers: Rod Stryker

Advances in genomics, personalized medicine, and new therapeutics frame part of the picture. So do changes in health care delivery, stemming from the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), health care exchanges, and the effects of diminishing fees for service. Will we really add value at the same time as we diminish cost? Can we expect to defeat cancer? What will increasing longevity actually mean for health? Will we look to replacement organs grown from stem cells? Speakers: Richard Besser, Kenneth L. Davis

Recently, the US Preventive Services Task Force issued new recommendations for screening for breast, cervical, and prostate cancer. But is it possible that we are over tested? Are physicians now worthless? Does medical testing make us healthier? Is early detection necessarily a good thing? Speakers: Ezekiel Emanuel, Gilbert Welch, Elliott S. Fisher

Corby Kummer and Tom Frieden discuss the CDC.

Why are rapidly evolving scientific discoveries not being translated into treatments for the country's most pressing medical needs? This session will explore how new models of medical product development, regulatory science, and reimbursement can be used to achieve national priorities and why we need to advance medical innovation. Speakers: Margaret A. Hamburg, Anthony Coles, Elliot Gerson, Moncef Slaoui, Kenneth L. Davis

Leaders at one of the nation’s most prestigious cancer treatment centers are fixed on a goal, calling for significant breakthroughs for cancer in the next ten years. Speakers: Ronald A. DePinho, Ezekiel Emanuel

One out of three individuals may be affected by Alzheimer’s Disease by the age of 80. Leading research scientists have hope, however, that this most insidious illness might reverse itself. Speakers: Ezekiel Emanuel, Howard Fillit

How do we bend the cost curve and provide top health care at the same time? Speakers: Kenneth L. Davis, Peter R. Orszag, Robert Rubin, Kevin Vigilante