TEDTalks Health

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From way-new medical breakthroughs to smart daily health habits, doctors and researchers share their discoveries about medicine and well-being onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.

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How the gut microbes you're...

12.16.2019

Your lifelong health may have been decided the day you were born, says microbiome researcher Henna-Maria Uusitupa. In this fascinating talk, she shows how the gut microbes you acquire during birth and as an infant impact your health into adulthood ...

TEDTalks Health episodes:

12.16.2019 How the gut microbes you're born with affect your lifelong health \| Henna-Maria Uusitupa Your lifelong health may have been decided the day you were born, says microbiome researcher Henna-Maria Uusitupa. In this fascinating talk, she shows how the gut microbes you acquire during birth and as an infant impact your health into adulthood ...
11.19.2019 Why it's so hard to make healthy decisions \| David Asch Why do we make poor decisions that we know are bad for our health? In this frank, funny talk, behavioral economist and health policy expert David Asch explains why our behavior is often irrational -- in highly predictable ways -- ...
10.31.2019 What vaccinating vampire bats can teach us about pandemics \| Daniel Streicker Could we anticipate the next big disease outbreak, stopping a virus like Ebola before it ever strikes? In this talk about frontline scientific research, ecologist Daniel Streicker takes us to the Amazon rainforest in Peru where he tracks the movement ...
10.29.2019 The medical potential of AI and metabolites \| Leila Pirhaji Many diseases are driven by metabolites -- small molecules in your body like fat, glucose and cholesterol -- but we don't know exactly what they are or how they work. Biotech entrepreneur and TED Fellow Leila Pirhaji shares her plan ...
10.21.2019 How we're using dogs to sniff out malaria \| James Logan What if we could diagnose some of the world's deadliest diseases by the smells our bodies give off? In a fascinating talk and live demo, biologist James Logan introduces Freya, a malaria-sniffing dog, to show how we can harness the ...
10.18.2019 How nanoparticles could change the way we treat cancer \| Joy Wolfram Ninety-nine percent of cancer drugs never make it to tumors, getting washed out of the body before they have time to do their job. How can we better deliver life-saving drugs? Cancer researcher Joy Wolfram shares cutting-edge medical research into ...
10.02.2019 What the US health care system assumes about you \| Mitchell Katz The US health care system assumes many things about patients: that they can take off from work in the middle of the day, speak English, have a working telephone and a steady supply of food. Because of that, it's failing ...
09.19.2019 4 questions you should always ask your doctor \| Christer Mjåset "Doctor, is this really necessary?" Backed by startling statistics about overtreatment, neurosurgeon Christer Mjåset explains the power of this and other simple questions in the context of medical treatment and surgery -- and shares how patients can better work with ...
09.18.2019 This could be why you're depressed or anxious \| Johann Hari In a moving talk, journalist Johann Hari shares fresh insights on the causes of depression and anxiety from experts around the world -- as well as some exciting emerging solutions. "If you're depressed or anxious, you're not weak and you're ...
09.10.2019 How your emotions change the shape of your heart \| Sandeep Jauhar "A record of our emotional life is written on our hearts," says cardiologist and author Sandeep Jauhar. In a stunning talk, he explores the mysterious ways our emotions impact the health of our hearts -- causing them to change shape ...
08.29.2019 How I help people understand vitiligo \| Lee Thomas TV news anchor Lee Thomas thought his career was over after he was diagnosed with vitiligo, an autoimmune disorder that left large patches of his skin without pigment and led to derision and stares. In a captivating talk, he shares ...
07.09.2019 The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy \| Rick Doblin Could psychedelics help us heal from trauma and mental illnesses? Researcher Rick Doblin has spent the past three decades investigating this question, and the results are promising. In this fascinating dive into the science of psychedelics, he explains how drugs ...
06.27.2019 You are not alone in your loneliness \| Jonny Sun Being open and vulnerable with your loneliness, sadness and fear can help you find comfort and feel less alone, says writer and artist Jonny Sun. In an honest talk filled with his signature illustrations, Sun shares how telling stories about ...
06.18.2019 How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it \| Rob Reid The world-changing promise of synthetic biology and gene editing has a dark side. In this far-seeing talk, author and entrepreneur Rob Reid reviews the risks of a world where more and more people have access to the tools and tech ...
05.15.2019 What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes \| Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin E-cigarettes and vapes have exploded in popularity in the last decade, especially among youth and young adults -- from 2011 to 2015, e-cigarette use among high school students in the US increased by 900 percent. Biobehavioral scientist Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin explains ...
