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
- 2024-04-23 12:44
- last episode published
- 2024-04-23 04:00
- publication frequency
- 11.46 days
- Contributors
- TED Conferences LLC
- Owner
- TEDTalks
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 379
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Science & Medicine Health & Fitness
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-04-23 | Since humanity’s earliest days, we’ve been plagued by countless disease-causing pathogens. Invisible and persistent, these microorganisms and the illnesses they incur have killed more humans than anything else in history. But which disease has been the... |
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| 2024-04-16 | Having your period is exhausting — and for many people across the world, menstruation is even more challenging because of stigmas and difficulty getting basic hygiene supplies, says social activist Ananya Grover. In this uplifting, actionable talk, she... |
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| 2024-04-09 |
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. Learn more about how this ongoing clinical medical... |
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| 2024-04-02 | Have we misunderstood pain? This week we’re revisiting a talk by researcher and physician Amy Baxter as she unravels the symphony of connections that send pain from your body to your brain, explaining practical neuroscience hacks to quickly block those... |
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| 2024-03-26 | Have we lost the practical wisdom of what happens as people die? With lessons from a career witnessing thousands of people's final breaths, palliative care expert Kathryn Mannix urges us to demystify the experience of death, sharing how a better unders... |
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| 2024-03-19 |
Is alternative meat the recipe for a healthier planet? | Tao Zhang A Chinese saying goes, "There's no pleasure in eating without meat." And the data backs that up: every year, China consumes 26 percent of the world's meat and 45 percent of its seafood — numbers that could grow alongside rising incomes. Impact investor... |
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| 2024-03-12 |
What happens when we deny people abortions? | Diana Greene Foster How does getting an abortion — or not — influence a woman's life? Demographer Diana Greene Foster puts forward the results of The Turnaway Study, her landmark work following nearly 1,000 women through abortion or childbirth, presenting definitive data ... |
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| 2024-03-05 |
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. I... |
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| 2024-02-27 | Are you actually bored, or is something else going on? Educator Kevin H. Gary shares three practical takeaways to deal with the doldrums, so you can take control of your attention, figure out which feelings to trust and name the real problem. After the... |
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| 2024-02-20 | Racism makes our economy worse — and not just in ways that harm people of color, says public policy expert Heather C. McGhee. From her research and travels across the US, McGhee shares startling insights into how racism fuels bad policymaking and drain... |
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