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TEDMED 2020
Leor Weinberger
Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread?
Louise Aronson
Embracing elderhood as a stage of life
Yasmin Hurd
Could CBD help opioid users overcome addiction?
Cheryl King
A simple, powerful way to help prevent teen suicide
Michel Maharbiz
Using neural dust to eavesdrop on our organs
Anne Basting
How to meaningfully reconnect with those who have dementia
Lisa Sanders
Why we need medical diagnosis detectives
Thomas Abt
Why violence clusters in cities - and how to reduce it
Cheryl Holder
The link between climate change, health and poverty
Heidi Larson
Rumors, trust, and vaccines
Joseph Shin
How doctors can help fix the broken US asylum system
Peter Piot
Q&A with Peter Piot about COVID-19
April Zeoli
The frightening frequency of family mass shootings
TEDMED 2018
Rabiaa El Garani
Hope and justice for women who've survived ISIS
Sherry Johnson
My fight to end child marriage in America
Carl June
A “living drug” that could change the way we treat cancer
Christine Nieves
Why community is our best chance for survival—a lesson post-Hurricane Maria
Niobe Way
Why "boys will be boys" is a myth—and a harmful one at that
Adam Waytz
Why do whistleblowers risk speaking out?
Marilène Oliver
The art and science of our digital selves
Jason Shepherd
How an ancient virus spread the ability to remember
Sarkis Mazmanian
Why science says to listen to your gut
Kate Bowler
"Everything happens for a reason" — and other lies I've loved
Mathias Basner
Why noise is bad for your health — and what you can do about it
Denisse Rojas Marquez
No longer afraid: an undocumented immigrant's experience in American health care
sj Miller
Why gender identity justice matters for everyone
TEDMED 2017: Limitless
Mary Herbert
A groundbreaking way to stop mitochondrial disease
Amitabh Chandra
What is a fair price for a lifesaving cure?
Keenan Wyrobek
Engineering a new mission for drones
Sian Leah Beilock
Why we choke under pressure—and how to avoid it
Amber Galloway Gallego
How sign language can bring music to life
Shai Shen-Orr
Hey Doc, how's my immune system doing?
John Amory
How a male contraceptive pill could work
Soka Moses
For survivors of Ebola, the crisis isn't over
Mark Tyndall
The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment
Sandy Hassink
The community’s role in the childhood obesity epidemic
Camila Ventura
Caregiving at the epicenter of the Zika epidemic
Alta Charo
Should we fear gene editing?
Bill Frist
Delivering peace through global health policy
TEDMED 2016: What If
Sharon Terry
Science didn't understand my kids' rare disease until I decided to study it
Emtithal "Emi" Mahmoud
A young poet tells the story of Darfur
Ketki Karanam
Personalizing the therapeutic effects of music
Cheryl Steed
A transformative program for inmates with dementia
Gunhild Stordalen
A recipe for a healthier planet
Mona Hanna-Attisha
Flint’s fight for America’s children
Partho Sengupta
Using holography to reshape cardiology
David R. Williams
How racism makes us sick
Carolyn Jones
100 People: A World Portrait
Sarah Outen
Looping the planet by pedal, paddle, and perseverance
Lloyd Pendleton
The Housing First approach to homelessness
Kristin Neidlinger
How intelligent garments can help us show more emotion
Charles Chiu
Combating infectious diseases with next-generation sequencing
TEDMED 2015: Breaking Through
Vivienne Ming
The Paradox of Incentive Insensitivity
Shobhita Soor
Making insect farm-to-table dining trendy
Sam Vaughn
Ending violence with an empowering antidote
Melissa Walker
Unmasking the invisible wounds of war
Peter Janicki
Turning waste to wealth
Elizabeth Iorns
Prioritizing reproducibility for scientific advancement
Robert Wachter
The dangers of a digital diagnosis
Pamela Wible
Why doctors kill themselves
Dorothy Roberts
The problem with race-based medicine
Doug Rauch
A dignified solution for wasted food
Suzie Brown
A concert of melody and medicine
Christine McNab
Capturing the art of saving a life
Roberta Ness
Reinventing our scientific future
TEDMED 2014: Unlocking Imagination
Gary Conkright
This just in: Your personalized health forecast
Gail Reed
Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba.
