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    An Unexpected Tool for Understanding Inequality: Abstract Math

    An Unexpected Tool for Understanding Inequality: Abstract Math

    How do we make sense of a world that doesn't? By looking in unexpected places, says mathematician Eugenia Cheng. She explains how applying concepts from abstract mathematics to daily life can lead us to a deeper understanding of things like the root of anger and the function of privilege. Learn more about how this surprising tool can help us to empathize with each other.

    Subjects:
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Mathematics -- Social aspects Equality
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    How Math Is Our Real Sixth Sense

    How Math Is Our Real Sixth Sense

    In this engaging talk, high school math teacher and YouTube star Eddie Woo shares his passion for mathematics, calling it an extra sense that we can all access. Using real-world examples of geometry, he encourages everyone to seek out the patterns around them for "a whole new way to see the world."

    Subjects:
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Mathematics
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    A Healthy Economy Should Be Designed To Thrive, Not Grow

    A Healthy Economy Should Be Designed To Thrive, Not Grow

    What would a sustainable, universally beneficial economy look like? "Like a doughnut," says Oxford economist Kate Raworth. In a stellar, eye-opening talk, she explains how we can move countries out of the hole -- where people are falling short on life's essentials -- and create regenerative, distributive economies that work within the planet's ecological limits.

    Subjects:
    Economics
    Keywords:
    Economic development Sustainable development
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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
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    What Americans Agree on When It Comes to Health

    What Americans Agree on When It Comes to Health

    We may not be as deeply divided as we think -- at least when it comes to health, says Rebecca Onie. In a talk that cuts through the noise, Onie shares research that shows how, even across economic, political and racial divides, Americans agree on what they need to live good lives -- and asks both health care providers and patients to focus on what makes us healthy, not what makes us angry.

    Subjects:
    Public Heath and Management of Health Care Services
    Keywords:
    Medical care Social medicine
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    How Nurses Can Help Drive Healthcare Innovation

    How Nurses Can Help Drive Healthcare Innovation

    Ever since Florence Nightingale revolutionized healthcare during the Crimean War by pointing out that infection was killing as many soldiers as bullets, nurses have pushed the envelope of medical practice. But why, asks nurse entrepreneur Rebecca Love, are they rarely involved in the design of healthcare products and workflows? In this passionate talk, she shows why the collective wisdom of nurses, the frontline of medical practice, needs to be incorporated into every stage of healthcare design.

    Subjects:
    Nursing and Management of Health Care Services
    Keywords:
    Nursing Medical instruments apparatus -- Design construction
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    A Grassroots Healthcare Revolution in Africa

    A Grassroots Healthcare Revolution in Africa

    Half the world's population doesn't have access to basic health care. The answer to bridging this divide lies in pharmacies, which Boris A. Hesser believes can be developed into bonafide centers of community care. In this forward-thinking talk, Hesser explains how he and his team are working to bring affordable health care to everyone, everywhere.

    Subjects:
    Management of Health Care Services
    Keywords:
    Medical care Community health services
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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
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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
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    Could A Tattoo Help You Stay Healthy?

    Could A Tattoo Help You Stay Healthy?

    Can we make tattoos both beautiful and functional? Nanotechnologist Carson Bruns shares his work creating high-tech tattoos that react to their environment -- like color-changing ink that can tell you when you're getting a sunburn -- and shows exciting ways they can deliver real-time information about our health.

    Subjects:
    Health Technology and Informatics and Biology
    Keywords:
    Tattooing -- Health aspects
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