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We often define ourselves by things that are “outside” us: relationships, work, family — even our own bodies. But what would it mean to ha

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-our-… Human bodies aren’t built for extreme aging: our capacity is set at about 90 years. But

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-obe… Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of di

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-scar… It’s hard to escape childhood without racking up a few scars. Why do these leftover rem

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-carb… The things we eat and drink on a daily basis can impact our health in big ways. Too man

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/earworms-th… Have you ever been waiting in line at the grocery store, innocently perusing the magazi

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-would-… In the United States, it’s estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adoles

Thomas R. lnsel, M.D. is director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) charged

Robert H. Lustig is an American pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where he is a Professor of Clinical Pe

Our guts are packed with tiny bacteria–some that help and some that harm. The “bad bugs” that cause diarrheal infections kill millio

The fifth annual TEDxToronto conference took place on September 26, 2013 at The Royal Conservatory of Music. For our 2013 TEDxToronto Conference, all

Michelle Barnes explains how diagnosing her unsolved illness created new opportunities in the global health research response to the current Ebola and

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-wome… A handful of species on Earth share a seemingly mysterious trait: a menstrual cycle. We

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-your… After drinking a few glasses of water on a hot day, you might be struck with a sudden &

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-dep… Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world; in the United States, close

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