05.14.2019 Could a tattoo help you stay healthy? \| Carson Bruns Can we make tattoos both beautiful and functional? Nanotechnologist Carson Bruns shares his work creating high-tech tattoos that react to their environment -- like color-changing ink that can tell you when you're getting a sunburn -- and shows exciting ways ...
05.10.2019 Sleep is your superpower \| Matt Walker Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. In this deep dive into the science of slumber, Walker shares the wonderfully good things that happen when you get sleep -- ...
05.09.2019 How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it \| Sabine Doebel You use your brain's executive function every day -- it's how you do things like pay attention, plan ahead and control impulses. Can you improve it to change for the better? With highlights from her research on child development, cognitive ...
04.25.2019 The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime \| Kim Gorgens Here's a shocking statistic: 50 to 80 percent of people in the criminal justice system in the US have had a traumatic brain injury. In the general public, that number is less than five percent. Neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens shares her ...
04.05.2019 An AI smartwatch that detects seizures \| Rosalind Picard Every year worldwide, more than 50,000 otherwise healthy people with epilepsy suddenly die -- a condition known as SUDEP. These deaths may be largely preventable, says AI researcher Rosalind Picard. Learn how Picard helped develop a cutting-edge smartwatch that can ...
03.26.2019 A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD \| Rebecca Brachman Current treatments for depression and PTSD only suppress symptoms, if they work at all. What if we could prevent these diseases from developing altogether? Neuroscientist and TED Fellow Rebecca Brachman shares the story of her team's accidental discovery of a ...
03.11.2019 The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care \| Yvonne van Amerongen How would you prefer to spend the last years of your life: in a sterile, hospital-like institution or in a village with a supermarket, pub, theater and park within easy walking distance? The answer seems obvious now, but when Yvonne ...
02.20.2019 What if all US health care costs were transparent? \| Jeanne Pinder In the US, the very same blood test can cost $19 at one clinic and $522 at another clinic just blocks away -- and nobody knows the difference until they get a bill weeks later. Journalist Jeanne Pinder says it ...
02.12.2019 How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit) \| P.J. Parmar Modern American health care is defined by its high costs, high overhead and inaccessibility -- especially for low-income patients. What if we could redesign the system to serve the poor and still have doctors make money? In an eye-opening (and ...
02.12.2019 Why noise is bad for your health -- and what you can do about it \| Mathias Basner Silence is a rare commodity these days. There's traffic, construction, air-conditioning, your neighbor's lawnmower ... and all this unwanted sound can have a surprising impact on your health, says noise researcher Mathias Basner. Discover the science behind how noise affects ...
02.07.2019 What your breath could reveal about your health \| Julian Burschka There's no better way to stop a disease than to catch and treat it early, before symptoms occur. That's the whole point of medical screening techniques like radiography, MRIs and blood tests. But there's one medium with overlooked potential for ...
01.17.2019 A life-saving device that detects silent heart attacks \| Akash Manoj You probably know the common symptoms of a heart attack: chest and arm pain, shortness of breath and fatigue. But there's another kind that's just as deadly and harder to detect because the symptoms are silent. In this quick talk, ...
01.02.2019 In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life \| Jan Rader As a fire chief and first responder, Jan Rader has spent her career saving lives. But when the opioid epidemic hit her town, she realized they needed to take a brand-new approach to life-saving. In this powerful, hopeful talk, Rader ...
10.29.2018 How isolation fuels opioid addiction \| Rachel Wurzman What do Tourette syndrome, heroin addiction and social media obsession all have in common? They converge in an area of the brain called the striatum, says neuroscientist Rachel Wurzman -- and this critical discovery could reshape our understanding of the ...
10.10.2018 What Americans agree on when it comes to health \| Rebecca Onie We may not be as deeply divided as we think -- at least when it comes to health, says Rebecca Onie. In a talk that cuts through the noise, Onie shares research that shows how, even across economic, political and ...
10.02.2018 What doctors should know about gender identity \| Kristie Overstreet Kristie Overstreet is on a mission to ensure that the transgender community gets their health care needs met. In this informative, myth-busting talk, she provides a primer for understanding gender identity and invites us to shift how we view transgender ...
09.20.2018 How we could teach our bodies to heal faster \| Kaitlyn Sadtler What if we could help our bodies heal faster and without scars, like Wolverine in X-Men? TED Fellow Kaitlyn Sadtler is working to make this dream a reality by developing new biomaterials that could change how our immune system responds ...
09.19.2018 Why the hospital of the future will be your own home \| Niels van Namen Nobody likes going to the hospital, whether it's because of the logistical challenges of getting there, the astronomical costs of procedures or the alarming risks of complications like antibiotic-resistant bacteria. But what if we could get the lifesaving care provided ...
