TED Health
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What does exercise do to your brain? Can psychedelics treat depression? From smart daily habits to new medical breakthroughs, welcome to TED Health, with host Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider. TED speakers answer questions you never even knew you had, and share ideas you won't hear anywhere else, all around how we can live healthier lives.
Categories: Health
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Catching cancer at its earliest stages saves lives. But in a body made up of trillions of cells, how do you spot a small group of rogue cancer cells? Biomedical researcher Hani Goodarzi discusses his lab's discovery of a new class of RNAs that, when paired with emerging AI tools, could help detect cancer earlier, more precisely and even through routine blood work — potentially transforming our understanding of the disease.
Previous episodes
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380 - What if a simple blood test could detect cancer? | Hani Goodarzi Tue, 30 Apr 2024 - 0h
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379 - The diseases that changed humanity forever | Dan Kwartler Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 0h
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378 - A campaign for period positivity | Ananya Grover Tue, 16 Apr 2024 - 0h
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377 - Do gut microbes control your personality? | Kathleen McAuliffe Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 0h
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376 - How to hack your brain when you're in pain | Amy Baxter Tue, 02 Apr 2024 - 0h
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375 - What happens as we die? | Kathryn Mannix Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 0h
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374 - Is alternative meat the recipe for a healthier planet? | Tao Zhang Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 0h
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373 - What happens when we deny people abortions? | Diana Greene Foster Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 0h
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372 - My mission to change the narrative of mental health | Glenn Close Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 0h
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371 - Why you shouldn't trust boredom | Kevin H. Gary Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 0h
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370 - Racism has a cost for everyone | Heather C. McGhee Tue, 20 Feb 2024 - 0h
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369 - The science behind how sickness shapes your mood | Keely Muscatell Tue, 13 Feb 2024 - 0h
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368 - Are you really as good at something as you think? | Robin Kramer Tue, 06 Feb 2024 - 0h
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367 - Which is better for you: "Real" meat or "fake" meat? | Carolyn Beans Tue, 30 Jan 2024 - 0h
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366 - The truth about human population decline | Jennifer D. Sciubba Tue, 23 Jan 2024 - 0h
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365 - Why I gave my teenage daughter a vibrator | Robin Buckley Tue, 16 Jan 2024 - 0h
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364 - So much sitting, looking at screens. Can we combat our sedentary lives? | Body Electric Thu, 11 Jan 2024 - 0h
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363 - Artificial skin? We made it — here's why | Anna Maria Coclite Tue, 09 Jan 2024 - 0h
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362 - Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it) | Fallon Goodman Tue, 02 Jan 2024 - 0h
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361 - The secret to a happy life — lessons from 8 decades of research | Robert Waldinger Tue, 26 Dec 2023 - 0h
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360 - Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer Tue, 19 Dec 2023 - 0h
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359 - CRISPR's next advance is bigger than you think | Jennifer Doudna Tue, 12 Dec 2023 - 0h
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358 - What did people do before anesthesia? | Sally Frampton Tue, 05 Dec 2023 - 0h
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357 - A flavorful field guide to foraging | Alexis Nikole Nelson Tue, 28 Nov 2023 - 0h
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356 - The single most important parenting strategy | Becky Kennedy Tue, 21 Nov 2023 - 0h
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355 - The world's rarest diseases — and how they impact everyone | Anna Greka Tue, 14 Nov 2023 - 0h
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354 - Can you change your sleep schedule? | Alexandra Panzer Tue, 07 Nov 2023 - 0h
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353 - How to hack your brain when you're in pain | Amy Baxter Tue, 31 Oct 2023 - 0h
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352 - How targeted ads might just save your life | Sandersan Onie Tue, 24 Oct 2023 - 0h
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351 - Blindness isn't a tragic binary — it's a rich spectrum | Andrew Leland Tue, 17 Oct 2023 - 0h
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350 - How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist | Wendy Suzuki Tue, 10 Oct 2023 - 0h
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349 - The epidemics that almost happened | George Zaidan Tue, 03 Oct 2023 - 0h
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348 - Introducing Body Electric Mon, 02 Oct 2023 - 0h
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347 - Sex education should start with consent | Kaz Tue, 26 Sep 2023 - 0h
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346 - Why is it so hard to get effective birth control in the US? | Mark Edwards Tue, 19 Sep 2023 - 0h
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345 - Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech | Nita Farahany Tue, 12 Sep 2023 - 0h
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344 - The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air | Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah Tue, 05 Sep 2023 - 0h
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343 - Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn't? | G. Richard Scott Tue, 29 Aug 2023 - 0h
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342 - Why thinking about death helps you live a better life | Alua Arthur Tue, 22 Aug 2023 - 0h
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341 - Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price Tue, 15 Aug 2023 - 0h
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340 - Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do | Gus Worland Tue, 08 Aug 2023 - 0h
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339 - The Internet's First Main Character? | The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks Tue, 01 Aug 2023 - 0h
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338 - Lessons from losing my mind | Andy Dunn Tue, 25 Jul 2023 - 0h
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337 - What is a poop transplant, and how does it work? | Kathryn M. Stephenson and David L. Suskind Tue, 18 Jul 2023 - 0h
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336 - How to keep house while drowning (w/ KC Davis) Tue, 11 Jul 2023 - 0h
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335 - How does alcohol cause hangovers? | Judy Grisel Tue, 04 Jul 2023 - 0h
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334 - The science of preserving sight | Joshua Chu-Tan Tue, 27 Jun 2023 - 0h
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333 - The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain | Sheetal DeCaria Tue, 20 Jun 2023 - 0h
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332 - A sex therapist's secret to rediscovering your spark | Ian Kerner Tue, 13 Jun 2023 - 0h
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331 - Mental health care that disrupts cycles of violence | Celina de Sola Tue, 06 Jun 2023 - 0h