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Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
The long read: Since it decriminalised all drugs in 2001, Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime (2017)
The compelling case for working a lot less - BBC
Mastering 'active rest' is far harder than it looks, but there are good reasons why we should keep working at it (2017)
Why Rating Your Doctor Is Bad For Your Health
Asking patients to grade their doctors sounds like a great idea. But it's actually perverting the practice of medicine, encouraging doctors to over... (2017)
The Health-Care Bell Curve | The New Yorker
Atul Gawande writes about the practice of measuring doctors and hospitals against each other, and examines the approaches of different programs tha... (2017)
Daughters of WWII refugees are more likely to have mental illness - Axios
A new study raises the possibility that the trauma of war can be inherited. (2017)
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food - The New York Times
Inside the hyperengineered, savagely marketed, addiction-creating battle for American “stomach share.” (2017)
How Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food - The New York Times
As growth slows in wealthy countries, Western food companies are aggressively expanding in developing nations, contributing to obesity and health p... (2017)
Impact of Depression and its Treatment on Productivity – Aceso Under Glass
Introduction One argument for prioritizing treatment of mental illness is that the secondary effects (such as higher productivity and improved heal... (2017)
21 graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous - The Washington Post
This is the fundamental fact of American health care: We pay much, much more than other countries do for the exact same things. (2017)
Health care's widespread overbilling problem
Doctors and hospitals routinely have to pay settlements to clear "upcoding" allegations. The health care system's complex payment system gives d... (2017)
What Makes Singapore’s Health Care So Cheap? - The New York Times
The most frustrating part about its system is that it’s misused by those on both the left and right who want to hold it up as an example. (2017)
Report: U.S. Spends More Per Person On Health Care Than Any Country: NPR
A new report looks at data from 184 countries. And raises the question: Does more spending lead to better health outcomes? (2017)
The problem of doctors’ salaries
"Why doctors get paid too much and what we should do about it. "The United States pays more than twice as much per person for health care as oth... (2017)
Amazon's cloud is about to announce a huge deal with health technology company Cerner
Sources tell CNBC that AWS and Cerner are in the final stages of talks to deepen their partnership in a big way. (2017)
How the sugar industry tried to hide the health effects of its product 50 years ago
Pour some sugar (science) on meeeee “About 50 years ago, the sugar industry stopped funding research that began to show something they wanted to... (2017)
Budweiser's ex-marketing chief: Weed is the new craft beer
"A poll says 64% of the U.S. population now wants to lift the federal ban on marijuana. The former chief marketing officer for Anheuser-Busch In... (2017)
Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol
New York Times, 2017: "Drinking alcohol, even modest amounts, increases the risk of breast cancer and other cancers. (2017)
US government approves 'killer' mosquitoes to fight disease
Nature Magazine, 2017: "US Environmental Protection Agency will allow release of insects in 20 states and Washington DC. The US Environmental P... (2017)
Do it for the ‘Gram
Why your outdated brain is making you unhappy and how to hack it. (2017)
Cannabis - A Century of Medical Uses
CANNABIS - 1840-1940 A CENTURY OF MEDICAL USES. Although Medical Cannabis had been in use for thousands of years before the creation of Western Me... (2017)
This Is How Amazon Could Invade the Pharmacy Business
Bloomberg, 2017: "The pharmacy market is one of the biggest potential new targets for Amazon.com Inc. The online retail giant moved into the ro... (2017)
Robot-assisted surgery for kidney removal
- associated with longer operating times, higher cost A Stanford study of nearly 24,000 patients with kidney cancer concluded that robot-assiste... (2017)
A Lesson From the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the Weight
New York Times, 2017: “Physical activity made all the difference to participants who managed to keep the pounds from returning, a new study finds. (2017)
The Science of Sleep: A Brief Guide on How to Sleep Better Every Night
Everything you need to know if you want to get better sleep. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know if you want to get bette... (2017)
The concept of schizophrenia is dying
Its passing will not be mourned. The concept of schizophrenia is dying. Harried for decades by psychology, it now appears to have been fatally wou... (2017)
Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From?
