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TED Health, page 2
by TED · English
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. Follow Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider on Instagram at @shoshanamd and LinkedIn at @shoshanaungerleidermd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Living a Meaningful Life (5/5): What happens as we die? | Kathryn Mannix
Living a meaningful life by reframing death as a predictable, human process and arguing that end-of-life care should be social, personal, and discussed openly. The episode uses Dr.
27 Aug 2026 · 25m · 8 chaptersHow to actually take care of your eye health with Rupa Wong (Senses Miniseries #3)
Practical, science-based eye health across a lifetime, debunking myths (screens, carrots, blue-light glasses, “vision exercises,” sun gazing) and focusing on prevention: annual exams, myopia risk,…
25 Aug 2026 · 34m · 15 chaptersWhat happens in your brain when you taste food | Camilla Arndal Andersen (Senses Miniseries #2)
How the brain creates “taste” by integrating signals from taste buds, smell, and other unconscious inputs—and how biases can make people report differences that aren’t actually there.
18 Aug 2026 · 18m · 7 chaptersDoes touch strengthen your brain? with David Eagleman (Senses Miniseries #1)
Touch and how it shapes brain development, emotional safety, and learning; also how sensory substitution and haptic tech could expand medicine and communication.
11 Aug 2026 · 27m · 15 chapters
What we're getting wrong about teens and tech | Candice Odgers | Your Body on Tech
The episode challenges the common claim that smartphones and social media are the main drivers of teen mental-health decline.
4 Aug 2026 · 54m · 18 chapters
Shoshana's Summer Playlist (1/5): How to stop feeling tired all the time with Dr. Alexandra Crosswell
Why many people feel tired despite enough sleep, and how “deep rest” works as a coordinated nervous/endocrine/immune shift toward safety and repair; includes practical ways to access it and a TED-Ed…
30 Jul 2026 · 40m · 9 chapters
Shoshana's Summer Playlist (2/5): What happens to your brain without any social contact? with Dr. Vivek Murthy
Social connection and loneliness as a public health issue; how lack of contact affects the brain/body; how social media and system design shape connection; practical ways to rebuild connection.
30 Jul 2026 · 39m · 10 chapters
Shoshana's Summer Playlist (3/5): The secrets to aging well with Zeke Emanuel
Aging well by focusing on “health” (function, connection, enjoyment) rather than maximizing lifespan or obsessing over metrics; plus a TED-Ed lesson on measuring biological age.
30 Jul 2026 · 35m · 11 chapters
Shoshana's Summer Playlist (4/5): Your gut’s guide to a happier microbiome | Megan Rossi
Gut-brain and gut-immune connections; myth-busting gut health; how diet, not quick fixes, supports the microbiome.
30 Jul 2026 · 25m · 20 chapters
Shoshana's Summer Playlist (5/5): What happens in your brain when you pay attention? with Dr. Sasha Hamdani
Attention and ADHD as an attention-regulation and filtering problem linking mind and body; how paying attention works in the brain and how ADHD shows up beyond “distracted.”
30 Jul 2026 · 36m · 8 chaptersThe women’s health conversation we’re not having with Elizabeth Micks, Chen X. Chen, and Alison Edelman
A TED Health episode arguing women’s health topics are under-discussed, then sharing three TED-Ed lessons on vaginal discharge, period pain, and emergency contraception.
28 Jul 2026 · 23m · 9 chaptersThe science on improving your brain health with Dr. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai
Brain health and dementia prevention, emphasizing lifestyle risk reduction (not guaranteed reversal) and a practical framework called NEURO (Nutrition, Exercise, Unwind/stress management, Restorative…
21 Jul 2026 · 33m · 15 chaptersThe science of gratitude and happiness with Sonja Lyubomirsky
How happiness and well-being depend on overlooked, everyday processes—sleep’s “brain trash” cleanup via the glymphatic system, and happiness/meaning through gratitude and social connection.
14 Jul 2026 · 18m · 7 chaptersHow nearly dying helped me discover my own cure (and many more) | David Fajgenbaum
David Fajgenbaum describes how nearly dying from Castleman disease led him to “chase my cure” through drug repurposing and later to co-founding EveryCure, an AI-driven nonprofit to find new uses for…
7 Jul 2026 · 19m · 7 chaptersHow to support parents of children with autism | Quentin Mezetin
The episode (TED Health) uses a “what caught my attention” segment about autism-related health misinformation to set up a TEDx talk on supporting parents of autistic children.
30 Jun 2026 · 24m · 4 chaptersThe Data Center Next Door with Dr. Jacoby Wilson | from TED Tech
The episode “The Data Center Next Door” (TED Tech) argues that data centers powering AI create “digital sacrifice zones,” with environmental, health, water, and energy justice harms concentrated in…
23 Jun 2026 · 27m · 15 chaptersA medical mythbuster's mission to improve health care | Joel Bervell (re-release)
Medical mythbusting for health equity—how race-based assumptions and biased medical tools (and algorithms) harm patients, and how social media can spread evidence-based corrections.
16 Jun 2026 · 28m · 14 chaptersAthletes fear concussions—why don’t they report them? | Ben Jones
Why athletes fear concussions yet often don’t report them, and how research is reducing concussion risk in contact sports.
9 Jun 2026 · 21m · 9 chaptersThe future of cancer treatment and immunotherapy with researcher Dr. Alicia Zhou
How immunotherapy and AI are changing cancer treatment, why it works for some patients but not all, and how better data, clinical-trial communication, and cancer prevention/screening can improve…
2 Jun 2026 · 30m · 15 chaptersHow your brain affects your mind with Alex Rosenthal and Susan G. Wardle
How the brain actively constructs perception and meaning, making people susceptible to “borrowed credibility” in wellness marketing; includes peptide-injection hype and two perception phenomena…
26 May 2026 · 19m · 4 chaptersHow to stop feeling tired all the time with Dr. Alexandra Crosswell
Why people feel tired even after “enough” sleep, and how to access deep rest—more than relaxation—by shifting the body from chronic threat arousal to safety for cellular repair.
19 May 2026 · 39m · 11 chaptersSilence and stillness, the universal medicine | Pico Iyer, Elise Hu
The episode argues that curated silence is “universal medicine” for stress, mental chatter, and political polarization, offering practical ways to reset attention and reconnect with people and the…
12 May 2026 · 31m · 21 chaptersWhat are allergies — and how to get rid of them with Dr. Zachary Rubin
What allergies are and how to manage or “unlearn” them, plus myths and misinformation online.
5 May 2026 · 31m · 14 chaptersHow to raise kids who can handle hard things | Kathryn Hecht
The episode connects two ideas: early detection of Alzheimer’s risk and building resilience in kids.
28 Apr 2026 · 21m · 7 chapters