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Second Opinion

KCRW•www.kcrw.com

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 .

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Episodes

TB in Elephants

Disease spread from humans to animals.

Jul 05, 2015•5 min

Culture and Gender in Sri Lanka

How do you change long held beliefs?

Jun 28, 2015•4 min

Animal: Human Conflict

We're all from the same family...

Jun 21, 2015•5 min

Where Do They Get These FDA Advisory Committees?

Recommendations to approve two drugs that are not ready for prime time.

Jun 14, 2015•4 min

On the Ground in Nepal

We need to proceed with care.

Jun 07, 2015•4 min

Medico-voluntourism

Sometime our help isn't really help.

May 31, 2015•4 min

One Health – New Evidence on the Environment – Body Link

It turns out air pollution impacts far more than our lungs.

May 24, 2015•4 min

Use of Placebos in Africa

Is deception ok when it helps the patient?

May 17, 2015•4 min

Trade Agreements and Tobacco Products

What are our global priorities?

May 10, 2015•4 min

How Did Evolution Provide for the Human-Dog Bond?

The biology of bonding.

May 03, 2015•4 min

How Do We Tell if Your Doctor Is Up to Date?

Something is amiss in how we re-certify doctors.

Apr 26, 2015•5 min

Is Government's Job to Protect Kids or Business?

It is clear why one in three kids is overweight.

Apr 19, 2015•4 min

More on Hepatitis C

It's expensive, but does it work?

Apr 12, 2015•5 min

Why We Don’t Tip the Doctor

An important cultural “no-no”...

Apr 05, 2015•4 min

Making Assumptions about Mental Illness

There is no easy way to screen so we need to rely on trust.

Mar 29, 2015•4 min

A New Treatments for Hepatitis C

Why are we paying twice for this ultra-expensive drug?

Mar 22, 2015•4 min

Violence in China

When patients and doctors are not on the same page...

Mar 15, 2015•4 min

Prostate Cancer Screening Revisited

No change in recommendation needed.

Mar 08, 2015•4 min

Sex Education a Changin'

And the web seems to be the great equalizer...

Mar 01, 2015•5 min

Information Is Everything

If only we knew more about costs…

Feb 22, 2015•4 min

Drinking Alcohol for Health

It isn't very good news...

Feb 15, 2015•4 min

A Faulty Diagnosis

It's often not what we first suspect...

Feb 08, 2015•4 min

The Top 1%

Fair pay and physician strikes...

Feb 01, 2015•4 min

Medications at the End of Life

When do we stop what isn't necessary?

Jan 25, 2015•4 min

Does the Flu Medicine Work?

The data now provides us with some surprising answers.

Jan 18, 2015•5 min

Do You Need to Have Your Cholesterol Checked?

New recommendations may surprise you.

Jan 11, 2015•4 min

Paper Medical Records: A New Step Forward?

The electronic medical record is no passing fad.

Jan 04, 2015•4 min

Hospital Care

You won’t be seeing your primary care doctor in the hospital...

Dec 28, 2014•5 min

Two Patients and Two Doctors

We have some things we could learn…

Dec 21, 2014•4 min

The Attraction of Horoscopes

We really want to believe...

Dec 14, 2014•4 min

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