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TEDMED

TEDMED is a healthcare-focused event held in Palm Springs, United States, featuring speakers across medicine, wellness, and related disciplines. The conference has convened across eleven tracked editions from 2009 through 2025, with speakers addressing topics including longevity and nutrition science, regenerative medicine, mental health, public health equity, and the intersection of healthcare with broader life questions. Notable speakers have included Peter Attia on longevity, Anthony Atala on regenerative medicine, Anne Marie Albano on anxiety and youth mental health, and Mitchell Katz on health disparities. The event has also featured speakers from adjacent fields, such as inventor Dean Kamen and author AJ Jacobs, suggesting an interdisciplinary approach to health-related challenges and innovation.

Palm Springs, United States

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How to raise kids who can overcome anxiety

How to raise kids who can overcome anxiety

Anne Marie Albano
2020Watch
"Everything happens for a reason" -- and other lies I've loved

"Everything happens for a reason" -- and other lies I've loved

Kate Bowler
2018Watch
How porn changes the way teens think about sex

How porn changes the way teens think about sex

Emily Rothman
2018Watch
Our dangerous obsession with perfectionism is getting worse

Our dangerous obsession with perfectionism is getting worse

Thomas Curran
2018Watch
What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes

What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes

Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin
2018Watch
A "living drug" that could change the way we treat cancer

A "living drug" that could change the way we treat cancer

Carl June
2018Watch
How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy

How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy

Elizabeth Howell
2018Watch
What the US health care system assumes about you

What the US health care system assumes about you

Mitchell Katz
2018Watch
What vaccinating vampire bats can teach us about pandemics

What vaccinating vampire bats can teach us about pandemics

Daniel Streicker
2018Watch
Why it's so hard to make healthy decisions

Why it's so hard to make healthy decisions

David Bach
2018Watch
A science award that makes you laugh, then think

A science award that makes you laugh, then think

Marc Abrahams
2014Watch
Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem?

Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem?

Peter Attia
2013Watch
Advice to a young scientist

Advice to a young scientist

E.O. Wilson
2012Watch
How healthy living nearly killed me

How healthy living nearly killed me

AJ Jacobs
2011Watch
The emotion behind invention

The emotion behind invention

Dean Kamen
2009Watch
Growing new organs

Growing new organs

Anthony Atala
2009Watch

Susie Baldwin at TEDMED 2016 2016

Susie Baldwin
2016

Sekou Andrews at TEDMED 2013

Sekou Andrews
2013

Dan Buettner at TEDMED 2011

Dan Buettner
2011