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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

Nithya Ramanathan

The problem of vaccine spoilage -- and a smart sensor to help

How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century

Kaitlyn Sadtler and Elizabeth Wayne

How the COVID-19 vaccines were created so quickly

Kathryn A. Whitehead

The tiny balls of fat that could revolutionize medicine

Christopher E. Gaw

What causes seizures, and how can we treat them?

The life-saving tech helping mothers make healthy decisions

Susan M. Reverby

Ugly History: The US syphilis experiment

Electronic pills that could transform how we treat disease

How COVID-19 transformed the future of medicine

Jacques S. Abramowicz

How does ultrasound work?

Neil R. Jeyasingam

How do antidepressants work?

My mother's final wish -- and the right to die with dignity

Melanie E. Peffer

The artist who won a Nobel Prize... in medicine

Eve Gaus and Vanessa Ruiz

Why is pneumonia so dangerous?

How COVID-19 human challenge trials work -- and why I volunteered

Johanna Benesty

What it takes to crush a pandemic

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Exclusive articles about Medicine

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

9 eye-opening facts about antibiotic resistance — and 1 hopeful approach to overcoming it

Imagine, for a moment, living in a world where getting a cut could be life-threatening. That’s exactly what would happen if our antibiotics lose their ability to treat bacterial infections. Learn more about antibiotic resistance in bacteria and what Jim Collins and his team at MIT are doing to identify effective new drugs.

Posted Jul 2020

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