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Health care

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

Video playlists about Health care

What doctors worry about

14 talks • 3h 51m

We worry about what our doctors will tell us -- and so do they. Doctors, scientists and medical researchers weigh in on health care and better health practices.

The future of medicine

12 talks • 2h 40m

Take this tour of medicine's future with some of the trailblazing doctors charting its course. Once you've seen a transplantable human kidney created from a 3D printer, almost anything is imaginable ...

7 talks with insights on breast cancer

7 talks • 1h 56m

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Listen as cancer researchers, doctors, technologists and, oh, a dancer, share their perspectives — and learnings — on this disease.

Take charge of your health care

10 talks • 2h 18m

You may be the patient. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be an active participant in getting the best possible care.

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Talks about Health care

Michael Murphy

Architecture that's built to heal

Posted Sep 2016

Timothy Ihrig

What we can do to die well

Posted Aug 2016

Keolu Fox

Why genetic research must be more diverse

Posted Jun 2016

Sue Desmond-Hellmann

A smarter, more precise way to think about public health

Posted May 2016

Joseph Ravenell

How barbershops can keep men healthy

Posted May 2016

Laura Indolfi

Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer

Posted May 2016

Sangeeta Bhatia

This tiny particle could roam your body to find tumors

Posted May 2016

Haley Van Dyck

How a start-up in the White House is changing business as usual

Posted Apr 2016

Russ Altman

What really happens when you mix medications?

Posted Mar 2016

Mary Bassett

Why your doctor should care about social justice

Posted Feb 2016

Dorothy Roberts

The problem with race-based medicine

Posted Feb 2016

Tania Simoncelli

Should you be able to patent a human gene?

Posted Jan 2016

Jessica Shortall

The US needs paid family leave — for the sake of its future

Posted Dec 2015

Alyson McGregor

Why medicine often has dangerous side effects for women

Posted Oct 2015

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Soon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill

Posted Oct 2015

Martin Pistorius

How my mind came back to life — and no one knew

Posted Oct 2015

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Exclusive articles about Health care

How to help your doctor give you better care

As a doctor in South Central Los Angeles, I’ve come to realize: my job isn’t just about treating a patient’s symptoms, but about getting to the root cause of what is making them...