The answer, as always, is to blame the media. For nearly 30 years, University of Delaware sociologist Joel Best has been investigating allegations... (2017)
The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics | Quanta Magazine
If you didn't get a flu shot, you are endangering more than just your own health. Calculations of herd immunity against common diseases don't make ... (2017)
Energy-Promising Vitamins Appear to Be Causing Lung Cancer
BBC, 2017: "Vitamin B6 and B12 Supplements Appear to Cause Cancer in Men. A newly discovered risk associated with common energy and metabolism pill... (2017)
Why Are Hearing Aids So Expensive?
Experts don’t know exactly why hearing aids are still so costly, but under a new law, the cost should soon be coming down. - New York Times, 2017 (2017)
Sugar Science: "The Toxic Truth"
UCSF, 2017: "There’s growing scientific consensus that one of the most common types of sugar, fructose, is toxic to the liver, just like alcohol.... (2013)
How playing an instrument benefits your brain
TED Ed, Anita Collins When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument... (2017)
How playing sports benefits your body ... and your brain - Leah Lagos and Jaspal Ricky Singh
TED Ed, Made in partnership with the Always #LikeAGirl campaign. The victory of the underdog. The last minute penalty shot that wins the tour... (2017)
What would happen if you didn’t drink water?
TED Ed, by Mia Nacamulli Water is essentially everywhere in our world, and the average human is composed of between 55 and 60% water. So what ro... (2017)
What happens when you get heat stroke?
TED ED, by Douglas J. Casa. Have you ever suffered from exertional heat stroke? This condition is caused by intense activity in the heat and is ... (2017)
HOW TO DEFEND IN SOCCER LIKE A PRO
HOW TO DEFEND IN SOCCER LIKE A PRO 232,729 views (2017)
Why is it so hard to cure cancer? - Kyuson Yun
Download a free audiobook and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: http://adbl.co/2gauxND Check out Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Malad... (2017)
Investing in the Fight Against Alzheimer's
Bill Gates, 2017: "In every part of the world, people are living longer than they used to. The longer you live, the more likely you are to develop... (2017)
What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?
The number of people with Parkinson's Disease has doubled in just 25 years, but its rise has been much worse in some places than in others. (2025)
Protocols for Increasing VO2 Max (and why zone 2 cardio might not be enough)
Protocols for Increasing VO2 Max (and why zone 2 cardio might not be enough) | Dr. Rhonda Patrick (2024)
Can AI Catch What Doctors Miss? | Eric Topol | TED
AI could propel the biggest transformation in the history of medicine, says physician-scientist Eric Topol. He explains how sophisticated AI models... (2023)
What is Biomedical Engineering & Why is it the BEST Major!! Part I
Hi everyone! Being a recent graduate from TWO Ivy League universities, Harvard & Cornell University, I thought I'd talk about the field that I've s... (2023)
TED: How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics | Jim Collins
TED: How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics | Jim Collins (2023)
Genetic Selection is Happening Already. Here's How it Works.
Genetic Selection is Happening Already. Here's How it Works. (2023)
America’s opioid crisis - How the Mexican cartels are making profits now - The Economist
Mexican cartels and criminals are the leading producers of illegal synthetic drugs. This shift is fuelling the latest phase in America’s opioid cri... (2022)
What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's | Lisa Genova - TED
Alzheimer's doesn't have to be your brain's destiny, says neuroscientist and author of "Still Alice," Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science in... (2022)
How to biohack your cells to fight cancer - TEDed
Check out the science of biohacking, where biologists go into a patient’s genetic code and reprogram their immune system to recognize and fight can... (2022)
Sleep is your superpower | TED - Matt Walker
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more.Sleep is your li... (2021)
How aspirin was discovered - TED Ed Krishna Sudhir
4000 years ago, the ancient Sumerians made a surprising discovery: if they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain di... (2021)
Long-Term Care: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver explains the industry behind nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and why long-term care needs fixing. Connect with Last Week ... (2021)
An Introduction to COVID-19 Tests Types
Testing is crucial to guiding our next steps in the fight against #COVID19, but do you know the difference between all the tests available? For mor... (2020)
Covid-19: why travel will never be the same | The Economist
Covid-19 has devastated global travel and—as the industry recovers from the effects of the pandemic—tourism will be increasingly localised and comp... (2020)
Why lockdowns are the wrong policy - Swedish expert Prof. Johan Giesecke
That was one of the more extraordinary interviews we have done here at UnHerd. Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiolog... (2020)
