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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

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?

Louise Thwaites

Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail?

Krishna Sudhir

Why is Alzheimer’s disease so difficult to treat?

Hyunsoo Joshua No and Trudy Wu

How do doctors determine what stage of cancer you have?

Sonia Vallabh

My quest to cure prion disease — before it's too late

The Audacious Project

Audacious Dreams: Celebrating the first class of Audacious Projects

Neil Vora

How to stop the next pandemic? Stop deforestation

Dan Kwartler

The diseases that changed humanity forever

Maria Elena De Obaldia

Do mosquitos actually bite some people more than others?

George Zaidan

4 epidemics that almost happened (but didn't)

Joy Milne

Diagnosing the scent of Parkinson's Disease

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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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