Heather Raffo
The liberty in loving like you cannot breathe
Sophie de Oliveira Barata
Expressing identity with aesthetic prosthetics
Stephen Goldner
Taking the "search" out of clinical research
Ramanan Laxminarayan
The coming crisis in antibiotics
Kayt Sukel
Eliminating penalties for playing out of bounds
Gypsy Sound Revolution
A tantalizing blend of global sounds
Zachary Copfer
Portraits in a petri dish
John Cryan
Food for thought: How gut microbes change your mind
Kitra Cahana
My father, locked in his body but soaring free
Sonia Shah
How unhealthy paradigms become contagious
Brian Primack
Staying healthy might be all fun and games
TEDMED 2013: Unexpected Connections
Deborah Estrin
What happens when each patient becomes their own "universe" of unique medical data?
Peter Attia
Is the "obesity crisis" just a disguise for a deeper problem?
Larry Brilliant
Ending Pandemics: How close are we today?
Peter Aguero and Sara Peters
If there is no cure, can we opt for a rescue?
Harvey Fineberg
What is the U.S. health disadvantage?
Mike Pazin
Can an “orchestra” of scientists find the hidden music in your DNA?
Jonathan Bush
For Profit & Non-Profits: Can this marriage be saved?
Andrew Solomon
How does an illness become an identity?
Mariano Vazquez
How do I compute the body electric?
Mick Cornett
When is a Lose-Lose a Win-Win?
H. Shaw Warren
Why do we use mice to study human diseases?
Jay Walker
The evolution of humanity's understanding of life and death
Sally Okun
Does anyone in healthcare want to be understood?
TEDMED 2012: The Future of Health and Medicine
Atul Butte
What if you outsource three double-blind mice?
Otis Brawley
War on cancer, year 40: who’s winning?
Virginia Breen and Elizabeth Bonker
When you finally find your voice, what do you most want to say?
Jonathan Glass and Nick Boulis
How do you calculate risk in treating an “incurable” disease?
Peggy Hamburg and Larry Brilliant
What would you decide if 311 million lives depended on it?
John Hoffman and Judith Salerno
Why can't America "weight" any longer?
Franziska Michor
When does 2+2 = life?
Mark Hyman
If we can’t cure the patient, can the community do it?
Joel Salatin
Can real food from real farms lead to real health?
Jay Lombard
What's the new map for mental illness?
Teresa Monachino
If healthcare is really sick care, do I need a "sicktionary"?
E.O. Wilson
Was Einstein right about imagination?
Ali Ansary
So technology is a crutch…you got a problem with that?
TEDMED 2011: Connect. Understand. Inspire.
Yoav Medan
Is it still surgery if you don't cut anything?
Sekou Andrews and Steve Connell
Can genetics be poetic?
Eythor Bender
What’s a good second step?
Charles Limb
What if we couldn’t hear music?
Aneesh Chopra and Farzad Mostashari
What happens if government shares health data openly?
Alexander Tsiaras
How can you visualize your way to better health?
Barton Kamen
What happens when doctors become patients?
Catherine Mohr
What is the future of intervention?
Juan Enriquez
What is medicine’s missing measurement?
Nate Ball
Got a good beat?
Calvin Harley and Elissa Epel
What do telomeres tell you about longevity?
Bill Doyle
How many engineers does it take to fight cancer?
Michael Rosenblatt
How can we help the developing world get healthier?
TEDMED 2010
Rudolph Tanzi and Henry Mccance
How can silicon valley cure Alzheimer's disease?
Nathan Wolfe
How do you track a virus?
Dean Ornish and Deepak Chopra
Can you, yourself, change your genes?
Harold Schmitz
What does pet food have to do with human health?
Alex Berenstein
What can a radish irrigation field teach us about surgery?
Mark Hyman
When is a hacksaw a necessary medical device?
Clifton Leaf
How do we change the war on cancer?
Stephen Oesterle
Are we ready for 'wafer-sized' implantable medical devices?
Jay Walker
Imagination Talks: The First Medical Book
A.J. Jacobs
What's in a year of living healthy?
Peter Daszak
What diseases come from animals?
Hugh Herr
Can bionics make humans stronger, faster and more agile?
Frances Jensen
What are we learning about epiliepsy in children?
TEDMED 2009
Eric Topol
How do genetics and wireless medicine prevent disease?
Aubrey de Grey
Can we end aging?
Sanjay Gupta
Can media deliver accurate & trusted medical information?
David Blaine
Why will I talk for only 17min 4.4 seconds?
Aimee Mullins
How tall do I want to be today?
Jamie Heywood
What does open research and medicine look like?
Colin Angle
Will a robot care for my mom?
Deepak Chopra
Can you, yourself, change your genes?
Dean Kamen
Can a prosthesis be better than the real thing?
Philip Low
Can sleep shed light on the brain's dark matter?
Craig Venter
What could we do with synthetic life?
Anthony Atala
Can we grow organs instead of transplanting them?
Goldie Hawn
Does positive imagery make you healthy and happy?
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