Trust + Messaging in Medicine
What does it take to trust medicine? Not in theory, but in practice, where information is filtered, treatments are manufactured, and decisions are shaped long before they reach …
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How Care Travels Across Borders
This collection explores a central tension in health and medicine: how breakthroughs move from discovery to lived impact. Across these Talks, progress emerges not as a single trajectory, …
Amazing Feats of the Human Body
What are humans truly capable of when pushed to the edge of endurance, performance, and recovery? In this collection of TEDMED Talks, five speakers explore the extraordinary potential …
Reinventing Healthcare Systems
Healthcare systems don’t fail for just one reason—they evolve through economics, design, leadership, and the people willing to challenge the status quo. In this curated collection of TEDMED …
2016 Voices We’re Revisiting
This year, we’re revisiting some of TEDMED’s most unforgettable talks from 2016 – ideas that continue to resonate today. From profound reflections on life and death to innovations in health and science, these talks remind us that the most powerful ideas endure.
TEDMED’s Picks for 2026
Looking ahead to 2026, we’re highlighting TEDMED Talks selected by our Director of Scientific Content that challenge, inform, and inspire. Covering mental health, equity, innovation, and the human connections that shape well-being, these talks offer timely insights for the year ahead.
Stronger Together: Health and Justice
Health is shaped by the systems, communities, and policies around us. These TEDMED Talks explore social determinants of health and why equity matters for everyone.
Tackling Youth Anxiety
Youth anxiety, depression, and suicide rates are on the rise. How can we change this trend? Build problem solving skills. Manage stress. Connect with community. Develop friendships.
Our Climate, Our Health
When firearms are present, intimate partner violence (IPV) is dramatically more likely to end in homicide. Both extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) and domestic violence protective orders (DVPOs) …
Gun violence and what to do about it
Gun ownership continues to be a controversial subject in the United States amidst rising numbers in gun deaths. From 2019 to 2021, gun deaths among children and teens …