Jewel: Clear perception is the way to psychological strength
Adults Health
@jewel says denying the truth cost her years of her life. This is how she shifted her perception to see truth more clearly and regain her strength.
Why Broken Hearts Hurt — and What Heals Them | Yoram Yovell | TED
Adults Health
What's the relationship between physical and mental pain, and how can you ease both?
Why People Prefer More Pain
Adults Health
A massive thank you to Rayner Moss for recreating the experiment equipment and making this shoot happen.
How Skin, Snot, and Cells Keep Us Healthy: Animal Defense Systems: Crash Course Biology #45
Adults Health
The world is full of microbes and viruses that can get us sick, but we’ve got an Avengers-style defense system ready to take them on.
The Science of Emotions with Tony Hale
Adults Health
Emotions, please take center stage 🌟 Our friend Tony Hale is in our signature National Geographic yellow chair to chat with Dr. Lisa Damour about the science of emotions.
Can you transplant a head to another body?
Adults Health
Follow a neurosurgeon's attempts to perform a head transplant, and dig into the ethical and biological questions the procedure raises.
How to increase your happiness
Adults Health
Dig into the benefits of practicing gratitude in your everyday life, and discover how being thankful can impact your happiness.
Smoking is Awesome
Adults Health
We need to have an honest conversation about smoking: The problem with smoking is that it is way more than just a physical addiction.
Cardiologist Answers Heart Questions From Twitter
Adults Health
Cardiologist Dr. Sunil Rao answers your questions about the heart from Twitter. How do you measure your maximum heart rate?
We're Probably Going to Cure MS
Adults Health
You've probably heard of multiple sclerosis, especially if you're a fan of The West Wing. But can we ever cure MS? Yes. But also, no. But also, probably? It's complicated.
Why Steve-O risked his life over, and over, and over again
Adults Health
You know Steve-O. Now meet Steve Glover, as the professional stuntman talks to us about pain, insecurity, and never finding contentment.
Psychiatrists Can't Agree About This New Disorder
Adults Health
Prolonged grief disorder recently debuted in both of the two manuals that clinicians use to diagnose psychological conditions. But the DSM and the ICD don't completely agree on what it is.
Do Gut Microbes Control Your Personality? | Kathleen McAuliffe | TED
Adults Health
Biologist Kathleen McAuliffe dives into new research that suggests certain bacteria in your gut can influence major parts of who you are, from your personality to life-changing neurological disorders.
Can you trust your memory? This neuroscientist isn’t so sure | André Fenton
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There are three kinds of memory that all work together to shape your reality. Neuroscientist André Fenton explains.
Keep Calm And Recover From Surgery Faster
Adults Health
Can keeping calm before a surgery reduce negative outcomes? More than one study says "Yes."
The #1 antidote to aging | Daniel Lieberman, Morgan Levine & more
Adults Health
5 health experts, including Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman, share the exact ways exercise can lead to a healthier lifespan.
The time I was a human incubator
Adults Health
Premature babies majorly benefit from skin-to-skin contact with a parent –also known as “kangaroo care”– because it reduces infections and hypothermia and increases weight gain and parental involvement.
Can AI Catch What Doctors Miss? | Eric Topol | TED
Adults Health
AI could propel the biggest transformation in the history of medicine, says physician-scientist Eric Topol.
How Did Humans Evolve? Crash Course Biology #19
Adults Health
What’s a human? And how did we become humans, anyway?
I kissed nuclear waste to prove a point.
Adults Health
The shadows of Chernobyl and Fukushima loom large over the topic of nuclear energy, fueling fears often unaligned with reality.
You Went Through Puberty as a Baby
Adults Health
We all remember the woes and trials of our adolescence.