Little girls grow up hearing both implicit and explicit messages suggesting that the most important attribute they can strive for is beauty. A media c
Read moreDr. Jessica E. Huber is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department and a Certified Speech-La
Read moreDara has been teaching yoga and wellness in Columbia since 1999. In May 2013, she brought the first of its kind adaptive yoga class to the Midlands fo
Read moreThomas R. lnsel, M.D. is director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) charged
Read moreMichelle Barnes explains how diagnosing her unsolved illness created new opportunities in the global health research response to the current Ebola and
Read moreView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-your-… Imagine the brain could reboot, updating its damaged cells with new, improved units. Th
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Read moreGary Edwards is friends with 82 clowns. He founded Zdravotní klaun (Health Clown) in the Czech Republic in 2001 and for several years funded it with h
Read moreView 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
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Read moreDr. Williams’ Talk will explore how each of us can begin to collect data about ourselves that can provide insight into our personal health. Abou
Read moreView 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
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Read moreAccording to a former Tokyo English Life Line colleague, Kathleen Pike has the “sigh factor” when she walks in, people sigh in admiration.
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Read moreCharles Czeisler explains why we’re sleeping less than we did a generation ago, and the damaging effects it’s having on our health, from i
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