09.13.2018 How to create a world where no one dies waiting for a transplant \| Luhan Yang For nearly half a century, scientists have been trying to create a process for transplanting animal organs into humans, a theoretical dream that could help the hundreds of thousands of people in need of a lifesaving transplant. But the risks, ...
09.10.2018 A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable \| Andrew Bastawrous In 2011, eye surgeon and TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous developed a smartphone app that brings quality eye care to remote communities, helping people avoid losing their sight to curable or preventable conditions. Along the way, he noticed a problem: strict ...
09.07.2018 A love letter to realism in a time of grief \| Simone George When faced with life's toughest circumstances, how should we respond: as an optimist, a realist or something else? In an unforgettable talk, explorer Mark Pollock and human rights lawyer Simone George explore the tension between acceptance and hope in times ...
09.05.2018 What commercialization is doing to cannabis \| Ben Cort In 2012, Colorado legalized cannabis and added to what has fast become a multibillion-dollar global industry for all things weed-related: from vape pens to brownies and beyond. But to say that we've legalized marijuana is subtly misleading -- what we've ...
08.16.2018 How cancer cells communicate -- and how we can slow them down \| Hasini Jayatilaka When cancer cells are closely packed together in a tumor, they're able to communicate with each other and coordinate their movement throughout the body. What if we could interrupt this process? In this accessible talk about cutting-edge science, Hasini Jayatilaka ...
07.26.2018 You may be accidentally investing in cigarette companies \| Bronwyn King Tobacco causes more than seven million deaths every year -- and many of us are far more complicit in the problem than we realize. In a bold talk, oncologist Dr. Bronwyn King tells the story of how she uncovered the ...
06.28.2018 The agony of opioid withdrawal -- and what doctors should tell patients about it \| Travis Rieder The United States accounts for five percent of the world's population but consumes almost 70 percent of the total global opioid supply, creating an epidemic that has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths each year. How did we get ...
06.26.2018 What if we eliminated one of the world's oldest diseases? \| Caroline Harper Thousands of years ago, ancient Nubians drew pictures on tomb walls of a terrible disease that turns the eyelids inside out and causes blindness. This disease, trachoma, is still a scourge in many parts of the world today -- but ...
06.20.2018 How we can bring mental health support to refugees \| Essam Daod The global refugee crisis is a mental health catastrophe, leaving millions in need of psychological support to overcome the traumas of dislocation and conflict. To undo the damage, child psychiatrist and TED Fellow Essam Daod has been working in camps, ...
06.05.2018 The critical role librarians play in the opioid crisis \| Chera Kowalski Public libraries have always been about more than just books -- and their mission of community support has taken on new urgency during the current opioid epidemic. After witnessing overdoses at her library in Philadelphia, Chera Kowalski learned how to ...
05.24.2018 How to start a conversation about suicide \| Jeremy Forbes Is there someone in your life dealing with anxiety, depression or thoughts of suicide -- but is too ashamed to talk about it? Jeremy Forbes saw this happening around him, and now he's on a mission to teach people how ...
04.18.2018 The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment \| Mark Tyndall Why do we still think that drug use is a law-enforcement issue? Making drugs illegal does nothing to stop people from using them, says public health expert Mark Tyndall. So, what might work? Tyndall shares community-based research that shows how ...
04.03.2018 Math can help uncover cancer's secrets \| Irina Kareva Irina Kareva translates biology into mathematics and vice versa. She writes mathematical models that describe the dynamics of cancer, with the goal of developing new drugs that target tumors. "The power and beauty of mathematical modeling lies in the fact ...
03.30.2018 Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet \| Judith Heumann Four decades ago, Judith Heumann helped to lead a groundbreaking protest called the Section 504 sit-in -- in which disabled-rights activists occupied a federal building for almost a month, demanding greater accessibility for all. In this personal, inspiring talk, Heumann ...
03.26.2018 What if we paid doctors to keep people healthy? \| Matthias Müllenbeck What if we incentivized doctors to keep us healthy instead of paying them only when we're already sick? Matthias Müllenbeck explains how this radical shift from a sick care system to a true health care system could save us from ...
03.20.2018 A rite of passage for late life \| Bob Stein We use rituals to mark the early stages of our lives, like birthdays and graduations -- but what about our later years? In this meditative talk about looking both backward and forward, Bob Stein proposes a new tradition of giving ...
03.19.2018 Can I have your brain? The quest for truth on concussions and CTE \| Chris Nowinski Something strange and deadly is happening inside the brains of top athletes -- a degenerative condition, possibly linked to concussions, that causes dementia, psychosis and far-too-early death. It's called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, and it's the medical mystery that ...