Coronavirus IV: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses how Coronavirus is impacting the US workforce, from mass unemployment to the problems faced by essential workers. Connect wit... (2020)
COVID-19 How to Use One Ventilator to Save Multiple Lives
Watch this short video to learn how to use one ventilator to save multiple lives. To learn more about this study visit: https://onlinelibrary.wiley... (2020)
TED talk - Bill Gates: The next outbreak? We’re not ready
In 2014, the world avoided a horrific global outbreak of Ebola, thanks to thousands of selfless health workers — plus, frankly, thanks to some very... (2020)
How building prosthetic hands can help you give your best | Lain Hensley | TEDxChicoSalon
From dog houses to bicycles and beyond, Lain has found a space to expand both inspiration and ability around the world. Lain Hensley has traveled i... (2019)
Odyssey Teams' Helping Hands Program: LN-4 Prosthetic Hand Recipients
Helping Hands | http://odysseyteams.com | (800) 342-1650 In this video, we show recipients of the LN-4 Prosthetic Hand. The prosthetic hands are pa... (2019)
Helping Hands by Odyssey Teams | Giving An Amputee a Prosthetic Hand
Odyssey Teams had the opportunity to help this man by making him a prosthetic hand through our Helping Hands team building program. This is a life-... (2019)
Helping Hands Instructional Build / Charitable, CSR Team Building Kit from Odyssey Teams
Helping Hands | http://odysseyteams.com | (800) 342-1650 In this video, Lain Hensley shows us how to put together a prosthetic hand from Odyssey Te... (2019)
Is marijuana bad for your brain? - TED ED - Anees Bahji
Explore how marijuana’s two main active compounds, THC and CBD, affect your brain and body, and what risk factors to watch out for. -- In 1970, mar... (2019)
a16z Podcast: Putting AI in Medicine, in Practice – Andreessen Horowitz
There’s been a lot of talk about technology — and AI, deep learning, and machine learning specifically — finally reaching the healthcare sector. Bu... (2017)
Siddhartha Mukherjee on the future of disease and diagnostics
Will artificial intelligence change what it means to be human? Cancer physician, researcher, and author Siddhartha Mukherjee joins the podcast to h... (2023)
Dr. Matthew Hill: How Cannabis Impacts Health & the Potential Risks - Huberman Lab
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, my guest is Dr. Matthew Hill, Ph.D., a professor of cell biology and anatomy ... (2024)
What Evolutionary Biology Can Teach Us About Diet, Exercise, and Staying Alive - Plain English with Derek Thompson
Plain English with Derek Thompson on Spotify. What can the science of ancient humans and the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers teach us about how to be... (2024)
The Science of Healthy Hair, Hair Loss and How to Regrow Hair - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
In this episode, I explain the biology of hair, hair growth, why hair growth slows and what causes hair to stop growing and/or “fall out.” I discus... (2023)
Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how dopamine dynamics — meaning changes and interactions between ou... (2023)
Developing a Rational Approach to Supplementation for Health & Performance - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how to design a supplementation protocol to support maximum mental ... (2023)
Using Caffeine to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Episode 101 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how to use caffeine to enhance mental and physical health and perfo... (2022)
Nicotine’s Effects on the Brain & Body & How to Quit Smoking or Vaping | Episode 90 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how nicotine impacts the brain and body, including its potent ability to enhance attention, foc... (2022)
ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus | Episode 37 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder): what it is, the co... (2022)
Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction | Episode 39 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. This episode serves as a sort of “Dopamine Masterclass”. I discuss the immensely powerful chem... (2022)
Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones | Episode 46 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss how our brain and body track time and the role that neurochemicals,... (2022)
How to Enhance Your Gut Microbiome for Brain & Overall Health | Episode 61 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss the profound effect the gut has on the nervous system. I cover the ... (2022)
Dr. Justin Sonnenburg: How to Build, Maintain & Repair Gut Health | Episode 62 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. My guest this episode is Dr. Justin Sonnenburg, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Stan... (2022)
What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health | Episode 86 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss the physiological effects that drinking alcohol has on the brain an... (2022)
Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration | Episode 88 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I provide a list of behavioral, nutritional, and supplement-based tools you c... (2022)
