Digest for 11/25/2025

When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn't take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle shares how he learned to handle anxiety in a society that's uncomfortable with emotions. As he says: "Being honest about how we feel doesn't make us weak -- it makes us human."

Nearly 450 million people are affected by mental illness worldwide. In wealthy nations, just half receive appropriate care, but in developing countries, close to 90 percent go untreated because psychiatrists are in such short supply. Vikram Patel outlines a highly promising approach -- training members of communities to give mental health interventions, empowering ordinary people to keep an eye on their loved ones.

When is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: Refreshing your mind for 10 minutes a day, simply by being mindful and experiencing the present moment. (No need for incense or sitting in uncomfortable positions.)

MIT researcher Pratik Shah is working on a clever system that could deliver medical services to remote areas or anywhere resources are limited -- using artificial intelligence to diagnose diseases from photos taken with a basic cell phone camera.

Physician-scientist Daniel Kraft demos his Marrow Miner and surveys other astonishing medical tools coming soon, from organ printers to personalized medicine.

Suchi Saria explains how artificial intelligence can help doctors make better decisions, predict diseases and personalize treatments by analyzing vast amounts of health data.

For a long time, we’ve talked about climate change as an existential threat. We should: it is. But we should also think about it as a health problem, says physician Cheryl Holder. She points out that climate change has a disproportionate impact on the health of people in poverty, and shares ways to help mitigate these effects.

For all that's ever been said about climate change, we haven't heard nearly enough about the psychological impacts of living in such an uncertain time. TED Fellow Britt Wray shares insights on 'climate grief' and how it affects our mental health.

Scientists predict climate change will displace more than 180 million people by 2100 -- a crisis of 'climate migration' on an epic scale. Attorney and environmental justice advocate Colette Pichon Battle shares how we can plan for this crisis with a focus on equity and health.