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12.16.2019 How the gut microbes you're born with affect your lifelong health \| Henna-Maria Uusitupa Your lifelong health may have been decided the day you were born, says microbiome researcher Henna-Maria Uusitupa. In this fascinating talk, she shows how the gut microbes you acquire during birth and as an infant impact your health into adulthood ...
11.19.2019 Why it's so hard to make healthy decisions \| David Asch Why do we make poor decisions that we know are bad for our health? In this frank, funny talk, behavioral economist and health policy expert David Asch explains why our behavior is often irrational -- in highly predictable ways -- ...
10.31.2019 What vaccinating vampire bats can teach us about pandemics \| Daniel Streicker Could we anticipate the next big disease outbreak, stopping a virus like Ebola before it ever strikes? In this talk about frontline scientific research, ecologist Daniel Streicker takes us to the Amazon rainforest in Peru where he tracks the movement ...
10.29.2019 The medical potential of AI and metabolites \| Leila Pirhaji Many diseases are driven by metabolites -- small molecules in your body like fat, glucose and cholesterol -- but we don't know exactly what they are or how they work. Biotech entrepreneur and TED Fellow Leila Pirhaji shares her plan ...
10.21.2019 How we're using dogs to sniff out malaria \| James Logan What if we could diagnose some of the world's deadliest diseases by the smells our bodies give off? In a fascinating talk and live demo, biologist James Logan introduces Freya, a malaria-sniffing dog, to show how we can harness the ...
10.18.2019 How nanoparticles could change the way we treat cancer \| Joy Wolfram Ninety-nine percent of cancer drugs never make it to tumors, getting washed out of the body before they have time to do their job. How can we better deliver life-saving drugs? Cancer researcher Joy Wolfram shares cutting-edge medical research into ...
10.02.2019 What the US health care system assumes about you \| Mitchell Katz The US health care system assumes many things about patients: that they can take off from work in the middle of the day, speak English, have a working telephone and a steady supply of food. Because of that, it's failing ...
09.19.2019 4 questions you should always ask your doctor \| Christer Mjåset "Doctor, is this really necessary?" Backed by startling statistics about overtreatment, neurosurgeon Christer Mjåset explains the power of this and other simple questions in the context of medical treatment and surgery -- and shares how patients can better work with ...
09.18.2019 This could be why you're depressed or anxious \| Johann Hari In a moving talk, journalist Johann Hari shares fresh insights on the causes of depression and anxiety from experts around the world -- as well as some exciting emerging solutions. "If you're depressed or anxious, you're not weak and you're ...
09.10.2019 How your emotions change the shape of your heart \| Sandeep Jauhar "A record of our emotional life is written on our hearts," says cardiologist and author Sandeep Jauhar. In a stunning talk, he explores the mysterious ways our emotions impact the health of our hearts -- causing them to change shape ...
08.29.2019 How I help people understand vitiligo \| Lee Thomas TV news anchor Lee Thomas thought his career was over after he was diagnosed with vitiligo, an autoimmune disorder that left large patches of his skin without pigment and led to derision and stares. In a captivating talk, he shares ...
07.09.2019 The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy \| Rick Doblin Could psychedelics help us heal from trauma and mental illnesses? Researcher Rick Doblin has spent the past three decades investigating this question, and the results are promising. In this fascinating dive into the science of psychedelics, he explains how drugs ...
06.27.2019 You are not alone in your loneliness \| Jonny Sun Being open and vulnerable with your loneliness, sadness and fear can help you find comfort and feel less alone, says writer and artist Jonny Sun. In an honest talk filled with his signature illustrations, Sun shares how telling stories about ...
06.18.2019 How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it \| Rob Reid The world-changing promise of synthetic biology and gene editing has a dark side. In this far-seeing talk, author and entrepreneur Rob Reid reviews the risks of a world where more and more people have access to the tools and tech ...
05.15.2019 What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes \| Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin E-cigarettes and vapes have exploded in popularity in the last decade, especially among youth and young adults -- from 2011 to 2015, e-cigarette use among high school students in the US increased by 900 percent. Biobehavioral scientist Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin explains ...
05.14.2019 Could a tattoo help you stay healthy? \| Carson Bruns Can we make tattoos both beautiful and functional? Nanotechnologist Carson Bruns shares his work creating high-tech tattoos that react to their environment -- like color-changing ink that can tell you when you're getting a sunburn -- and shows exciting ways ...
05.10.2019 Sleep is your superpower \| Matt Walker Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. In this deep dive into the science of slumber, Walker shares the wonderfully good things that happen when you get sleep -- ...