The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body | Episode 92 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss cannabis (aka marijuana), including the biological mechanisms under... (2022)
Max Roser on building the world's best source of COVID-19 data at Our World in Data - 80,000 Hours podcast
Max runs Our World in Data, a small education nonprofit which began the pandemic with just six staff. But since last February his team has supplied... (2021)
The enduring mystery of long Covid - Today, Explained | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. An estimated 10 percent of people who test positive for Covid-19 experience long-haul symp... (2021)
Author Walter Isaacson On The Gene Editing Revolution - Fresh Air | NPR
Listen to this episode from Fresh Air on Spotify. Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, the subject of Walter Isaacson's new biography 'The Code Breaker,' sh... (2021)
Florence Nightingale: Data Viz Pioneer - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. Victorian nurse Florence Nightingale (played in this episode by her distant cous... (2021)
Bio Eats World: May I Have Your Insurance Card Again, Please? - Andreessen Horowitz
There's been a lot of talk (including on this show!) about the many kinds of innovations and technologies changing healthcare delivery for clinicia... (2021)
A Safer Psychedelic: non-hallucinogenic derivatives of psychedelics - a16z
On Bio Eats World, we discuss of new research creating safer, non-hallucinogenic derivatives of psychedelics for the treatment of depression and ad... (2021)
Solving Baumol's Cost Disease, in Healthcare - a16z
Why does the cost of education and healthcare services continue to rise rapidly, while the cost of goods rise much more slowly? According to econom... (2020)
Why Did the U.S. Turn Down Pfizer Vaccine Doses? - The New York Times | Podcast
Listen to this episode from The Daily on Spotify. From the start of the pandemic, the US said it was committed to ordering and stockpil... (2020)
COVID-19 Death Rates Are Going Down, And Not Just Among The Young And Healthy
More hospitalized patients are surviving than early in the pandemic. Improved treatments make a big difference, but so does flattening the curve to... (2020)
Contact tracing: So promising. So invasive. - Should This Exist? - Podcast
Listen to this episode from Should This Exist? on Spotify. It’s one of the best weapons we have to contain a pandemic. But can it defe... (2020)
Rapid Response: The Covid test facts every CEO needs - Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman
Listen to this episode from Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman on Spotify. To safely re-open a business, you need more than masks. Cov... (2020)
The Biology of Aging: Introducing Bio Eats World (ep 1) - Andreessen Horowitz
Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. Welcome to the first episode of Bio Eats World, a brand new podcast all about h... (2020)
The truth about herd immunity - Vox | Today, Explained Podcast
Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Some people think it’s the only way out of the pandemic. Those people are very wrong. Tran... (2020)
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic, by Bill Gates
Governments, businesses, and individuals around the world are thinking about what happens after the COVID-19 pandemic. Can we hope to not only ward... (2024)
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
"My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates "A terrific book...[Pinker] recounts the progress across a broad array of metrics, from health... (2018)
Dying for a Paycheck | Stanford Graduate School of Business
In one survey, 61 percent of employees said that workplace stress had made them sick and 7 percent said they had actually been hospitalized. Job st... (2018)
Examine - Evidence-based Analysis on Supplements & Nutrition
Examine simplifies nutrition and supplementation — through meticulous analysis of the latest scientific research — to help answer your questions on... (2023)
MuscleWiki - Understand your body, simplify your workout
Select a muscle, and it tells you what workout (2021)
medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences
medRxiv - the preprint server for Health Sciences, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution (2020)
Ten Percent Happier: Mindfulness Meditation Courses
New to meditation? Get fidgety just thinking about it? Our expert teachers will walk you through the basics, one breath at a time. (2020)
IHME - COVID-19 Projections (state by state)
Explore hospital bed use, need for intensive care beds, and ventilator use due to COVID-19 based on projected deaths (2020)
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
Johns Hopkins experts in global public health, infectious disease, and emergency preparedness have been at the forefront of the international respo... (2020)
Help With COVID 19 - a clearing house for projects and volunteers
Help With COVID 19 - a clearing house for projects and volunteers that want to help with the COVID-19 crisis. These projects were posted... (2020)
COVID19 Update & Guidance to Limit Spread
These guidelines are intended to help Flatten the Curve with the COVID19 outbreak, to help limit spread and reduce the load on hospitals and other ... (2020)