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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 .

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Eight Legs, One Bite, Big Trouble

There's a vaccine for your dog. There isn't one for you. And that's not an accident — it's a scandal.

5 min.
24 APR

Who Is Qualified to Fix Your Mind?

Millions of Americans need mental health care and can't get it — so should we lower the bar on who gets to provide it?

5 min.
19 APR

Smarter Than Two Doctors: How AI Could Change Breast Cancer Screening

If AI can outperform two radiologists reading your mammogram, why is it still sitting on the sidelines?

5 min.
12 APR

The Socialized Medicine We Already Have — And It Works

We've spent decades arguing about whether government-run healthcare could ever work in America — but one system has been quietly proving it can. The answer might surprise you.

5 min.
4 APR

What Happened to Him? Why We Get Trauma—and Care—So Wrong

Our healthcare system often punishes behavior it doesn’t understand—and trauma is at the center of that misunderstanding.

5 min.
27 MRT

Cruel Irony of Medical Expertise

If you've ever left a doctor's office nodding along and then lain awake at 3 am realizing you understood almost nothing — this might be for you.

5 min.
22 MRT

Dyslexia, Shame, and the Myth of Intelligence

The same children once labeled deficient are often highly capable adults — if they survive a system that misjudges them early. Dyslexia has nothing to do with intelligence, but everything to do with how badly we teach reading and judge those who struggle.

5 min.
15 MRT

Why Competition Doesn't Work in Medicine — And Can Actually Make Things Worse

“A built bed is a filled bed” – why in American healthcare, more supply doesn't lower costs, it raises them.

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 .