05.09.2019 How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it \| Sabine Doebel You use your brain's executive function every day -- it's how you do things like pay attention, plan ahead and control impulses. Can you improve it to change for the better? With highlights from her research on child development, cognitive ...
04.25.2019 The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime \| Kim Gorgens Here's a shocking statistic: 50 to 80 percent of people in the criminal justice system in the US have had a traumatic brain injury. In the general public, that number is less than five percent. Neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens shares her ...
04.05.2019 An AI smartwatch that detects seizures \| Rosalind Picard Every year worldwide, more than 50,000 otherwise healthy people with epilepsy suddenly die -- a condition known as SUDEP. These deaths may be largely preventable, says AI researcher Rosalind Picard. Learn how Picard helped develop a cutting-edge smartwatch that can ...
03.26.2019 A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD \| Rebecca Brachman Current treatments for depression and PTSD only suppress symptoms, if they work at all. What if we could prevent these diseases from developing altogether? Neuroscientist and TED Fellow Rebecca Brachman shares the story of her team's accidental discovery of a ...
03.11.2019 The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care \| Yvonne van Amerongen How would you prefer to spend the last years of your life: in a sterile, hospital-like institution or in a village with a supermarket, pub, theater and park within easy walking distance? The answer seems obvious now, but when Yvonne ...
02.20.2019 What if all US health care costs were transparent? \| Jeanne Pinder In the US, the very same blood test can cost $19 at one clinic and $522 at another clinic just blocks away -- and nobody knows the difference until they get a bill weeks later. Journalist Jeanne Pinder says it ...
02.12.2019 How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit) \| P.J. Parmar Modern American health care is defined by its high costs, high overhead and inaccessibility -- especially for low-income patients. What if we could redesign the system to serve the poor and still have doctors make money? In an eye-opening (and ...
02.12.2019 Why noise is bad for your health -- and what you can do about it \| Mathias Basner Silence is a rare commodity these days. There's traffic, construction, air-conditioning, your neighbor's lawnmower ... and all this unwanted sound can have a surprising impact on your health, says noise researcher Mathias Basner. Discover the science behind how noise affects ...
02.07.2019 What your breath could reveal about your health \| Julian Burschka There's no better way to stop a disease than to catch and treat it early, before symptoms occur. That's the whole point of medical screening techniques like radiography, MRIs and blood tests. But there's one medium with overlooked potential for ...
01.17.2019 A life-saving device that detects silent heart attacks \| Akash Manoj You probably know the common symptoms of a heart attack: chest and arm pain, shortness of breath and fatigue. But there's another kind that's just as deadly and harder to detect because the symptoms are silent. In this quick talk, ...
01.02.2019 In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life \| Jan Rader As a fire chief and first responder, Jan Rader has spent her career saving lives. But when the opioid epidemic hit her town, she realized they needed to take a brand-new approach to life-saving. In this powerful, hopeful talk, Rader ...
10.29.2018 How isolation fuels opioid addiction \| Rachel Wurzman What do Tourette syndrome, heroin addiction and social media obsession all have in common? They converge in an area of the brain called the striatum, says neuroscientist Rachel Wurzman -- and this critical discovery could reshape our understanding of the ...
10.10.2018 What Americans agree on when it comes to health \| Rebecca Onie We may not be as deeply divided as we think -- at least when it comes to health, says Rebecca Onie. In a talk that cuts through the noise, Onie shares research that shows how, even across economic, political and ...
10.02.2018 What doctors should know about gender identity \| Kristie Overstreet Kristie Overstreet is on a mission to ensure that the transgender community gets their health care needs met. In this informative, myth-busting talk, she provides a primer for understanding gender identity and invites us to shift how we view transgender ...
09.20.2018 How we could teach our bodies to heal faster \| Kaitlyn Sadtler What if we could help our bodies heal faster and without scars, like Wolverine in X-Men? TED Fellow Kaitlyn Sadtler is working to make this dream a reality by developing new biomaterials that could change how our immune system responds ...
09.19.2018 Why the hospital of the future will be your own home \| Niels van Namen Nobody likes going to the hospital, whether it's because of the logistical challenges of getting there, the astronomical costs of procedures or the alarming risks of complications like antibiotic-resistant bacteria. But what if we could get the lifesaving care provided ...
09.13.2018 How to create a world where no one dies waiting for a transplant \| Luhan Yang For nearly half a century, scientists have been trying to create a process for transplanting animal organs into humans, a theoretical dream that could help the hundreds of thousands of people in need of a lifesaving transplant. But the risks, ...
