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Will AI replace clinicians?

AI is increasingly being used to collect and process clinical information. Whether this is a good thing depends on who you ask.

5 min
19 JAN

When is a disease not a disease?

When one in three people have an abnormal lab test, does it become a disease?

5 min
12 JAN

How Medical Data Bases Lead to Better Individual Treatment

By collecting health data across large populations of people, we can identify patterns that help us all.

5 min
5 JAN

Thinking of taking one of the new GLP-1 weight-loss drugs?

Unfortunately, I can offer no strong advice. The drugs seem to be effective, but, like with any new drug, we just don’t have all the answers.

5 min
29/12/2024

Listening to music in Refugee Camps

Music has benefits that relate hope and social connections

5 min
22/12/2024

A tale of two kingdoms

Fluoride has proven so successful that it would be crazy to deprive children of its benefits

5 min
15/12/2024

The risk of a bird flu epidemic

The risks are rising, and state and government officials are not taking this seriously.

5 min
08/12/2024

Does free tuition impact medical student specialty choice?

Philanthropy has enabled several expensive private medical schools to offer all students free tuition. Has this changed the practice of medicine?

5 min

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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 .