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    Healthcare's Compassion Crisis

    Healthcare's Compassion Crisis

    Stephen Trzeciak was at the top of his game as a research scientist until an unexpected question from his 12-year-old son transformed his life's work. "What is the most pressing problem of our time? Do we really know? And what would happen if we actually did?" In this talk, Trzeciak discusses the erosion of compassion in healthcare, and proposes a new methodology: "compassionomics."

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences and Nursing
    Keywords:
    Medical care Patient medical personnel Compassion
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    "Healthcare Anthem of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany"

    "Healthcare Anthem of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany"

    A thoughtful ode to health care, composed by Tilo Alpermann and performed on the TED@Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany stage by Lars Jönnson.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Piano music
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    What Your Breath Could Reveal about Your Health

    What Your Breath Could Reveal about Your Health

    There's no better way to stop a disease than to catch and treat it early, before symptoms occur. That's the whole point of medical screening techniques like radiography, MRIs and blood tests. But there's one medium with overlooked potential for medical analysis: your breath. Technologist Julian Burschka shares the latest in the science of breath analysis -- the screening of the volatile organic compounds in your exhaled breath -- and how it could be used as a powerful tool to detect, predict and ultimately prevent disease.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Medicine Preventive Respiration
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    How Artificial Light Affects Our Health

    How Artificial Light Affects Our Health

    In the last century, our sleep patterns have been heavily influenced by artificial light sources. (Think about your smartphone.) In this instructive talk, sleep researcher Dragana Rogulja outlines the damage this does to our health and suggests some ways to combat the problem.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences and Psychology
    Keywords:
    Sleep -- Physiological aspects Light pollution Electric lighting -- Health aspects
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    Video
     
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    How We Can Improve Maternal Healthcare -- Before, During And After Pregnancy

    How We Can Improve Maternal Healthcare -- Before, During And After Pregnancy

    Shocking, but true: the United States has the highest rate of deaths for new mothers of any developed country -- and 60 percent of them are preventable. With clarity and urgency, physician Elizabeth Howell explains the causes of maternal mortality and shares ways for hospitals and doctors to make pregnancy safer for women before, during and after childbirth.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences and Management of Health Care Services
    Keywords:
    Maternal health services
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    How Climate Change Affects Your Mental Health

    How Climate Change Affects Your Mental Health

    "For all that's ever been said about climate change, we haven't heard nearly enough about the psychological impacts of living in a warming world," says science writer Britt Wray. In this quick talk, she explores how climate change is threatening our well-being -- mental, social and spiritual -- and offers a starting point for what we can do about it.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences and Environmental Sciences
    Keywords:
    Climatic changes -- Social aspects Mental health
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    Why It's So Hard to Make Healthy Decisions

    Why It's So Hard to Make Healthy Decisions

    Why do we make poor decisions that we know are bad for our health? In this frank, funny talk, behavioral economist and health policy expert David Asch explains why our behavior is often irrational -- in highly predictable ways -- and shows how we can harness this irrationality to make better decisions and improve our health care system overall.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Health behavior Decision (Psychology)
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    Video
     
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    How The Gut Microbes You're Born with Affect Your Lifelong Health

    How The Gut Microbes You're Born with Affect Your Lifelong Health

    Your lifelong health may have been decided the day you were born, says microbiome researcher Henna-Maria Uusitupa. In this fascinating talk, she shows how the gut microbes you acquire during birth and as an infant impact your health into adulthood -- and discusses new microbiome research that could help tackle problems like obesity and diabetes.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences and Biology
    Keywords:
    Microorganisms Medical genetics
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    What Investigating Neural Pathways Can Reveal about Mental Health

    What Investigating Neural Pathways Can Reveal about Mental Health

    Neuroscientist Kay M. Tye investigates how your brain gives rise to complex emotional states like depression, anxiety or loneliness. From the cutting edge of science, she shares her latest findings -- including the development of a tool that uses light to activate specific neurons and create dramatic behavioral changes in mice. Learn how these discoveries could change the way you think about your mind -- and possibly uncover effective treatments for mental disorders.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Mental illness -- Physiological aspects
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    Why Healthy Bones Are about So Much More Than Milk

    Why Healthy Bones Are about So Much More Than Milk

    Drinking calcium-rich milk strengthens your bones -- but it's not the only thing you can do for a strong and healthy skeleton. Dr. Jen Gunter digs deep into the three layers of bone to explain why they weaken as we age and shares what you can do to maintain a healthy frame for years to come. Want to hear more from Dr. Gunter? Check out her podcast Body Stuff, from the TED Audio Collective.

    Subjects:
    Rehabilitation Sciences and Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Bones -- Physiology
    Resource Type:
    Video