09.10.2018 A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable \| Andrew Bastawrous In 2011, eye surgeon and TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous developed a smartphone app that brings quality eye care to remote communities, helping people avoid losing their sight to curable or preventable conditions. Along the way, he noticed a problem: strict ...
09.07.2018 A love letter to realism in a time of grief \| Simone George When faced with life's toughest circumstances, how should we respond: as an optimist, a realist or something else? In an unforgettable talk, explorer Mark Pollock and human rights lawyer Simone George explore the tension between acceptance and hope in times ...
09.05.2018 What commercialization is doing to cannabis \| Ben Cort In 2012, Colorado legalized cannabis and added to what has fast become a multibillion-dollar global industry for all things weed-related: from vape pens to brownies and beyond. But to say that we've legalized marijuana is subtly misleading -- what we've ...
08.16.2018 How cancer cells communicate -- and how we can slow them down \| Hasini Jayatilaka When cancer cells are closely packed together in a tumor, they're able to communicate with each other and coordinate their movement throughout the body. What if we could interrupt this process? In this accessible talk about cutting-edge science, Hasini Jayatilaka ...
07.26.2018 You may be accidentally investing in cigarette companies \| Bronwyn King Tobacco causes more than seven million deaths every year -- and many of us are far more complicit in the problem than we realize. In a bold talk, oncologist Dr. Bronwyn King tells the story of how she uncovered the ...
06.28.2018 The agony of opioid withdrawal -- and what doctors should tell patients about it \| Travis Rieder The United States accounts for five percent of the world's population but consumes almost 70 percent of the total global opioid supply, creating an epidemic that has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths each year. How did we get ...
06.26.2018 What if we eliminated one of the world's oldest diseases? \| Caroline Harper Thousands of years ago, ancient Nubians drew pictures on tomb walls of a terrible disease that turns the eyelids inside out and causes blindness. This disease, trachoma, is still a scourge in many parts of the world today -- but ...
06.20.2018 How we can bring mental health support to refugees \| Essam Daod The global refugee crisis is a mental health catastrophe, leaving millions in need of psychological support to overcome the traumas of dislocation and conflict. To undo the damage, child psychiatrist and TED Fellow Essam Daod has been working in camps, ...
06.05.2018 The critical role librarians play in the opioid crisis \| Chera Kowalski Public libraries have always been about more than just books -- and their mission of community support has taken on new urgency during the current opioid epidemic. After witnessing overdoses at her library in Philadelphia, Chera Kowalski learned how to ...
05.24.2018 How to start a conversation about suicide \| Jeremy Forbes Is there someone in your life dealing with anxiety, depression or thoughts of suicide -- but is too ashamed to talk about it? Jeremy Forbes saw this happening around him, and now he's on a mission to teach people how ...
04.18.2018 The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment \| Mark Tyndall Why do we still think that drug use is a law-enforcement issue? Making drugs illegal does nothing to stop people from using them, says public health expert Mark Tyndall. So, what might work? Tyndall shares community-based research that shows how ...
04.03.2018 Math can help uncover cancer's secrets \| Irina Kareva Irina Kareva translates biology into mathematics and vice versa. She writes mathematical models that describe the dynamics of cancer, with the goal of developing new drugs that target tumors. "The power and beauty of mathematical modeling lies in the fact ...
03.30.2018 Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet \| Judith Heumann Four decades ago, Judith Heumann helped to lead a groundbreaking protest called the Section 504 sit-in -- in which disabled-rights activists occupied a federal building for almost a month, demanding greater accessibility for all. In this personal, inspiring talk, Heumann ...
03.26.2018 What if we paid doctors to keep people healthy? \| Matthias Müllenbeck What if we incentivized doctors to keep us healthy instead of paying them only when we're already sick? Matthias Müllenbeck explains how this radical shift from a sick care system to a true health care system could save us from ...
03.20.2018 A rite of passage for late life \| Bob Stein We use rituals to mark the early stages of our lives, like birthdays and graduations -- but what about our later years? In this meditative talk about looking both backward and forward, Bob Stein proposes a new tradition of giving ...
03.19.2018 Can I have your brain? The quest for truth on concussions and CTE \| Chris Nowinski Something strange and deadly is happening inside the brains of top athletes -- a degenerative condition, possibly linked to concussions, that causes dementia, psychosis and far-too-early death. It's called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, and it's the medical mystery that ...

