Second Opinion

Changes Needed in How We Train Doctors 10.08.2014 3:59 ↓

A new IOM report questions existing approaches.

Competition in the Market Place 03.08.2014 3:59 ↓

Robots in medicine...

Summer Dehydration 27.07.2014 4:05 ↓

Turn to water!

Pills vs Self Confidence 20.07.2014 3:47 ↓

When to prescribe a pill that really isn’t needed...

Treatment for Clogged Ears 13.07.2014 4:01 ↓

It all depends on what you believe...

How Can We Make Good Decisions with Poor Information? 06.07.2014 3:57 ↓

For healthy people, we just don't need our vitamin D levels checked...

Less May Be More and Older May Be Better 29.06.2014 4:00 ↓

Much of what we do to sick people is poorly studied...

Playing Nicely in the Sandbox 22.06.2014 4:00 ↓

Can two types of doctors agree to play together?

Stemming the Increase in Gun Violence 15.06.2014 4:00 ↓

Steps we can take toward prevention

Collecting Gone Array 08.06.2014 3:59 ↓

When does a behavior become a disease?

Encouraging People to Be Healthy 01.06.2014 3:59 ↓

Should we all chip in to pay people to stay healthy?

Poor Grades for Sex Education 25.05.2014 4:01 ↓

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 .

What's in Common Medications? 18.05.2014 3:59 ↓

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 .

Do a Few Moments of Discussion Make a Difference? 11.05.2014 3:51 ↓

Do those first minutes with the doctor seem forced?

Female Empowerment 04.05.2014 3:58 ↓

The health of young women is vital...

Reducing HIV with Male Circumcision 27.04.2014 3:52 ↓

It isn't perfect but it may help...

Improving Milk Production to Improve Health 20.04.2014 4:02 ↓

A one health approach to childhood diarrhea...

One Health as a New Concept 13.04.2014 3:58 ↓

Gorillas in the mist...

Rwandan Genocide Commemoration 06.04.2014 4:00 ↓

Can atrocities ever be forgiven?

Remembering So as Not to Forgot 30.03.2014 4:01 ↓

An ugly chapter in human history...

Follow Up Instructions 28.03.2014 3:40 ↓

What happens when the doctor tells you to "return if...."?

Rwandan Response to Gay Men 23.03.2014 4:00 ↓

Long-term impacts of genocide...

Warm Eggs in Africa 16.03.2014 3:59 ↓

What happens when there is no refrigerator?

Infectious Diseases Are No Longer the Major Killers in Africa 09.03.2014 3:59 ↓

We need to slow down, buckle up and drive sober.