Second Opinion Podcast
1) When Politics Replaces Science, Public Health Pays the Price
The flu is surging, vaccine recommendations just got gutted, and somehow we're being told to trust butter over science—here's why you should be worried.
2) What My Patients Taught Me About Gratitude
When two of my patients faced serious health crises, their unexpected response taught me something profound about the science and practice of gratitude—lessons worth carrying into the new year.
3) Blessed or Broken? Rethinking Mental Health Across Cultures
What one culture calls mental illness, others call a divine gift.
4) Why the President's 'Routine' MRI Is Bad Medicine
The President's 'routine' MRI that cost $3,000 and no doctor recommends is a perfect example of how too much healthcare can be just as harmful as too little.
5) Where Goat Births and Human Births Meet
When veterinarians vaccinating goats in India discovered women were dying in childbirth along migration routes, the solution came from recognizing that herders already knew how to save lives—jus...Show More
6) Not That Kind of Doctor
You're in the exam room. The person in the white coat says they're a doctor. But what kind of doctor? A federal court just decided that training matters more than free speech.
7) Rethinking the Pap Smear
The pap smear has saved countless lives, but it's also dreaded by millions of women. Now there's an alternative that's easier, more private, and just as accurate.
8) Why Refugee Food Assistance Is an Investment, Not a Handout
What happens when the world's richest country tells its most vulnerable newcomers they're on their own for food?
9) Medicare Advantage or Medicare Disadvantage?
Medicare Advantage covers more than half of seniors, but is it costing taxpayers billions and offering little advantage?
10) Gabapentin Nation: A Pain Pill's Unexpected Takeover
How did a pain pill that is only moderately effective and has murky side effects become America's 5th most prescribed drug?