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How the gut microbes you're born with affect your lifelong health | Henna-Maria Uusitupa

Why it's so hard to make healthy decisions | David Asch

What vaccinating vampire bats can teach us about pandemics | Daniel Streicker

The medical potential of AI and metabolites | Leila Pirhaji

How we're using dogs to sniff out malaria | James Logan

How nanoparticles could change the way we treat cancer | Joy Wolfram

What the US health care system assumes about you | Mitchell Katz

4 questions you should always ask your doctor | Christer Mjåset

This could be why you're depressed or anxious | Johann Hari

How your emotions change the shape of your heart | Sandeep Jauhar

How I help people understand vitiligo | Lee Thomas

The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy | Rick Doblin

You are not alone in your loneliness | Jonny Sun

How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it | Rob Reid

What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes | Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin

Could a tattoo help you stay healthy? | Carson Bruns

Sleep is your superpower | Matt Walker

How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it | Sabine Doebel

The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime | Kim Gorgens

An AI smartwatch that detects seizures | Rosalind Picard

A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD | Rebecca Brachman

The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care | Yvonne van Amerongen

What if all US health care costs were transparent? | Jeanne Pinder

How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit) | P.J. Parmar

Why noise is bad for your health -- and what you can do about it | Mathias Basner

What your breath could reveal about your health | Julian Burschka

A life-saving device that detects silent heart attacks | Akash Manoj

In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life | Jan Rader

How isolation fuels opioid addiction | Rachel Wurzman

What Americans agree on when it comes to health | Rebecca Onie

What doctors should know about gender identity | Kristie Overstreet

How we could teach our bodies to heal faster | Kaitlyn Sadtler

Why the hospital of the future will be your own home | Niels van Namen

How to create a world where no one dies waiting for a transplant | Luhan Yang

A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable | Andrew Bastawrous

A love letter to realism in a time of grief | Simone George

What commercialization is doing to cannabis | Ben Cort

How cancer cells communicate -- and how we can slow them down | Hasini Jayatilaka

You may be accidentally investing in cigarette companies | Bronwyn King

The agony of opioid withdrawal -- and what doctors should tell patients about it | Travis Rieder

What if we eliminated one of the world's oldest diseases? | Caroline Harper

How we can bring mental health support to refugees | Essam Daod

The critical role librarians play in the opioid crisis | Chera Kowalski

How to start a conversation about suicide | Jeremy Forbes

The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment | Mark Tyndall

Math can help uncover cancer's secrets | Irina Kareva

Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet | Judith Heumann

What if we paid doctors to keep people healthy? | Matthias Müllenbeck

A rite of passage for late life | Bob Stein

Can I have your brain? The quest for truth on concussions and CTE | Chris Nowinski

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