Menopause isn’t just hot flashes, says gynecologist and sexual medicine specialist Maria Sophocles. It’s often accompanied by overlooked symptoms like painful sex or loss of libido....
Organ transplants save lives, but they come with challenges: every minute a healthy donated organ is on ice increases risk. And even if things go perfectly,...
Leaders can’t be afraid to disrupt the status quo, says pharmaceutical CEO Paul Hudson. In conversation with TED’s Lindsay Levin, he shares how AI eliminates “unglamorous...
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...
How does getting an abortion — or not — influence a woman’s life? Demographer Diana Greene Foster puts forward the results of The Turnaway Study, her...
“Everybody pees and poops — and we know that urine and stool contain a rich source of information on our health,” says data detective Newsha Ghaeli....
Have we lost the practical wisdom of what happens as people die? With lessons from a career witnessing thousands of people’s final breaths, palliative care expert...
AI could propel the biggest transformation in the history of medicine, says physician-scientist Eric Topol. He explains how sophisticated AI models can interpret medical images as...
Clearing tropical forests isn’t just dangerous to the natural world — it’s also a threat to human health and wellbeing, says physician Neil Vora. Tracing how...
Bessemer Venture Partners’ Steve Kraus joins Caroline Hyde to discuss trends in the digitization of the health care economy and how the Covid-19 pandemic propelled the...