Spoken Gems » Health & Medicine http://spoken-gems.com Remarkable speeches, rhetorical masterpieces, impressive monologues Mon, 21 May 2012 14:01:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Kelly McGonigal: The Science of Willpower http://spoken-gems.com/2012/05/21/kelly-mcgonigal-the-science-of-willpower/ http://spoken-gems.com/2012/05/21/kelly-mcgonigal-the-science-of-willpower/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 14:01:14 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/?p=6166 Kelly McGonigal from Stanford University talks about how self-control works at TEDxBayArea.

Found at IntegralOptions.

]]> http://spoken-gems.com/2012/05/21/kelly-mcgonigal-the-science-of-willpower/feed/ 0 Diana Nyad: Extreme swimming with the world’s most dangerous jellyfish http://spoken-gems.com/2012/01/31/diana-nyad-extreme-swimming-with-the-worlds-most-dangerous-jellyfish/ http://spoken-gems.com/2012/01/31/diana-nyad-extreme-swimming-with-the-worlds-most-dangerous-jellyfish/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:53:13 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/?p=6034 Diana Nyad talks about chasing an extreme dream: swimming from Cuba to Florida at TedMed 2011.

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]]> http://spoken-gems.com/2011/12/20/andrew-solomon-notes-on-an-exorcism/feed/ 0 23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health? http://spoken-gems.com/2011/12/13/23-and-12-hours-what-is-the-single-best-thing-we-can-do-for-our-health/ http://spoken-gems.com/2011/12/13/23-and-12-hours-what-is-the-single-best-thing-we-can-do-for-our-health/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:46:30 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/?p=5868 Dr. Mike Evans, Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, answers the question “What is the single best thing we can do for our health”.

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]]> http://spoken-gems.com/2011/09/28/andreas-eenfeldt-the-food-revolution/feed/ 0 James Randi: Fiery takedown of psychic fraud http://spoken-gems.com/2011/09/26/james-randi-fiery-takedown-of-psychic-fraud/ http://spoken-gems.com/2011/09/26/james-randi-fiery-takedown-of-psychic-fraud/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:38:37 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/?p=5529 James Randi’s talk at TED in 2007 is the very essence of his view on psychics and scepticism.

]]> http://spoken-gems.com/2011/09/26/james-randi-fiery-takedown-of-psychic-fraud/feed/ 0 David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min http://spoken-gems.com/2011/09/19/david-blaine-how-i-held-my-breath-for-17-min/ http://spoken-gems.com/2011/09/19/david-blaine-how-i-held-my-breath-for-17-min/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:17:08 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/?p=5504 At TEDMED, Magigian David Blaine tells how he trained for holding his breath for 17 minutes.

]]> http://spoken-gems.com/2011/09/19/david-blaine-how-i-held-my-breath-for-17-min/feed/ 0 Daniel Keogh: The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect http://spoken-gems.com/2011/08/25/daniel-keogh-the-strange-powers-of-the-placebo-effect/ http://spoken-gems.com/2011/08/25/daniel-keogh-the-strange-powers-of-the-placebo-effect/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:14:57 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/?p=5364 ABC Science Show reporter Daniel Keogh shares some strange facts about placebos.

]]> http://spoken-gems.com/2011/08/25/daniel-keogh-the-strange-powers-of-the-placebo-effect/feed/ 0 Jessica Green: Are we filtering the wrong microbes? http://spoken-gems.com/2011/08/23/jessica-green-are-we-filtering-the-wrong-microbes/ http://spoken-gems.com/2011/08/23/jessica-green-are-we-filtering-the-wrong-microbes/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:38:53 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/?p=5294 In this short TED talk, Jessica Greene argues that mechanical ventilation systems might contribute to breeding pathogenic germs.

]]> http://spoken-gems.com/2011/08/23/jessica-green-are-we-filtering-the-wrong-microbes/feed/ 0 Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria? http://spoken-gems.com/2011/08/22/nathan-myhrvold-could-this-laser-zap-malaria/ http://spoken-gems.com/2011/08/22/nathan-myhrvold-could-this-laser-zap-malaria/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:36:17 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/?p=5332 Nathan Myhrvold’s company develops creative inventions to solve problems like Malaria.

TED

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