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Science

Thomas Insel’s insights on mental health: a tale of two TED playlists

Posted By Kate Torgovnick
April 16, 2013 at 4:56 pm EDT

In the past 30 years, major advances have been made when it comes to treating several serious diseases. Today, there are 85% fewer deaths from leukemia and 63% fewer fatalities from heart disease than there were then. Meanwhile, while AIDS was once considered a death sentence, people with the disease can now live to old […]

Q&A

Why aren’t we asking the big questions? A Q&A with Ruby Wax

Posted By Emily McManus
October 10, 2012 at 6:10 pm EDT

One in four people have some form of mental illness, and Ruby Wax wants to talk about it. Watch her TEDTalk, posted today and inspired by her show Losing It, to start the conversation. One project she didn’t get to mention onstage at TEDGlobal: This winter, Wax started up the Black Dog Tribe, an online […]