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Disease

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Disease.

Video playlists about Disease

The fabulous life of germs

Germs -- they get around. Learn what their travels and overall existence can teach us about not just ourselves, but the past, present and future of humanity.

Survivor’s wisdom

Powerful, perspective-shifting talks on what it means to live courageously.

11 ideas for ending HIV/AIDS

These powerful talks offer ideas for rethinking—and hopefully stopping—the spread of HIV and AIDS.

The link between health and racism

Learn about the detrimental (and even deadly) impact racism has on our minds and bodies — and what society can do to heal and support the wellbeing of all.

Talks about Disease

Joy Milne

The nurse who can smell Parkinson’s

Christine Johnston

What causes herpes, and how can you treat it?

David Fajgenbaum and Celina de Sola

How do you turn hope into action? A doctor and a public health expert answer

Emma Bryce

Is it really that bad to eat cookie dough?

Robert C. Green

The life-saving secrets in your baby's DNA

Beck Brachman

The incredible secrets hidden in your immune system

David Fajgenbaum

How nearly dying helped me discover my own cure (and many more)

Eric Nguyen

How AI could generate new life-forms

Cindy Kam

How disgust drives your politics

Angus Hervey

Break the bad news bubble (Part 2)

Dan Kwartler

The real reason polio is so dangerous

Giorgia Lupi

What long COVID taught me about life (and data)

Erika Moore

Why do some bodies respond differently to disease?

TED-Ed

What’s the best way to treat the common cold?

Glen J. Golden

Can dogs detect the next pandemic before it begins?

David R. Flum

What does appendix pain feel like?

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Exclusive articles about Disease

The most critical factor in medicine? Human bias

Oncologist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Siddhartha Mukherjee explains why doctors aren't so much looking for disease as bias in their work.

Posted Oct 2015

3 articles on the danger of Ebola paranoia

It’s Halloween — and the only thing scarier than Ebola this week is Ebola paranoia. Should you panic in bowling alleys? How justified is your fear of hospitals? Are mandatory quarantines even legal in the U.S., anyway? 3 ideas behind the news.

Posted Oct 2014

What can we learn from how animals cope?

Author of the book Animal Madness, TED Fellow Laurel Braitman shares 5 ways in which animals and humans suffer from similar mental illnesses. Anthropomorphism run amok? You decide.

Posted Jun 2014

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