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

Video playlists about Medicine

The fight against viruses

What we do (and don't) know about viruses, pandemics and the vaccines that combat them.

Curator's Picks: Top 10 TED Talks of 2017

The most notable talks of 2017, chosen by TED Curator Chris Anderson.

Jaw-dropping science breakthroughs

Revolutionary achievements, important discoveries and astounding leaps of progress that have fundamentally transformed the scientific world.

Let’s redesign the medical experience!

An exploration of what it would like if the medical industry practiced a more patient-first mentality.

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Talks about Medicine

Alexander H. Toledo

How do kidney transplants work?

Dan Kwartler

The real reason polio is so dangerous

Kiah Williams

3 reasons why medications are so expensive in the US

Joel Bervell

A medical mythbuster's mission to improve health care

Mark S. Micale

What is hysteria, and why were so many women diagnosed with it?

TED-Ed

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

David R. Flum

What does appendix pain feel like?

Louise Thwaites

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

Aviv Regev

Can AI help develop new medicines?

Hartmut Neven

Quantum computers aren't what you think — they're cooler

Benjamin Lewis

Could psychedelics help patients in therapy?

Nassim Assefi and Emily M. Godfrey

What happens in your body during a miscarriage?

Hyunsoo Joshua No and Trudy Wu

How do doctors determine what stage of cancer you have?

Alex Luebke, Vivek Kumbhari

How you could see inside your body — with a micro-robot

Max G. Levy

Can you transplant a head to another body?

Sonia Vallabh

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

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Exclusive articles about Medicine

How many steps a day do we really need to take? Here are the facts

Dr. Jen Gunter, ob/gyn, author and podcast host, looks at the belief that people need to take 10,000 steps a day -- and explains what the science says about it.

Posted May 2022

I was a healthy 38-year-old … but now I have long COVID

"I look absolutely fine, but I wake up every day in pain," says social epidemiologist Margot Gage Witvliet PhD. Here, she shares what life with long COVID has been like -- and how it can happen to anyone.

Posted Nov 2021

Looking for accurate health information online? 6 tips to find it, from a doctor

As we all know, the internet is chock full of medical nonsense, so Dr. Jen Gunter gives you six pointers to help you sort out the junk science from the truth.

Posted Sep 2021

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