TEDTalks Health
- Website
- https://www.ted.com/themes/itunes_podcasts_health.html
- Description
- 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.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-01-21 23:23
- last episode published
- 2025-01-21 05:00
- publication frequency
- 10.91 days
- Contributors
- TED Conferences LLC
- Owner
- TEDTalks
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 423
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Science & Medicine Health & Fitness
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2025-01-21 |
Do you really need 8 hours of sleep? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter We all know a good night’s sleep is essential, but for many people, sleeping well (or falling asleep at all) can be difficult and even stressful – and there’s no shortage of tales about what prevents people from catching their ZZZs. In this episode of ... |
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| 2025-01-14 |
Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? | Louise Thwaites In the 5th century, a shipmaster was suffering from a nasty infection that caused his jaws to press together, his teeth to lock up, and the muscles in his neck and spine to spasm. Today we know this account to be one of the first recorded cases of teta... |
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| 2025-01-07 |
Can dogs detect the next pandemic before it begins? | Glen J. Golden What if animals like dogs, ferrets, mice and raccoons could help sniff out the next pandemic? Exploring the science of smell, neurobiologist Glen J. Golden delves into the development of a "mechanical nose" that could detect diseases by identifying spe... |
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| 2024-12-31 |
My mission to change the narrative of mental health | Glenn Close Legendary actor and mental health advocate Glenn Close is on a quest to change how we think about mental health, starting with her decision to speak out about her own family's struggles — a brave choice considering the stigma that pervades the topic. T... |
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| 2024-12-24 |
The TED AI Show: AI therapy is here. What does it mean for you? We may think the complexities of the human mind can only be understood by other humans. Yet research on chatbots and psychology suggests non-human bots can actually help improve mental health. In this episode of The TED AI show, another podcast from th... |
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| 2024-12-17 |
Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer Could the next wonder drug be somewhere in Canada's snowy north? This week, we’re revisiting a talk that takes us to a breathtakingly frigid landscape, where chemist Normand Voyer uncovers the mysterious molecular treasures hidden within plants that th... |
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| 2024-12-10 | TED Health's very own Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider has a new podcast Before We Go. You heard the first episode earlier this year so we wanted to share the second episode in the series -- if you'd like more from Before We Go, check it out wherever you are l... |
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| 2024-12-05 |
A Healthier You: How to achieve fulfillment -- not just success Join Shoshana in this live taping at TEDNext 2024 for a perspective-shifting conversation on achievement with ethicist, author, and rabbi Ira Bedzow. Shoshana and Ira challenge the way today’s culture and individuals look at success, exploring life’s d... |
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| 2024-12-03 |
Do gut microbes control your personality? | Kathleen McAuliffe Biologist Kathleen McAuliffe dives into emerging research that explores how certain gut bacteria can influence major parts of who you are, from your personality to life-changing neurological disorders. This week we're revisiting a talk that invites you... |
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| 2024-11-28 | Welcome back to our "A Healthier You" series, where TED Health host Shoshana Ungerleider guides you on a journey to your healthiest self. Join her and healthcare experts as they uncover insights that could revolutionize your understanding of health – f... |
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