Stigmatizing Language
Words really do matter...
Mar 24, 2013•4 min
Second Opinion
An examination of medical ethics and the practitioners who define them. Sign up to receive the Second Opinion topics in newsletter form at kcrw.com/newsletters .
Episodes
Inattentional Blindness
Failing to see what is right in front of our nose...
Mar 17, 2013•4 min
Substance Abuse and New Health Insurance Laws
How will old health problems fare under new laws?
Mar 03, 2013•4 min
How Hard to Push?
What do we do when people won't help themselves?
Feb 24, 2013•4 min
Conflict of Interest Rules for Drug Company Interactions
Does limiting contact between drug companies and doctors make a difference?
Feb 17, 2013•4 min
Politics, Guns and Public Health
Should doctors be involved in politics?
Feb 10, 2013•4 min
Abortions, Pregnancies and Roe v. Wade
Can we all agree on pregnancy prevention?
Jan 27, 2013•4 min
Prescribing drugs never proven to work
Jan 20, 2013•4 min
Drug prices are going through the roof!
Why have drug prices increased?
Jan 13, 2013•4 min
Doctors' Hours
Why must doctors work bankers' hours?
Dec 30, 2012•4 min
Liberties versus Public Health
When should the government step in to protect us?
Dec 23, 2012•4 min
Disease Mongering
Male menopause...
Dec 16, 2012•4 min
Research on childhood illnesses
Can we better understand how children perceive research?
Dec 09, 2012•4 min
New Hospital Discharge Rules
Hospitals may be forced to work as part of a system...
Dec 02, 2012•4 min
Stress
The effect of stress on our health...
Nov 25, 2012•4 min
The Impact of Still Births
The loss can be devastating …
Nov 18, 2012•4 min
Intellectual Property Rights
Do we really want to keep poor people from using our drugs?
Nov 11, 2012•4 min
Tropical Diseases
Unusual tropical diseases in the US...
Nov 04, 2012•4 min
Doctors' Salaries
How much should doctors be paid?
Oct 28, 2012•4 min
Medicine Driven by Incentives
Incentives may drive the care you receive...
Oct 21, 2012•4 min
Patenting Genes
Should society allow companies to patent genes?
Oct 14, 2012•4 min
CNN Has Forgotten Its Mission
CNN chooses to promote a cancer hospital...
Oct 07, 2012•4 min
Rationing Health Care
Sep 30, 2012•4 min
Frequent Flyers
High utilizers of healthcare
Sep 23, 2012•4 min
Is the Physical Exam Necessary?
There are two schools of thought...
Sep 16, 2012•4 min
Food Insecurity in America
How can we help to prevent hunger in America?
Sep 09, 2012•4 min
Internet Pornography
Can this become a health problem?
Sep 02, 2012•4 min
Sleeping with Snorers
Aug 26, 2012•4 min
Olympic Syndrome
The importance of labeling an event
Aug 12, 2012•4 min
Closet Psychiatrists
Our need for a label when faced with uncertainty...
Aug 05, 2012•4 min
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